Digit's has these itchy, REALLY itchy, scabby spots all over. His face, back, flanks, the base of his tail, ears...all over. The ones on his face got really big, poor thing. The other spots were smaller, and some looked almost like streaks. He was pretty much in hiding, not playing, not real sociable either. It started looking kind of like a rash, actually, which is when I just called into the vet's office for the antibiotic Digit had the last time he got a skin infection, which is really what it started lookign like. But the antibiotic wasn't working so I took him in.
Dr B found "ring worm", which isn't actually a worm but a fungus. But he did say that the ring worm could be the secondary cause. So we went after the ring worm. He still itched, the scabs weren't really going away, but the ring worm was gone.
Back to the vet we go! LOL He did scrapings for mange, which came back negative. The vet's next thought was a parasite and that's when he gave me the first bottle of stinky dip stuff plus a daily medicine, and gave him a shot to help with the itchy. A week later, the scabs were 50% better! That was just last week. Dr B thinks this is one of two parasites, but both are really hard to find, and for the life of me I can't remember what they're called. One gets treated with a shot plus the stinky dip. The other gets treated with the dip. So to just treat both, and not miss one, Digit got a shot and we're still doing the stinky dip. Dr B's done skin scrapings for mange on two different visits, and they come back negative for mange.
So far, this kind of treatment is working. The scabs are going away and healing. He's active again, actually playing again! He's not hiding all day, and getting back in my lap whenever I look relaxed. I have to admit, Digit has a wonderful vet. I would never have gone to him if Kenda hadn't told me about him, since he's on the WAAAAYYY other side of the LR metro-area. But this vet is worth the drive. If you were closer I would suggest your neighbor take their kitty to him. Somehow I don't think Dr B would do that commute though. LOL