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**krazyaboutkatz** · 03-11-2005, 12:31 PM

Originally posted by Cataholic
It does sound like kitty acne. My Tex gets it from time to time. I only use glass bowls, as plastic is too porous, and can harbor bacteria. I must confess to not being as fastidious as KAK.

runs away to wash food and water bowls...

LOL

I used to only wash their food bowls once a day and Sunny would still have his acne. Now that they're eating both wet and dry food mixed together, I have to wash their bowls two times a day. This has now cured my Sunny for now. I guess he just needs to have extra clean bowls.

**csanchezveloso** · 07-13-2006, 01:33 PM

Hi.. I've been doing research on kitty acne as I think my little girl may have developed some. Does anyone have any pictures of what theirs looks like?
This site is the post I did yesterday and it has a pic of her chin
http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=94381

I'm going to the vet for their routine checkup next month and since Bieli seems to be fine, I am not going to move the appt up... however, just wondering what other kitties w/ acne look like...

Thanks!

**RedHedd** · 07-13-2006, 01:53 PM

Yup, looks like kitty acne to me. Mishi gets this. The vet gave me some blue stuff that I mix up in warm water and wash him with twice a day. It works very slowly but his condition is getting better. Of course, my smooching on him probably doesn't help, but I just can't resist - his little chin is just SO cute and smoochable!

**Lizzie** · 07-13-2006, 04:45 PM

I wouldn't use hydrogen peroxide on the chin because it is drying and will irritate the skin further. You can get a special cleanser from the vet or simply use a wash cloth with warm water. The main parts to clearing up the chin acne are: cleaning the mouth and chin area twice a day; gently scrubbing the chin to rev up blood circulation in the area; and don't use plastic bowls.

I once had 7 cats with chin acne at the same time and thought I would go mad. But it did clear up eventually and I've stuck with ceramic and glass bowls every since, one day of use and into the dish-washer which has a final sterilize function.