cat with lion head

Re: cat with lion head

Ruta — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:55:53 GMT

Our job sometimes is very mystery, like at detective novel. The owner wants answer and you must find out, like with air freshener. :)

So why I love it.

Ruta

Re: cat with lion head

fluffygirl — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:07:19 GMT

I think I have mentioned this on a different forum, but I saw a cat a few months ago with a scabby head/face and rodent ulcers. To cut a long story short, it turned out the cat liked sleeping on the back of the sofa right next to where the owner had a plug-in air freshener. Owner got rid of the air freshener and cat was back to normal in no time at all.

Just a thought seeing as she is an indoor cat.

Re: cat with lion head

Ruta — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:57:14 GMT

Hello, Gerry,

Thank you for advice, Trombicula is something new for me, I would definitely look for more information about this disease. But long story short, today I phoned to the owner and sad that I need skin scraping for real diagnosis and we can't go further without it. So, with her permission I did it and have found Notoedres cati.

I start with Ivermektin injections weekly. I know that amitrasis is also effective, but it is not legal in our country.

There was no scabies in nipples or tail, just on her head region.

Only one question how she became infected if she is indoor cat.

Thank you all for help! I really appreciate it. :)

Ruta

Re: cat with lion head

Gerry Henry — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:24:28 GMT

Quite often you don't see live mites Ruta, they die and become incorporated in the scab; is the tail sacbby? nipples? looks like Trombicula to me and its the right time of year (for us).

Re: cat with lion head

Ruta — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:31:54 GMT

Sorry for not very good quality of photos. It is from my mobile phone.

Ruta

Re: cat with lion head

Ruta — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:28:19 GMT

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Not harvest mites?

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No, I didn't found any.

I was thinking about food allergy, but all the time she was getting the same food. She is fed by wet food sometimes with salmon, sometimes with chicken, sometimes with tuna. And there was no reaction since yet.

Yes, I am planning to take skin scrapes, but the owner wants magic without testing. So, I am planning to wait about week and to see how she goes with antibiotics and shampoo with chlorhexidine.

I am sending image from the previously cat. The view is very similar on this female cat, just crusts is on her head. And she is loosing hairs as well.

Re: cat with lion head

Rob Loxley — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:53:09 GMT

Not harvest mites?

Re: cat with lion head

Martin Atkinson — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:47:11 GMT

Difficult to know exactly what you mean by 'red crust'. I presume you've sampled if for parasites. If the cat has predominantly an itchy scabby head, is 100% indoors, you've eliminated parasites and dermatophytes, and has had no recent contact with other cats I would think food allergy and initiate a hypoallergenic diet trial.