how do i treat cat acne

Feline acne can often be cured with some simple fixes and no medications are needed at all.

For whatever reason plastic bowls have been a large cause of feline acne and switching the food bowl to a glass bowl can help tremendously.

Bowls should also be washed daily so that the grease from the bottom of the dry cat food bowl does not get on the chin of the cat.

You may also wish to consider a switch to a wet food only diet of canned or raw for your cat. Some studies have shown that the dry food grease getting on the chin causes the acne.

Also, just like with human acne, washing the area daily with soap and water then rinse and dry completely to help keep skin oils and food grease off the chin.

The key is to deal with the source of the problem, and that is most likely the food bowls. If you’re using plastic, switch to metal or ceramic. Even if you’re feeding dry food, be sure to wash the bowls every day. One of my girls got acne from the other cat’s slobber on the bowl. Once I started washing the bowls every day, that problem cleared up.

You don’t necessarily need to do anything special to the cat itself. Just give it a daily wash with some anti-bacterial soap.

cat acne as i guess you’d know is a skin disease which results from the cat not cleaning his/her chin as much as they clean the majority of the body. the rest of the body is sufficiently clean but small places where it’s hard to get to such as the chin, of course, bacteria builds up on the website below, it shows about how to treat it, what it is and how to keep it at a minimum. wash your cat’s chin so the “blackheads”, like on a human, regularly cleaning will keep down the dirt & bacteria that will cause irritation on the skin and hairs collected on the chin. hopefully, this info & on the website is helpful for you and your cat.

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It would be best to consult directly with your vet regarding the treatment.

If a steroid shot has been administered and topical treatment isn’t working long term, the vet may take a culture of one of the pustules and prescribe an oral antibiotic. If this is not effective, they might consider prescribing isotretinoin (Accutane).

Also, be sure that he cat is tested to determine that what is appearing on the skin is, in fact, acne or if it is one of the conditions that can mimic feline acne, such as ringworm, allergies, yeast infections or mange.

OMG! I have never heard of cat acne!!!!!!!!!
Its a good thing i know now so i can take precautions to my cats as you have suggested with the cat bowls!