What is a black chin?
The essence of a cat’s black chin is folliculitis. The cat’s oil secretion is strong or caused by endocrine disorders. The black chin is manifested in the chin with many small black spots, like coal slag. This skin disease will not Infection, if there is inflammation, hair loss, moisture, odor, etc., need treatment.
What are the symptoms of folliculitis?
The initial symptoms are black particles on the chin, small black spots like cinders.
Mid-term symptoms are persistent hair loss, itching, and the cat scratches it with its claws.
Severe symptoms include hair loss, erythema, papules, and pustules.
What causes a dark chin?
The main reasons are as follows:
1. Cat estrus leads to imbalance of sex hormones, especially the increase of male hormones, which can induce folliculitis. All male cats will be more common.
2. The cat food eaten is too oily, and the food is too greasy, which leads to excessive oil secretion and cannot be discharged in time, and a large amount of oil accumulates in the hair follicles, causing blockage of the hair follicles and causing folliculitis
3. Daily cleaning factors, cat hair is too long, the weather is too hot, and oil accumulates for a long time, causing folliculitis.
4. The tableware is not clean, plastic products are easy to hide dirt and accumulate bacteria, and cats can easily cause folliculitis when they touch unclean food containers.
What should I do if my cat has a black chin?
Mild symptoms
You can scrub with cotton dipped in normal saline, or scrub with wet wipes (alcohol), focus on the area where the small black spots are concentrated, and wait until the black secretions loosen If the skin is red, you can wipe it off. You can use erythromycin ointment to reduce inflammation in the place where the skin is red, which is usually relieved quickly.
Moderate and severe symptoms
Bidobang and other ointments
If the cat’s black chin is serious, it is recommended that the cat go to the hospital for examination and analysis, and then prescribe the right medicine and corresponding antibiotic treatment.
How to prevent black chin?
The key to preventing black chin in cats is to keep the tableware clean and control the intake of cat grease.
1. Daily help the cat to clean up the food residue on the chin to reduce the growth of bacteria.
2. Use ceramic or stainless steel, wide basin mouth, shallow tableware.
3. Cats who are prone to black chins must wash and wipe their chins frequently
4. Choose cat food and canned food with lower fat and reduce the intake of snacks.
5. Wash the cat’s tableware once a day, and disinfect or dry it.
6. Keep the environment around the cat hygienic, ventilated and clean.
