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My cat is a few years old now and in the past few weeks shes started to develop scabs on her ears and her nose area...and it seems like shes only doing so because she is scratching. My cat has always been a little obsessive about cleaning herself, I have other cats that aren't nearly as persistent as she is so maybe that has something to do with it?
My mom doesn't have the money to take her to the vet right now(which is the reason why we've been putting it off) and it doesn't seem like anything serious so we aren't TOO worried...I'm just a bit concerned so I've decided that until we have the money for a vet visit I'll do some home doctor work. I was going to cut her nails but she isn't the sort of cat who will let you just do that haha so I'm not sure what else I could do. She doesn't even seem that bothered by it...
I don't think its fleas because if it were there would be other areas in bad condition, and no symptoms really point to ear mites or mange or anything like that...so what could it be? What can I do to help(in the mean time)? Any over the counter cat meds that might help? A way to calm her down so I can cut her nails?! XD
Thanks in advance.
cutting her nails is a good idea, but it will only get rid of the symptoms, not the problem. There are no over the counter things that you can give her to calm her down for that. You need to either bring her to the vet and have them do it, or suck it up, scruff her, or perhaps wrap her in a towel and have one arm stick out at a time and have someone else clip the nails. It's not going to hurt her, only help her if you do this.
What this cat really needs is to go to the vet, I know you can't afford it right now, but there's really nothing any one else can tell you. Cat's don't simply scratch themselves bloody unless something is painful or extremely itchy in that area. Even an obsessively clean cat isn't going to scratch herself bloody. Have you looked in her ears? Is there any kind of discharge? Is there a smell? How are her teeth doing? Are they completely covered with tarter? Do her eyes have any kind of discharge coming from them?
Either that or she's been getting into fights. In that case, keep her indoors if she's an outdoor cat. Or keep her separated from the other cats, if they're the only cats she sees.
But, it's most likely a health thing.
Plus, if she isn't on any flea preventatives like frontline or revolution, then it could still be fleas. It's possible that the fleas only affect her badly enough to notice, and not the other cats. Fleas are bad around this time of year, so that's a likely cause.
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Thank you very much :)
She is doing a little better now I think. Her ears are fine, her teeth are fine, her eyes are fine. Maybe it is fleas then...I'm just hoping she hasn't developed a skin allergy. ><
Thanks again for your input. The other answer was basically useless to me considering I already checked online extensively.
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