What causes a cat's black chin?
The black chin of cats is caused by folliculitis, which is the inflammation of skin hair follicles caused by microorganisms or endocrine disorders. The causes of folliculitis are as follows:
1. Food factors: The daily nutritional requirements of cats are standard. When there is excessive nutrition for a long time, the fat content exceeds the standard, which will easily lead to the situation that the cat cannot digest. The accumulation of fat will block the pores, thus forming a black chin.
Sanitation problems: Bacteria are everywhere. In dusty places, if you don’t clean them up regularly, there will be a lot of bacterial pathogens; if the cat is not cleaned up in time after a meal, and the chin is stained with water and food, it will provide more protection for the bacteria. hotbed.
3. Physiological factors: cats have strong androgen secretion and increased sebaceous gland activity, which will lead to strong oil secretion and black chin troubles, which are more common in male cats. When the cat's skin resistance is reduced/the chin is bumped, and the skin is damaged, it is easy to cause a large number of bacteria to grow, thus forming a black chin.
Prevention of black chin: pay attention to daily maintenance, and regularly clean and sterilize the cat’s daily necessities; it is recommended to wipe the cat’s chin after meals, so as not to give bacteria an opportunity; do not feed the cat too greasy food and cat food, according to the nutrition Proportion, choose the right one.
1. Food factors: The daily nutritional requirements of cats are standard. When there is excessive nutrition for a long time, the fat content exceeds the standard, which will easily lead to the situation that the cat cannot digest. The accumulation of fat will block the pores, thus forming a black chin.
Sanitation problems: Bacteria are everywhere. In dusty places, if you don’t clean them up regularly, there will be a lot of bacterial pathogens; if the cat is not cleaned up in time after a meal, and the chin is stained with water and food, it will provide more protection for the bacteria. hotbed.
3. Physiological factors: cats have strong androgen secretion and increased sebaceous gland activity, which will lead to strong oil secretion and black chin troubles, which are more common in male cats. When the cat's skin resistance is reduced/the chin is bumped, and the skin is damaged, it is easy to cause a large number of bacteria to grow, thus forming a black chin.
Prevention of black chin: pay attention to daily maintenance, and regularly clean and sterilize the cat’s daily necessities; it is recommended to wipe the cat’s chin after meals, so as not to give bacteria an opportunity; do not feed the cat too greasy food and cat food, according to the nutrition Proportion, choose the right one.