Feline acne

Btw.. I found one of the best cures or remedies for feline acne. Tea tree oil facial wash from the body shop. It doesn't say its safe for pets, but a) since she's not washing under her chin well anyway and b) I washed her chin off afterwards with a safe soap, I figured.it would be fine, and she has been.

That black debris on her chin all but disappeared after the first washing. It came back slightly, so I washed it again, and its totally gone. Washing alone just wasn't cutting it, but with the tea tree facial wash, it pretty much jumped off her chin. it was amazing!!

(update: since making this post I've come to find out tea tree oil is very toxic to cats.  Muffin was fine, but I would highly recommend you not use it.. and if you do or have, wash it VERY well)

The kittens aren't here.

well.. they are gone :(( I miss them so much.. its so quiet around here. Jack was all over me for a while, but has since gone off to explore the depths of some dusty hole I'm sure. I'll be able to pick them up sometime tomorrow I believe. will have to call and check.

Found out what it is on Scoots chin. Apparently its feline acne. Been recommended that we not use plastic bowls. *sigh* will have to go out and get something else. Will have to scour some off price stores to see if they have anything. Maybe I'll check ebay. will have to get like eight bowls.. six for food two for water.

Black chin debris

Scooter has some thing weird going on. Under her chin there has been some black debris for a while. I finally decided to bite the bullet and wash it off. She doesn't take to water well at all... last time I washed her she bit me. so anyway.. the black stuff turned her white fur pinkish, which lead me to believe that it was flea dander. I searched her, and didn't find a speck of it anywhere else. I searched the other kitties and didn't see a speck on any of them either. I cleaned her up and figured that was the end of it. But it wasn't.. cause its all back... just as bad as it was before. I have NEVER heard of a flea that hangs out under a cat's mouth..

I'm thinking they are mental fleas cause they are hanging out on the mental kitty..

I am NOT looking forward to bath day.. I'm hoping that I wont need to once they get back from the vet..

tomorrow night is going to be tough, as I'm bringing them in to the shelter for their fasting, then will have to back to adopt.. although I'll probably get a lot of work done.. lol

(update 2015 - I now know this is feline acne. going through these old posts is so interesting for me, reminding me where I started from, how clueless I really was)