Cat question... there has to be a vet or feline lover/expert here

[Phydoux]

Love cats, they fit my personality perfect,
Leave me alone and I’ll show you affection when I want to!
Hope kitty gets better, my indoor/outdoor got bit by something and his paw swelled 4x normal size.

 

[payneed]

Thanks so far, everyone.

Hopefully a small bite from another cat that does not abscess.
She very likely made the bald spot herself.
You can name one of the kittens after me.

 

[Robocop]

I'll ask my wife to look when she gets home. She's a vet.

 

[Foxtrot Sierra]

She’s spayed, so no kittens. She was as shelter rescue and has been great. Very mild tempered... let’s you pick her up, doesn’t scratch or bite, and best of all, does her business outside. It looks the same now as it did days ago, so I’m hoping it’s nothing major. Thanks again.

 

[gh1950]

I would clean it and keep a close eye on it. It might be a deep bite that will slowly develop into a nasty abscess that requires meds. Or it might go away. I would look closely for another bite mark also

a few years ago my cat was bit by a tomcat above her eye and we didn’t even see the worst puncture hole until after we started treating the first abscess that I found.

This.
watch for abscess.

Swab it with a little hydrogen peroxide.

 

[Foxtrot Sierra]

Quick update. She’s spending more time outside than in. The spot seems to have grown a bit, and now she has a rash under her arms that we just noticed today. I can’t say that she’s had any significant new hair growth. Any more thoughts? We’re sending pics and a message to our vet. She does have a history of ringworm and had been treated a second time before we adopted her.

 

[Plinker66]

I would dip mine in home health paraffin-free castor oil a few times for that rash.

 

[WildMan]

Something may have aggravated/agitated her and she just kept licking it? Have dogs do that sometimes. That bald spot is definately pretty weird.

 

[WildMan]

Mites maybe?

 

[Foxtrot Sierra]

Yeah, we’ve got to schedule her to see the vet, then the fun will be catching her to take her since she’s essentially an outdoor cat now.