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My cat buddy is about 13 years old and he has a number of sores mainly near the base of his tail and upwards along his spine until about half way up his torso. The main location of the sores are around the base of his tail. the sores are mainly scabbed, not filled with puss, but sometimes emit an mildly unpleasant smell but usually only when he scratches at them. Sometimes when you scratch on or around his sores he likes it and purrs and licks his lips (which he normally does when scratching around his tail) but sometimes he yowls and seems to find them painful.
Buddy has about 3 -5 nail head size sores and maybe 15-20 smaller sores (about the size of a ball point pen tip) around the other larger sores. The sores have gotten larger and more frequent within the last 4 months , and seem to have somewhat healed but not totally healed( the larger sores). He has acted totally normal until recently he has been very loving towards me (normally my dads cat) however my dad had a hip replacement about a month ago and has not been able to pay attention to him much, The scabs seem to bee getting more rough and sandpaper like when you rub along his spine.
My suspicion is that he has a bacterial skin infection of some kind as it does not seem like ring worm. Please let me know your thoughts as I do not have the money to spend on long veterinarian treatments, but for a simple one visit fix I will make it work. Attached are photos of the larger sores for reference.
Buddy has about 3 -5 nail head size sores and maybe 15-20 smaller sores (about the size of a ball point pen tip) around the other larger sores. The sores have gotten larger and more frequent within the last 4 months , and seem to have somewhat healed but not totally healed( the larger sores). He has acted totally normal until recently he has been very loving towards me (normally my dads cat) however my dad had a hip replacement about a month ago and has not been able to pay attention to him much, The scabs seem to bee getting more rough and sandpaper like when you rub along his spine.
My suspicion is that he has a bacterial skin infection of some kind as it does not seem like ring worm. Please let me know your thoughts as I do not have the money to spend on long veterinarian treatments, but for a simple one visit fix I will make it work. Attached are photos of the larger sores for reference.