What kind of skin infection causes red bumps on cats?

We thought that it may have been a flea allergy but she does not have many fleas. Our other three cats do not have any knd of problems with their skin. She also bites in the area where the reb bumps are. We are thinking about taking her to the Vet.

What kind of skin infection causes red bumps on cats?
Does not have 'many' fleas? If she has a flea allergy, one flea is going to be plenty to make her crazy!





Go to a vets a get some proper flea treatment for her before this turns into worse than red bumps - flea allergies can result on hair loss, scabs and insanely sore skin. You can't get any effective flea treatment from a store, so take her to a vet.





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Reply:The vet is the only person who can diagnose %26amp; treat this problem properly so its best to go to the vets :)
Reply:If you're absolutely sure it's not fleas (one flea can cause this on a cat who's allergic), then check your cat food. One of our cats came down with this on food she'd eaten for years. I checked the new bag against the ingredients from the old bag and the manufacturer had moved the rosemary extract up 6 lines. Ours was highly allergic to it and had broken out in lumps first on her neck, then shoulders, then sides and a LOT by her hips. They'd scab up, then disappear, but more and more kept appearing in new places.





Rosemary extract is a natural preservative, but some cats are very sensitive to it. I found two others who had their cats on the same food who had this show up in their cats. It didn't go away till we switched foods to something where the extract was much further down the ingredient list. Took 2 weeks before the last of the bumps went away.
Reply:It sounds like flea allergies. If a cat/dog is allergic, it only takes one flea to cause the reaction. The vet has a shot for allergies that usually does wonders. Advantage will get rid of all fleas, and stop the problem by getting rid of the cause.
Reply:It could be flea bit dermatitis even though you can't see any fleas don't always mean there aren't some there. With flea bite dermatitis one bite from a flea can cause cat to break out all over. I would suggest you go ahead and take her to the vet and get some Revolution for the fleas. That's what I have to give my cat who has the same problem.

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