Tilly - feline acne
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2018 9:00 am
Tilly's chin is looking sore, with tiny scabs and red patches following the typical dark grubby look of feline acne. It's a recent problem (I suspect she is rather stressed with Pip being unwell and then away), and one I think I will try home treatment for before making yet another visit to the vet (we seem to be practically living there at the moment!).
Plan is warm salt water bathing, dilute Hibiscrub, and Hypercal ointment (I checked years ago to make sure it was safe to use on cats and dogs - an obliging vet looked it up in a veterinary pharmacopoeia for me). My first question is whether Hibiscrub is the same as the little bottle of hand sanitiser I already have, or do I need to buy some, and how much to dilute it?
Any other useful ideas gratefully accepted. She is fed from porcelain bowls, washed in the dishwasher after each use, and there has been no change of diet, but she roams outdoors and sticks her head into things so could easily have picked up a minor infection that way. It is not worrying her, and is fairly minor, otherwise I would already be on the phone to the vet!
Plan is warm salt water bathing, dilute Hibiscrub, and Hypercal ointment (I checked years ago to make sure it was safe to use on cats and dogs - an obliging vet looked it up in a veterinary pharmacopoeia for me). My first question is whether Hibiscrub is the same as the little bottle of hand sanitiser I already have, or do I need to buy some, and how much to dilute it?
Any other useful ideas gratefully accepted. She is fed from porcelain bowls, washed in the dishwasher after each use, and there has been no change of diet, but she roams outdoors and sticks her head into things so could easily have picked up a minor infection that way. It is not worrying her, and is fairly minor, otherwise I would already be on the phone to the vet!