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  1. Lana Dove

    Face Scabby

    Armani, my 8 years old male sphynx cat started to show face scabs and it lasts few days until the scab falls off. I have been trying to figure out for months by removing one blanket, one cat post, changed water bowl, etc and still he gets face scabs on and off every 2-3 months. I desperate need...
  2. Cberube

    My cats skin

    Hello, My boy sphynxs skin has been bumpy and raw looking. I rehomed him and I've had him for about a month the previous lady used dawn dish soap for his baths. I have given him two baths with dawn and switched to baby Magic Johnson soap. Now by his ear is super raw and bumpy looking. When I...
  3. LaurennAustinn

    Sphynx red lips

    Hello! my 6 month old Sphynx started to develop red patches around the top and bottom lip and it's been almost 2 weeks and it is still there also now my other 6 month old kitten is developing the same thing around his lips as well. I was wondering if anyone else has run into this problem and...
  4. Rlklassy

    Please help me figure out whats wrong with my kitty

    I am brand brand new to this forum frantically searching for an answer. I have a 1 year old sphynx cat named Pewbs who has developed nasty opens sores on his neck, face, and head. He also has red hives on his tummy. A little background.. He has gotten tiny red bumps on his neck before that...
  5. Amy31

    Chinese crested help!

    Hey guys, I know this isn't sphynx related but I just need to ask for help! I've come home and my mums Chinese crested is covered in red spots, like blood blisters all over him! Has anyone got any clue what it could be!? I'll take him to the vets but Im worried sorry again, didn't know who else...
  6. bisingular

    Rash on head and neck

    Hello everyone, I’m a fairly new sphynx owner, but not a new cat owner. In about the last week my 10mo sphynx Cynder has developed a rash on the top of her head and back of her neck. It’s tiny bumps that are her skin colour and sometimes pink. There are some on her head that are a bit scabby...
  7. Notorious

    Question on skin? Other than coconut oil.

    Hey there, I've been lurking for some time after just recently acquiring two sphynx. One in particular seem's to have really bad skin, just on his back - it's dry, peels sometimes, and darker than his normal coloring I've taken him to three vets and all have just told me to put coconut oil on...
  8. Dave Beegs

    Rash

    Hi, Tyron has a small rash starting on belly. Any advice?
  9. Elaina

    Brown spots on her legs?

    Hi all, Hope you and your sphynxs' are all well! :) Anyone have an idea to what this may be? Noticed these spots coming up under her arm, it's kind of on the skin fold joint. Recently been putting her in clothes as the weather is turning cold! I haven't changed anythinf in her diet or do I...
  10. Leanne

    Ringworm?

    Im sorry to bother everyone on thanksgiving but i just need to know...could this be ringworm? We discovered it after taking off her shirt ㅠㅠ we have four other animals so it would terrible if it isㅠㅠ
  11. Leigh

    Issues..

    So I'm realizing with Lloyd (my 1.5 yr old adopted sphynx) that he wasn't very well cared for in his previous home. He came to us with his ears completely caked with black yeast as well as between his toes. He had bleeding sores on the back of his hind legs that have finally cleared up, and I...
  12. suzfoote

    Weird dark patches on stomach, armpits and butt

    I didn't notice exactly when they came, or became exactly how they are.. but I was just today reading a thread about urticaria pigmentosa.. and a lot of the pictures look similar to what McNulty has. It's hard to get a good picture, but they are darker areas on his stomach, armpits and even a...
  13. ElinOline

    Bumps

    Hello! My sphynx Mika has gotten a rash, or more like bumps under her "armpits" and stomach. I have been to the vet with her and she thought it was some kind of allergy. She is her normal self, playful, eating normal. No diarrhea either, just bumps on her skin. So I am wondering if someone has...
  14. M

    Peterbald Skin Rash

    I adopted my male Peterbald Misha about a year ago. He came from a terrible home with tons of animals and was in rough shape when I got him, he had ear mites, cuts, and scars. He still has little black head looking things on his tail and face that I just can't seem to get rid of. It took him two...
  15. ElinOline

    Yeast and bacterial infection

    Hey! As I miss seeing pictures of different skin issues, or I am very bad at searching when I'm curious about something. I just want to share this picture with you of Mika. We brought her to the vet today as she had developed a miscouloring or rash on her chin. The vet took a skinsample and...
  16. ilovedex87

    Rash on Legs and Face

    Poor little Dexter has started showing signs of a rash on his front legs & less severe but still visible on his face right above his eyes.. I am going to take him into the vet tomorrow, but just wanted to see if anyone has had any experience with this. Where it is located on his paws is the same...
  17. illhyhl

    rash behind ear?

    my cat has a rash behind her left ear. it looks like she rubbed it raw and there is pus. i am taking her to the vet tomorrow, but i'm wondering if anyone knows what she has and if there is anything i can do right now to treat it. i've attached some photos of it.
  18. Karen

    dirty bottom or infection.

    Can anyone post pictures of what a straph infection on a Sphynx look like? I need to know if my baby have an infection or just a crusty bottom. It started with me wiping and cleaning too much. The skin there became dry and dirty. The type of dirt that do not wash off. Coconut oil made it...
  19. Linrah

    Kitten covered in bumps

    My almost 4 month old kitten has recently developed spots (kind of like a rash) mainly on her sides. The bumps are all difference sizes. It started with one or two spots about two weeks ago and only got really bad in the last 3 days. As far as I can tell they don't irritate her. She doesn't lick...
  20. PIXRSphynx

    Weird skin condition?

    My baby Petey will be 6yrs in May & for the last month I can't figure out his "rash" and no help from the vet. I have not changed food, litter, soap or detergent. Any suggestions on what this may be & what I can do would be great! It doesn't seem to bother him. He doesn't scratch @ it or lick @...
  21. pussiette

    Sphynx with Skin Conditions - What are you feeding?

    :oops:*This thread is for sphynx that have a skin conditon/allergy/irritable bowel syndrome only*:p Hi I know this has been asked a bit in all different threads but I think it would be helpful in a dedicated thread so nothing is lost and you don't have to jump around to other threads to get the...
  22. Draugia

    Yeast? Need help with my kitty :(

    Hey all! I'm new here and I got my first sphynx 2 months ago. I was looking for information here, cause my baby got some spots on skin :( She already had them in cattery, but they were really small and only on her back and chin, so I though its just pigment or sebum (i have chinese crested dog...
  23. pussiette

    Bumps, hives - in sphynx kittens - common?

    Hi my baby sphynx is four months old. She has bumps/hives which go away in 24 hours but appear in other places. On her face, neck, tops of legs, occassional on side of torso. She had her vaccination two days ago and has more than ever but they disappear. The vet said it is common in...
  24. MELODIEROCK

    Bad skin rash!

    My 3 year old female has been slowly getting this rash the last 2 years. Started on her legs. When she gets pregnant, it goes away. When she's done nursing her kittens, it starts to come back. This time it has come back, and it has spread to her back, tail and face. I have tried every diet...
  25. G

    Frustrated and robbed of great experience - ringworm

    Hello everyone! I am new to this forum as well as to the sphynx ownership. I hope we can get some answers to the problems we've had lately. I apologize for posting in two different forum's topics. We saw Ghandi at a Cat Show in Del Mar in January this year (he was almost 4 months old), and fell...
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