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Is it possible for a cat to get a hot spot. Poor tigger has a raw, crusted area the size of a toonie wide and a tonni and a loonie long right underneath his neck. Not pussing, so it is not infected.
I started today cleanning it with witch hazel, and covering in with a gauze, wrapped around his neck, because the collar rubbs it, and would cause more irratation. What else do you think I should try before calling the vet

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I really can't help you with this but I don't think I ever heard a cat having a hot spot. Maybe he scratched himself too much ?

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I never heard of a cat getting hotspots before, but I heard of cats getting ring worms! Here are the sympotms of ringworms...

Small and circular depilations are the classical ringworm lesions. The skin looks slightly red, with presence of greyish scales. These lesions extend progressively on the whole body, the nose and the ears… They heal spontaneously while new ones appear. Usually, the cat does not itch or very little.

These typical lesions are not so common. One says: “ if it looks like ringworm, it is probably not the case, but if it does not look like it, it could be… ”! It means you can also observe the following symptoms:


general hair loss,
miliary dermatitis with crusty papules on the body, the nose and around the eyes,
excessive production of sebum (seborrhea), inducing itching,
suppurative lesions, etc…

http://www.petngarden.com/cats/cats13.php

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Thank you for the replies. I have delt with ring worm before, it is definetly not it. He does not scratch at it, but tries to lick it. I will try to get a picture for you guys to see, hard to explain it.
Bad lighting, but an idea, he was moving, so this is only a small piece of it

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