Folliculitis, also known as black chin, is caused by endocrine disorders, manifested by a lot of small black spots on the chin, like cinder, and some cat tail roots have also occurred, manifested as the root of the tail always appears very dirty, as if it can not be washed clean. The black spots on the cat's chin are not contagious, like the blackheads on a human nose. It doesn't matter if there are a few dark spots on the chin, if it is inflamed, hair loss, damp or smelly, called folliculitis, it needs to be treated. The same is true on the tail, there are tail fat glands on the tail, if blocked, it will become inflamed, and in severe cases, it may also be encapsulated. There are more male cats and fewer female cats in the case of folliculitis on the tail, most cats are fine after sterilization, and a few are still after sterilization. Sometimes folliculitis also occurs on the nipples.
The skin on the jaw and tail of the cat becomes black, red and swollen, the hair becomes sparse, there are many fine small black spots at the root of the hair, if you wipe it with your hand, you will find that the hair is also easily wiped down, and the skin of the black spot is obviously red, and when you rub it, you can feel that the cat will hurt.
1. After the cat reaches the age of sexual maturity, if the secretion of sex hormones in the body is too strong, it will cause endocrine disorders in the body, and the reaction on the skin is folliculitis. Male cats are more likely to occur than female cats and are more common on the tail and chin.
2. Edible oily cat food.
3, daily cleaning is not enough. Although cats do not need to bathe frequently, daily grooming cannot be ignored. If the cat is knotted with a felt roll, it will accumulate grease over time and cause folliculitis.
Folliculitis is not a big problem, in fact, the treatment method is very simple, as long as the hair of the affected area of the cat is cut short, and then washed with alkaline detergent.
The cleaning agents that can be used are:
1. Soap. You can wash the tail of the cat with soap for washing (the tail can only be washed if there is no broken skin).
2. Alcohol. Wipe off the black spots with diluted alcohol with a clean cotton swab, and disinfect inflamed parts of the skin because of the disinfectant effect of alcohol. But some cats are very averse to alcohol.
3. Tea. Brew a clean piece of gauze in the tea and then twist it half dry to wash the cat's chin.
Specific operation: Look at the cat's chin, you will find that the black dots are more concentrated, sometimes one piece, sometimes several pieces. When cleaning, focus on scrubbing the black concentrated parts, after wiping a few times, the black parts will loosen, and then wipe those black things off with force, and then apply erythromycin ointment on the reddened skin (external use, which has an anti-inflammatory effect, can be listed as a common medicine at home. That's it.
1. After folliculitis in the tail, the hair at the tail must be cut off, which is conducive to applying drugs and their penetration.
2, cats are very annoying to play with tails. If you encounter strong resistance in the process of taking the drug, do not hold on to the tail hard, otherwise it will hurt it.
Did the shovelers remember ~ remembered not to hurry up to point attention, click to collect. The cats and cats in the home encounter similar situations and can calmly deal with the O~