Cat skin disease is a common disease for cats. If cats at home have skin diseases, you don’t have to worry too much. First of all, you need to understand which skin disease the cat has. Then symptomatic treatment is generally easy to recover. The most important thing is prevention. Let me introduce to Dada what common skin diseases are and how to prevent them.
1. Common symptoms of cat skin disease
1. Just like the flea allergic dermatitis we usually see, it refers to small red papules or wounds that slowly appear after being bitten by fleas because they are too itchy to scratch. If the wound is infected with bacteria, it is called flea allergic dermatitis. This is a relatively common cat skin disease.
2. A kind of scabies that occur in cats is a scabies that appear on the cat's ears at the beginning, followed by the head. In the most serious case, the whole body is covered with. When scabies are eaten by animal dander tissue, they often cause unbearable itching. Therefore, when it is found that the kitten scratches the ears and shakes his head, the cat owner must pay attention. The cat may have scabs, ulcers, and pustules at this time... This is already very serious and must be rushed. Send to the hospital for treatment!
3. Another type is that cats are prone to infection with cats before they are one year old. It is a special mold, and the symptoms shown are cats to lose their hair. The hair removal area will show some irregular shapes or mixed with scaly spots and some scars and even some allergic small papules. This type of cat is more infectious. If this situation occurs, the cat must be isolated, especially if there are children at home. If you find that this situation of the cat, you must treat and control the development immediately.
2. How to prevent cat skin diseases
1. Pet owners must be diligent, clean the cat's body frequently, take warm water to bathe the cat, and use special lotion supplies, eat special cat food, and use special cat tableware, so as to greatly reduce cat skin diseases.
2. Try to minimize contact with sick dogs and sick cats. If you have too much contact with them, your cat will be easily contagious.
3. When cat skin diseases are particularly high in summer, you must reduce the number of cats going to the lawn and playing in dirty and messy environments. Avoid ectopic parasites on the body.
4. Cat owners must regularly disinfect the cat's nest and the environment where their cats are regularly active and clean it. Keep your cat clean often.
The above are common symptoms and some methods to prevent cat skin diseases. Cat lovers have widely popularized the common knowledge of cat skin diseases. Follow the above methods to prevent kittens from growing up healthily.