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Hi, I bought an adult cat from another person about a year ago. When he came to our home, hair on his tail was yellow-grey and greasy. We first thought it's just dirty. He was poorly cared for and had fleas as well. After washing him with an anti-flea shampoo a few times, the fur on his tail did not improve. We brought him to vet. He said it's some kind of dermatitis and gave us a medicated shampoo called Sebamed. We used it on his tail from time to time for a year with little to no improvement. Then we shaved his tail for the greasy contaminated hair to come off. When we shaved his tail, we noticed it has black spots all over it. We washed it with medicated shampoo one more time. He was unconfortable this time, and we noticed some of these black spots are bleeding and red. We brought him to another vet the next day. She inspected his tail and the rest of his fur and said he still has some fleas and it is an allergy on his tail. She gave him cortisone injection and cortisone cream for us to apply on his tail twice per day. We've been doing it for a while now. The red bleeing inflamed spots are gone, but the black spots are still in place, and the cream doesn't seem to help them go away. We also inspected his fur for fleas but did not find any. We did another flea and worming treatment recently in any case. The vet found 1-2 little black dots in his fur, that's why she said he has fleas. But maybe it's flea droppings from the past? I attached photos of his tail and of his back where the vet found the black dots. The fur on his back is also a bit yellow, which looks like a very mild form of what he has on his tail. That's what the vet said as well. Can you please tell me if anyone's cat has had similar issues in the past? I am determined to get rid of his skin problems, I really want my boy to be healthy and happy. I would be thankful for any information or advice.
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