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Early Symptoms of Ringworm in Cats and How to Treat It
Ringworm in cats starts as red, flaky, itchy skin and round hair loss as it spreads. It is a fungal infection that hits kittens and poorly kept cats hardest. Confirm with a Wood's lamp or scrape, then treat with an Elizabethan collar, terbinafine spray or ointment, medicated baths, and thorough environmental disinfection.
Cat’s Lower Eyelid Scratched in a Fight, Tearing and Thick White Discharge
A fight scratch causes tearing and discharge; clean with saline to remove bacteria and use a broad-spectrum antibiotic eye drop to prevent infection and heal. Keep a collar on; if severe, see a vet. (Chloramphenicol and erythromycin were used for 3 days.)
Are the Black Specks from Cleaning Ear Mites Really Ear Mites?
Typical ear mites cause heavy brown/black discharge, itching and a strong odor with head shaking. From your description it is likely ear mites; use a cat-specific ear drop and mite medication, keep a collar on, and clean the environment to prevent reinfection.
Is my cat’s ear condition ear mites or Malassezia? After cleaning, large black discharge returns the next day.
Black waxy discharge returning next day strongly suggests ear mites causing itch, scratching, and head shaking; untreated it becomes otitis externa with hair loss and sores. Confirm with otoscopy; clean and treat 3-4 weeks, twice daily, monthly prevention, Elizabethan collar.
Day one there was a small spot I ignored; day two it grew; not sure if scratched open or ringworm; inside is a bit broken, but the ear is clean.
Likely ringworm; confirm with Wood's lamp or skin scrape. It is fungal, on face/ears/limbs/tail/body, forming round patches with severe itch. Use an Elizabethan collar, shave 1-2cm, disinfect with iodine, apply terbinafine/itraconazole; disinfect the environment.
My rabbit is a female, almost one year old. In this small town I don’t know how it got something like dandruff on its ears; the area around the ears is hard and it scratched it open, with dandruff around the breaks, both ears like this. I don’t know if it’s ear mites or ringworm.
Rabbits scratch ears from earwax, itch, or ear mite infection, especially if ears are not cleaned. Poor cage hygiene also triggers scratching. Ear mites show brown discharge and strong itch with head shaking. Confirm the cause and treat.
My Dog’s Outer Ear Is Ulcerated and Crusted; at First It Was Just a Hard Scab, but Over Time the Wound Grew and the Fur Fell Away With the Scab, Revealing Slightly Red Skin
Ear crusting and ulceration is mostly from wound infection or skin disease without timely e-collar or treatment; itching leads to over-scratching and bacterial infection. Causes: parasites (ear mites, scabies, ticks, fleas), ear inflammation, trauma. Symptoms: itch, scabs, scratching, dandruff. Fit e-collar, get skin scraping to identify cause, shave and clean, dress twice daily, do external deworming, keep environment dry and clean.
After a bath my dog’s eye won’t open; it started tearing, then yellow pus. What’s wrong?
After bathing, eye won't open with tearing—likely shampoo entered the eye, causing irritant conjunctivitis or corneal injury. Put on an Elizabethan collar, clean the eye, use pet anti-inflammatory eye drops. If no improvement, see a vet promptly to avoid worse damage.
My cat has red itchy spots between ears and eyes that worsened with ointments—what is it?
Classic ringworm shows irregular bald patches, red or brown, very itchy, spreading. Your description does not match ringworm. With many medications used, the skin may be irritated by them, damaging follicles and barrier. See a vet to confirm the cause and treat specifically.
My dog keeps scratching its nose with its paw and yelps
This usually means nose discomfort from: 1) respiratory disease causing congestion; 2) nasal allergy or foreign body like tumor or cyst; 3) trauma, parasites or skin disease causing itch/pain; 4) if no disease, it may express anxiety, fear or submission to get attention—usually fine.