Thread: Leo has little "scabs" on his neck

I am surprised the vet didn't hand out the kitten Milbemax,I should think you had fun trying to break that into three equal parts.....
If you can bear not to touch Leo's scabs for the next 5 to 7 days I bet they will just rub off,the skin will be healed underneath & no worries for the show.
Is your breeder going to help you get him prepared....?
If you get into showing you will find if something is going to happen it is just before the big day.
Good luck,report & pictures please.

Well, been spending more time with Leo checking his neck. There are definietly multiple little nodules of varying sizes under the skin on the neck. Almost in two rows, mostly down the right but some on the left. Spoke to the vet nurse who thought it could be an allergic reaction, keep an eye (paw) on it, wash with hibiscrub and if no change or an increase towards the end of the week to bring him in. Seems sensible.

They are not mats of hair - wetting with hibiscrub and gentle combing out shows that. I think they might still be from over zealous play fighting, since Leo being the largest is also the most put upon by his brothers.

He is not in the slightest bothered by them, no scratching and doesn't mind me checking them or applying the dilute hibiscrub.

The health of my cats is the priority but having said that he is due to a show in two weeks so if I can avoid unnecessary shaving by the vet I would like to. But I will not show him if that's what it takes.

Any more advice or pointers ?

PS The other two show no similar signs and they do all bite each other from behind, like play-mating

I still think it's from the fighting - when my girls have been mated, they get bumps and scabs on their neck from where the male bites them and they can take a while to go.

Have you checked elsewhere to make sure that is the only place he has them?

If not then could be an allergy - a boy of mine used to get scabs round his ears if I fed him royal canin biccie and it cleared up when I swapped him over.

Only the neck and only from under the chin down to just above where the ribs start. He had a very very thorough cuddle today for just this purpose and I this I hypnotised him (upside down in between my legs) - he is a lovely natured cat and if I didn't know his pedigree or his brothers I would be wondering how much "ragdoll" has got into him

Not sure if it's the same thing but when I picked Wicca up from the breeders, she mentioned that Wicca had little nodules on the back of her neck (mainly the scruff) and explained that the very affectionate male cat that helps look after new litters in the kitten room could get a little carried away and often chew a little hard on the kittens necks, and then end up with little scabs. She said they'd clear up over the next few weeks, and true to her word they did. The Spider Monkey's never had them since, and they didn't trouble her at the time. She didn't get any marks on her throat though, but I don't think it was play fighting that caused the neck, just an over excitable Harry carting kittens round the room! Hopefully you're dealing with nothing more than that - keep us posted

At the moment they are wholly indoor cats and they had flea treatment before leaving the breeder. I have Stronghold but I am holding off applying it as it's the "adult" pack for 2.6kg upwards (they are almost there now) but I am brushing and checking almost every day.

I did wonder about the fleas as I have one who reacts badly & scabs up terribly but although she got the scabby nodules around neck she never had them on the throat & weird thing is lots of cats who suffer FAD don't but could be worth applying the Stronghold now Peter just in case.Being indoor cats means nothing you can bring a flea into the household from many sources.I had I always sprayed with a certain product no problems but because of them going into cattery more often at one point a couple of years ago went onto the spot on combo for ease & I had one hell of a flea infestation,as usually happens when a product doesn't seem to work for some reason or the other was treated like a p*** by the company,haven't applied often enough,I had at monthly intervals not the six weeks it can go too,I had applied it wrong,yep could have done,only being doing my animals & other peoples for umpteen years so could have done but think not,do they go outside,yep but only in our garden where they can't get out,ah ah got her on this one,there must have been other cats or hedgehogs in the garden that had fleas & they proved too big a challenge to the product{bearing in mind it was the combo that should put flea on pill so can't reproduce,good aint it}reminded them that my cats can't get out also meant nothing else could get in,including from any gaps under fencing,if hedgehog could get under kittie could get out, did I bath any of mine,yes the show cats but before you say anything they are always left the 48hrs after before applying!!!,then the one I was waiting for,you have MC's don't you well when you went from spraying to the pipettes it wasn't strong enough to cope with the bigger cats,wrong,after checking with my boss & the helpline & the company rep when she called before going over I had made sure that it was ok to go onto small dog size to cover the large weight difference so always had cat for the smaller furries but small dog for the others.Never came up for a reason as to what could have gone wrong & since have had quite a few people have problems with same product,they were good enough to give me free spray but having spent a fortune on pipettes,two lots of sixes both sizes having also to completely fumegate house {by then I was included in the fuming} I was not best pleased so changed onto Stronghold & touch wood no problems since,so moral of this story is be careful when it comes to these little hoppers...
That is also Peter why I suggested you stopped bathing them because if the spots are due to an allergy be it flea or food making them wet can actually make them worse & take longer to heal.....
Fingers still crossed he will be ok by show day,there should be no need for any shaving even if he does end up at the vets you can see all you need too without that.