Persian Dirty Face

[slick]

Meet my Max. He's a persian too (flame point) and yes, I have to wash his facie every day. His food dish is a ceramic one that I made and his water dish is a stainless steel bowl. I wash them both every morning. My Max has never had a problem such as you describe but I don't know if it's because of the dishes. I have to wash all around his eyes, cheeks and mouth every day sometimes several times a day. I do find that with my Max, diet played a role. Since I've cut him back on the wet food, it doesn't seem as bad. Wish I could offer more advice.

[biemme]

I have a cat with the same problem. We tried many things, but the only thing that seems to work is antibiotic injections.

If you want to search the web yourself for other sources of information try searching for "idiopathic persian facial dermatitis" or "idiopathic facial dermatitis of persian cats" (yay for easy words \°°/).

Godd luck with your boy.

[kb2yjx]

If your cat has what looks like coffee grinds all over his chin, corners of mouth, in the crease just below the eyes, it IS the idiopathic dermatis that biemme spoke about. Our Raven(a Persian), has it. We " wash " her face after each meal(twice a day). I have found that using a flea comb helps remove the debris. I have read that drugs are ineffective in treating it. Tresaderm does not even help!!! Good luck!!!