possible scabies, any good natropathic remedy? Options

[Benjamin]

Hello guys.

Well after a relationship went sour I have been left with two cats, mother and son.
Was never really a cat person but these guys have really grown on me, good companionship.

The younger cat is 11 years old, a Manx. For past few months he has been grooming/chewing the base of his tail, he has small scabs over most of his tail stump and base of the tail, and he has been grooming so excessively that he now has a bald patch at the base of his tail.
Done a bit of research and from what I can gather he has Scabies?
Don't really fancy the idea of trying to get him in a tub to apply rinse to his skin, he will go bonkers and claw the crap out of me..

Just curious if anyone knows of natural remedies that will actually work, or if what I have described is actually Scabies.

Cheers, Benji

[feloo]

Hi Benji

Cats don't get scabies, so please do not use any human rinse or insecticide. cats cannot tolerate toxic material like humans or dogs. you can't give them asperin or ibruprophan.

Generally, anything on the skin is either coming form some internal distrubnace.. could be hormonal or could be food intolerance, or some sort of external distrubance, like a reaction to flee bites or so chemical like a clearner that is coming into contact with that area.

First stop should be the vets.. I suspect it is a food interlance which means he might just need to go on a hypoallergenic food and that could solve the problem!!

let me know how you get on

I think you are very kind to have taken on the cats even though you are not a great cat fan!! They are geat company when you get to know and undersatnd cats!!

kind regards

Feloo