Since moving into a different apartment, my MC has developed what my vet thinks is chin acne. I treated it with peroxide and it got better, but then I left for a day and it came back with a huge vengeance. Now I am using Pyobel Gel prescribed by the vet and it seems like her whole little chin is crusting up and all red and sensitive. This apartment had a bird before (this is a sublet so the carpets were not cleaned). Is it possible that old bird feces are doing this to her chin? Any remedies or tips? Help! Amy

-- Anonymous, December 03, 2000

Answers

Don't know what causes the acne but it is not anything to do with the birds, more likely a reaction to a food or coloring or additive in her food.

-- Anonymous, December 09, 2000

My little guy got chin acne when he was little. The vet said he wasn't cleaning his chin off properly. I washed his chin ( Elmer's, not the vet's) with warm water every night AND changed his food-- I think the tuna ( which I no longer feed him at all) was to blame.

-- Anonymous, January 30, 2001