My cat has red spots on his skin despite flea meds. How can I help?

Poor Jack. If cats have a heavy burden of fleas, yes they can get a flea allergy. I'm concerned that he reacted badly to the flea medication, but I don't know what reaction he had. I think it's best to take him into his vet today.

Hello, and thanks for your question about Jack. If Jack has focal lesions where he's getting hair loss and red spots, this is often a sign of a skin infection. This can often occur secondary to allergies or fleas. Jack should be seen by your vet, as he may require a course of oral antibiotics to treat his skin. Hope this helps!

Hi there. If your vet has tested appropriately and Jacks already has a history of Herpes, I would be concerned about an immune mediated disease. If you have also done a food trial as well as steroids, etc the best thing would be to do a biopsy and send off a piece of affected tissues for histopathology. I hope this helps and I wish you the best.

Sylvestor's skin lesion looks quite inflamed and could be due to a skin infection from underlying allergies, ringworm or mange. I recommend taking him to the vet to rule out ringworm and mange, as these can be transmitted to people or other animals. If these issues are ruled out, Sylvestor may need topical or oral antibiotics to manage a skin infection, likely caused by allergies. Allergies in animals often occur to fleas (even one flea bite can cause issues in sensitive animals!), food or the surrounding environment, which then cause an animal to itch and develop a skin infection from itching. The vet will be able to prescribe appropriate medication to clear up this issue before it worsens. I hope that all goes well!

This is probably caused by an allergic reaction. first of all make sure you flea Bull regularly every month with a high quality spot on (ex. Advantage) as fleas are by far the most common reason for these reactions. If the fleas are not the problem, it could be an allergic reaction to food or an environmental factor. this is more complicated to treat and will sometimes require medications such as Steroids, anti histamines or cyclosporin in order to stop the allergy.

Thank you for providing a picture of Jack's spot! This little lump could be a cyst or a benign tumor that is annoying him, but without seeing him in person I can't say for certain. Because he is messing with it, it would be a good idea for Jack to be seen by a vet for it. The vet can diagnose what this lump is, and what treatment is required if any.

This is probably due to a severe allergy, although it could also be fleas or mites. First of all, in order to rule out skin parasites, you will need to treat her with a high quality flea treatment (e.g. advantage), then get her to the vet to perform a skin scrape - this might reveal an infection or a mite infestation. If all of those came back negative, the next step is to treat the allergy symptomatically and try discovering the cause of the allergy. Some medications can be given by the vet in order to repair the skin lesions (steroids and antibiotics). simultaneously you should start her on a prescription hypoallergenic diet for at least 2 months. Hopefully you will see some results after all this, if not you and your vet should consider putting her on a long term allergy treatment (Atopica).