Hi folks

Our squeaky has lovely Ginger and white coat but has acne appearing under his chin which now looks grey and unpleasant. Any advice as how to solve this?. Last time I was at vet....for more serious complaint (knocked over by car)......he seemed uninterested in the grand scheme of things. He said all cats get it .....no worries. But I would like to solve squeaky's problem. Any advice gratefully received...

Thx x

Not sure if this is true or not,but there is a train of thought that plastic feeding dishes cause feline acne under the chin.If you use plastic try swopping to ceramic bowls.If you dont us plastic dishes then it probably proves that it is not correct .Dont know if this helps .

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Agree with Buffie that it is usually caused by plastic bowl, I don't think it's overly harmful to the cats health but it doesn't look pretty.

Buffie is of course correct!
Paddy tends to get gravy on his chin from slurping his wet food and had some acne issues a while back. I bought a really cheap, baby toothbrush and used a VERY weak solution of Hibiscrub to gently scrub the area clean for a few days.

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Nellie Paddy Mitzy Milo Peggy Murphy

Millie and Monty, the White Devils!

Can they also have acne around the mouth? My little one (13 wks) has discolouration around the base of her whiskers. I don't use plastic bowls.

Hi Pheebs welcome to the forum.I dont know the answer to this sorry,I just didnt want to read and run.Hopefully someone who has experienced this will be along soon.Is the discolouration similar to little black spots or is this something different.

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Hi Pheebs! Is that the little lady in question on your avatar? Gorgeous!
I think it could be a similar issue....and maybe at 13 weeks she is not too good at her grooming regime! I would use a warm wet wash cloth to help her out, often this will stimulate the cat to carry on washing itself.

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Nellie Paddy Mitzy Milo Peggy Murphy

Millie and Monty, the White Devils!

Thanks Buffie and Paddy.

Yes, that is my lovely girl in the avatar. She's a rescue kitten and I think she ended up at the shelter when she was around 4/5 weeks old (I've had her since 7 weeks old) so maybe she didn't get all the lessons about washing that she needed!

She is amazingly good considering she hasn't had the best start in life.

Proactive...all the late night infomercials swear it's the best at clearing up acne

Not sure that's feline friendly