There are many causes of cat skin diseases, which may be caused by fleas, parasites, fungal and bacterial infections, and allergies. After the cat skin disease occurs, we will see red spots on the cat’s body, where the disease occurs. It will rupture or even pus. It will occur locally at first. If not treated in time, it will spread to the whole body. Therefore, we must provide timely treatment and care after the cat's skin disease occurs. ​​​​​​

For the treatment of skin diseases, taking medicine and infusion is a therapy. We can also use some auxiliary means to speed up the recovery of skin diseases, such as giving cats medicated baths. Medicinal baths, as the name suggests, use drugs to act on the cat’s whole body, so that The affected part of the cat's skin absorbs the medicine to achieve a therapeutic effect. For skin diseases such as cat moss, medicated baths often have good curative effects. Medicinal baths can also remove excessive pathological secretions from the cortex and improve odor.

Of course, when giving a cat a medicated bath, you must choose a suitable bath solution, that is, a suitable shampoo. What causes cat skin diseases, we must choose the corresponding shampoo, such as fungal skin diseases in cats. , we must choose a shampoo with antibacterial effect. We usually wash cats once every 14 to 21 days. When cats suffer from skin diseases, the interval should be shortened.

When giving a medicated bath to a cat, there are the following points that need to be noted:

1. Pay attention to the water temperature when giving your cat a medicated bath, and do not overheat to avoid scalding the skin.

2. During the medicated bath, the foam produced by the shampoo must be spread all over the cat’s body and stay for 15 minutes, so that the main pharmacological ingredients in the shampoo can be fully absorbed by the cat’s skin. In order to determine the retention time of the foam, the owner You can use a watch to tell time.

3. Make the cat’s body wet before using shampoo. When applying shampoo, apply the affected area first to remove the secretions from the affected area, and then clean other parts.

4. After the foam residence time is over, fully rinse the cat’s body with clean water. Do not leave excess shampoo, otherwise it may cause irritation to the cat’s skin.

5. After finishing, dry the cat and blow it dry. When blowing, be careful to use cold air instead of hot air.

6. Cats may have contact allergic reactions to shampoos, but do not change the type of shampoo frequently, and do not use multiple shampoos at the same time.

7. In the early stage of treatment, the cat must be given a medicated bath every three days. Later, the shampoo used can be changed according to the results of diagnosis and treatment, and the interval of medicated baths can be extended to once a week based on the efficacy. Or once every two weeks.

8. Don’t expect too much about the efficacy of medicated baths for cats every time. Overly frequent medicated baths will often damage the epidermis of the cat’s skin, making the cat’s epidermis too dry, and may also cause iatrogenic damage.

9. The pet hospital can provide medicated bath treatment for cat owners.Guidance, such as giving written instructions, can allow owners to use shampoo correctly and promote the treatment of cat skin diseases.