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Lucy's Sore Nose

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Lucy the Cat- Fairy

Lucy - mother of all- needy kittens

Purred: Fri Aug 19, '11 7:19pm PST


	Quite suddenly (like since this morning) Lucy's nose has developed an area about .5cm in diameter where the fur is gone and the skin is rough, almost bumpy. No vesicles (like would contain puss), not itchy, although it does seem to hurt her if touched. Her nose is black naturally, so it isn't likely to be sunburn. Put a little Vitamine E oil on it tonight, but not sure what the best care is or exactly what it is. Put a picture on her kitty page.

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Lucy Nooner

Chatterbox

Purred: Fri Aug 19, '11 11:16pm PST


	Definitely could be ringworm. Make sure to have your vet do a culture (can take up to 2 weeks for results) for diagnosis. Some vets use a blacklight but not all ringworm glows under a black light so this is not an accurate way to diagnosis or rule out ringworm. It might not be ringworm but I'd do the culture to make sure it's not.