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Sent to July 10, 2006 4:12 p.m.

My young kitty has a lesion on his chest,dime size. A few days ago it was firm and raised. Now iit is open,a "hole', a little red and may have drained some. Is this a parasite? how may I treat it?

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July 10, 2006 4:19 p.m. (6 minutes and 24 seconds later)

Hi Wanda-

At this point, I would treat it with some hydrogen peroxide first and put some neosporin on it. If it doesn't improve over the next several days, your vet really should look at it. There is a fly whose larvae is transmitted via a mosquito bite into cats and rabbits and this may be what was there. If it's already gone, you just need to treat the area it was in. It could become infected, so if it does, your cat will probably need oral antibiotics as well as the neosporin and peroxide. I would clean and treat at LEAST twice, if not 3 times a day. Please let me know if I can help further!

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