Cat Fleas and Ticks

In most cases, the veterinary will do tests (as to scratch the skin or to brush the hair) to see if there are parasites. The fleas, are a common cause of the prurito in the cats. To all the cats irritate the stings of fleas, but there are some that are sensitized to the saliva of fleas that there is in the stings. A single sting can cause a very strong itch and the cat is produced himself scratches and injured The layer is put of a dull color and begin to see large stain of naked skin, squamous and with grains. You must disinfect the bed and to sprinkle the carpets and the curtains, to destroy the eggs and latent larvae. You must revise also to the members of the family: sometimes the fleas are installed also in the people instead of other animal guests. 

The mites of the fur (cheiletiella) are another cause of cutaneous irritation in the cats. They are very contagious and also they sting the people, for which if someone of the family has an eruption, you have to tell it also to the veterinarian. the cat is used on having rashes and dandruff, especially around the neck and along the back. The mites of the ears affect mainly to the very young cats. They shake hardly the head, scratch the ears themselves and they have a black and azure secretion; they can be extended sometimes to the rest of the body, with generalized symptoms of irritation. The processing is with topic antiparasites products. 

Cutaneous allergies
In many cases, the stinging of the cat's skin is caused by an allergy. The animal aggravates the problem being scratched and being bitten continuously the affected part, until is inflamed and are done him sores. The cat can be allergic to something that breathes, like the dust or the mites of the dust of the house, to certain type of food, to the stings of the fleas or to some chemical product that gets in contact with their skin; there are cats that become to have allergy to the Insecticide of their antifleas collars. They are used to be necessary analysis of intradermic skin, analysis of blood or testing of hypoallergenic food. The processing will depend on the type of allergy and can imply a change of the diet and the employment of anti-inflammatorys.