My Cat Has Small Red Bald Spots Around Her Neck With Dried Blood Around The Edge?
Posted by: Alan in Cat Health Problem, tags: Around, Bald, Blood, Dried, Edge, Neck, Small, Spots, With
My cat is about a year old, and until a few weeks ago, had shown no signs of any health problems. Recently, she has been developing small red bald spots around her neck. The spots seem to be raised, and there is dried blood around the outside edge. The fur also comes out easily and it looks as if it might continue to grow. So far, she has had 2 in the past 3 weeks in different spots around her neck. They are about 1/4th of an inch in diameter. Neither appear to hurt her when touched, but I am still concerned as to what is causing them. I read online that stress might be a factor, and she does get scared around strangers, which happened often over the holidays. The first spot she had has almost completely disappeared, although the other (which I noticed about a day ago) has gotten a little bigger. I also have another cat and they sometimes play roughly with one another, although the spots don’t appear to be cuts of any type and there is no bruising to indicate they were from biting.
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October 27th, 2009 at 7:02 am
it could be a number of things…
stress as you mentioned, ringworms, mites, scabs falling off from fighting with other cat, compulsive scratching, and so on..
Our grey girl did get scabs around her neck too, it was from excessive scratching but hers were not round in size like your kitties so ringworms would be my guess and since you can catch it from her you may want to take kitty to vet to see if it is..
hope your kitty gets better
October 27th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Your cat had a tick or some other sort of a parasite. Usually there’s a bald spot around a grown tick. So after you remove it or it drops away by itself, all is left is a small bald spot with a red dot in the moddle.
Ticks usually appear outside in grass (or on some plants) where cats like to play.