1. Symptoms of folliculitis in cats:
The cat’s chin and tail The skin is dark, red, swollen, and the hair is sparse. There are many fine black spots at the root of the hair. If you rub it with your hands, you will find that the hairs and dark spots on the affected area are easily wiped away. However, there will be obvious redness on the skin of the black spot, and the cat will have obvious symptoms of pain when rubbing.
Second, the treatment of folliculitis in cats:
Folliculitis in cats is not a big problem, in fact The treatment method is also very simple. For mild folliculitis, just cut the cat’s hair short or carefully shave it, and then wash it with an alkaline cleaner.
Specific operation: Find all the places where cat folliculitis is concentrated, sometimes it may be only the chin, and sometimes it will also occur in the chin, tail, armpit and other parts at the same time. When cleaning, focus on scrubbing the black concentrated parts. After a few times of rubbing, the black parts will become loose, and then use some force to wipe off those black things, then apply it to the red skin and use an anti-inflammatory ointment (such as erythromycin) ointment) .
Moderate folliculitis may be difficult to effectively improve through diet adjustment and cleaning. To relieve the symptoms of folliculitis in cats, if the folliculitis is secondary to bacterial infection, it is also necessary to take cefadroxil tablets orally for systemic anti-inflammatory and anti-infection.
Before using topical medicines, be sure to clean up the hair around the affected area in advance, this will help the absorption of the medicines, and it will also be convenient for the owner to apply the ointment. When the folliculitis is almost cured, the cat’s hair will grow back.
If the cat has severe folliculitis in many parts of the body, or the affected part of the folliculitis has been seriously infected, purulent, bleeding, etc., it should go to the pet hospital for treatment in time, need to inject antibiotics, and pass various examinations Determine the cause and treat symptomatically.
Three, prevention of folliculitis in cats:
Folliculitis in cats It is more common in obese cats. In addition, due to hormone reasons, the incidence of male cats is higher than that of female cats. Therefore, it is recommended that unneutered cats, especially male cats, can be neutered in time.
It is necessary to avoid excess nutrients in the diet, which can cause folliculitis and even obesity. Therefore, it is recommended to feed adult cats regularly and quantitatively, abandon uncontrolled feeding, change the old concept that fat cats are the cutest, let cats eat reasonably, choose indoor cat food or healthy body cat food, exercise more and play with cats. It’s a great way to avoid overnutrition.
