My 9 month old male kitten has been repeatedly scratching his ears, head and cheeks for the past 6 weeks. He is scratching in the same areas over and over and causing large scabs and bleeding. At first he was scratching the inside of his ears and I thought it might be Mites, so I treated them but this hasn't stopped him scratching. I took him to the vets but they were not very helpful and just said it must be a 'hangover' from when he got the mites. We have another older female cat, and they sometimes fight so someone said it could be stress? He only seemed to start doing it after the first time he went outside after being vaccinated and castrated, And at first he was just scratching his collar. I don't really know what else to try and I'm worried there might be something wrong that the vet has missed. Would really appreciate some advice, many thanks in advance.https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,22768,22768#msg-22768Fri, 23 Oct 2026 07:14:10 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,22768,22807#msg-22807 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,22768,22807#msg-22807
Well all I can suggest is that you went back to the vet, or to another vet if you didnt get any further help from the original one. Does sound llike your little cat was in a lot of distress. Could be skin parasites or an allergy but its not possible to know without some tests. Treatment depends on the cause so sorry but I can't advise specifically.]]> Cathy Wickenden Ask The VetTue, 10 Sep 2013 20:44:34 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,22768,22768#msg-22768 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,22768,22768#msg-22768He is scratching in the same areas over and over and causing large scabs and bleeding. At first he was scratching the inside of his ears and I thought it might be
Mites, so I treated them but this hasn't stopped him scratching.
I took him to the vets but they were not very helpful and just said it must be a 'hangover' from when he got the mites.
We have another older female cat, and they sometimes fight so someone said it could be stress?
He only seemed to start doing it after the first time he went outside after being vaccinated and castrated,
And at first he was just scratching his collar. I don't really know what else to try and I'm worried there might be something wrong that the vet has missed.
Would really appreciate some advice, many thanks in advance.]]> DustyBod Ask The VetTue, 27 Aug 2013 20:34:15 +0000