Cat Scabies is a common disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei and Notoedres cati mites and is contagious, both to fellow animals and to humans.
In cats, scabies is generally transmitted from other infected animals, because the transmission of this disease is quite easy and fast.
Early Symptoms of Cat Scabies
Scabies is one of the terrible diseases that affect cats, because besides being contagious. If it’s severe, the cat will look very terrible and disgusting. Therefore, treat immediately when you know from the beginning.
Here are the early symptoms of feline scabies:
1. Frequent Scratching and Biting of the Skin
One of the early symptoms of this disease is that the cat often seems to scratch its body along with sometimes biting its fur and skin.
When this happens try to check the area that is licked continuously, and see if there are wounds, irritation, or scabs. Because generally, those with scabies will experience this.
2. Partial Fur Loss
Well, the second symptom that begins to appear is that the cat’s fur will begin to fall out on the infected part, this is usually caused because the scabies tick has begun to act inside the skin of the beloved cat.
If so, just take it to the doctor before it gets worse, especially if it spreads. Then the look of the cat is really not pleasing to the eye.
3. Appears Scabs / Skin Irritation on the Part of the Fur Loss
Unlike hair loss that occurs due to eating the wrong food or the wrong shampoo. Cat hair loss will usually be accompanied by the appearance of scabs or irritation in that area.
Once it has entered this phase, it is quite severe. You really have to quickly treat it. Because cats will feel itchy all the time, without having a day off.
4. Crusty Skin
The next thing the cat will experience is the appearance of skin crusts as a result of fleas that have brutally infected the cat’s skin.
If this happens, I myself as a cat lover, not only feel sorry for the cat but also disgusted and afraid of its shape. I can even get goosebumps.
If at this stage, it is not negotiable. You should really take him to the vet for a quick recovery. Because for moderate ones it can take up to 1 month to recover, let alone severe ones like this. It could be even longer.
Cat Scabies Medicine
You can get cat scabies medicine online or offline, but generally, it is in the form of ointments and sprays that must be mixed first with clean water.
Here is a list of cat scabies medications:
1. Scabies
This Scabies medicine is one that has the form of an ointment and can treat ecto parasitic / sarcoptes scabiei ticks infections. You can use it by applying it to the infected skin.
2. Amitraz
Amitraz is a liquid scabies medicine, and to use it, it must be dissolved in water first. Only later will it be sprayed on the infected area.
3. Scadix
The third drug is Scadix. This brand is one that is quite in demand because it contains trichlorfon, neomycin sulphate, and also ampicillin trihydrate to treat scabies.
The way to use it is that you just spray it on the scabies skin evenly according to the recommendations/dosage.
4. Biodin Natural Antiseptic
Biodin Natural Antiseptic is one of the drugs that can be useful for curing cats due to bacteria, fungi, and flea parasites such as scabies.
What’s interesting about this drug is that in using it, no need to rinse again. So just wait for it to dry. The reason why there is no need to rinse is that if licked by the cat it will not harm it.
5. Flluffy
Just like the brand above, Fluffy also claims that the medicine is okay if licked by a cat. So to use this, just spray it on the part that has scabies.
Then after that, there is no need to do anything, because without being flushed if licked by the cat’s tongue. Then it will not cause poisoning or any problems.
