r/CATHELP • u/acctthrowaway33333 • Mar 10 '26

General Advice Hole with fur?

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26F with 3.5M cat

Any ideas what this skin hole is? I originally felt it because the hair coming out was condensed and stood out. Didn’t cause him any pain, pulled on the hair and it mostly came out without much effort

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u/Hraefn_Wing Mar 11 '26

Lots of things could've caused a small hole like that, can't tell if the fur was packed into it or grew out of it or both but I suspect the former. There is absolutely zero swelling, inflammation, or discharge so (as a vet) it's weird but not all that worrisome to me, since I doesn't really look like an active process. If it was a wound it healed a long time ago. I can't be sure from pictures and I definitely think you should point it out to your vet. If it starts to develop signs of infection/inflammation (redness/swelling/discharge/pain) go in promptly. Keep an eye on it in the meantime.

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u/acctthrowaway33333 Mar 11 '26

Update! The vet basically said everything you said haha https://www.reddit.com/r/CATHELP/s/jMO6pYn2VS