Thank you so much all of you for your helpful and encouraging replies. This Persian Dirty Face - feline acne thing confuses me somewhat, as it just looks like thick dark brown grime - I assumed it was because I often feed him wet food as he seems to prefer it to the dry stuff. (Very demanding cat when it comes to food, bless him.) Also feed him chicken and ham (he's mad about ham & bacon!) So is it not just staining - is it an actual skin problem?
Shady, thanks so much for your mention of "stud tail" - sounds like he definitely has it from your description. He's still an entire male and I am intending to get him neutered in the near future, once I pay my exorbitant dental bills (as am getting some very expensive work done on my teeth and it's bleeding me financially dry.) The grime on his tail starts from the base and goes about half way up - a thick greasy coating, almost mud-like but quite hard-set - just awful. And the grime around the corners of the mouth seem similar - washing won't budge it at all. When I can afford it (after the teeth) I will take him to be neutered & ask my vet about the brown slime (he's a very good ,experienced vet.)
Just a bit of information some on this site might be interested in - my black & white cat Annabel came in one evening some months ago after a stroll & I noticed her nose was full of raw & bleeding sores. I thought she had been in a cat fight as she is a feisty little thing but as days went by, the sores got worse & weren't healing at all. I took her to my vet, & believe it or not, he said she was suffering from mosquito bites. He also said she may have some fleas which were later exaccerbating the situation, as we have had a very hot summer here. He gave her a steroid shot & a thorough parasite spray & she has improved no-end. He told me the NZ climate might be lovely for us but can be pretty cruel to our pets. Just thought this might be of interest to some of you, as never knew mosquitoes attacked animals.
Many thanks again to all who replied.
Snowhound
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