When feeding cats, many parents find that the cat’s chin is dark, like cinder-like black dots on the chin. In this case, the cat has black chin, also known as folliculitis. One of the 5 most common skin diseases in cats. What causes a cat’s black chin? The real cause of a cat’s black chin!

What causes a cat’s black chin?

It would be fine if the cat only has a mild black chin, but only has oil clogged pores and blackheads on the chin, which may be accompanied by local redness and hair loss. Severe black chin is a little more serious. The oil provides nutrients for bacteria to multiply, causing pustules, itching, and swelling.

Plastic cat utensils can easily harbor dirt and accumulate bacteria. When the cat’s chin, mouth, and nostrils come into contact with the surface of the bowl, the bacteria will be transferred to the cat’s skin, causing black chin. In addition, after a cat becomes sexually mature, if the sex hormones in the body are secreted too strongly, it will cause endocrine disorders in the body and excessive secretion of sebaceous glands. The reaction on the skin will be a dark chin. If the cat’s food is not nutritious enough, although the cat’s demand for these trace elements and vitamins is not very high, once they are lacking, it will cause many physical diseases, including black chin in cats. Skin diseases are partly caused by bacterial and fungal infections of the skin. The cat broke its chin while playing. If the wound is not treated in time, it will also cause a black chin.

The last aspect is that cats do not have low requirements for fat intake. However, cat food that is too oily will cause cats to have black chins. Use a cotton swab or medical cotton dipped in medical hydrogen peroxide or other drugs to scrub the cat's chin, about two to three times a day. If it is too serious, seek medical treatment in time.