My cat has a bald patch, soft bump, and ear issue. What is it?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Mediumhair | Male | neutered | 8 years and 4 months old
My cat has a bald patch on top of head. It is a soft bump but also in one of the ears
2 Answers
Most Helpful Answer
Published on February 2nd, 2018
Hello, and thank you for your question. It looks like Doobie has caused some trauma to the bald patch from scratching. Possibilities include a skin infection (bacterial or fungal), ear infection, parasites such as mites, or underlying allergies. I would recommend taking Doobie to the vet to pinpoint the underlying cause. They may recommend an ear swab to check for an ear infection, and a skin scraping to check for mites, At minimum, they can prescribe antibiotics and anti-inflammatories to treat the itchiness. In the meantime, I would place an e-collar (cone) on Doobie's head to prevent him from scratching the area further. I hope this helps, and that he feels better soon!
2Pet Parents found this answer helpful
Related Answers from Veterinarians
-
Published on October 27th, 2017
Poor zorro! He could have an ear infection or ear mites that is causing him to scratch that area so much. I would have your vet take a look at him. Your vet will be able to determine why he is scratching so much and start him on the proper meds to make him feel better. There are some over the counter ear mite medicines but most of them don’t work. And there are not any good over the counter ear meds for an infection. You can try 1 teaspoon of children’s Benadryl to help with itching to see if that helps. Yes, the hair will grow back once she stops scratching at that area. If that area is raw, you can put some neosporin on that area twice a day. You can also put a cone collar on her to prevent her from scratching. I hope this helps!
1Pet Parents found this answer helpful
My cat has small bump at the back of her ears no scabs and nothing in ears.
He had a cyst on back of ear that cleared up after three days- warm water cotton ball applied, but now on same ear is sore shown in photo. Inside of ear looks relatively normal. Back side of both ears have small bumps. Cat is acting normal and eating
my cat has a weird thing on her ear. it just appeared this morning.
My cat has a small pimple, bump or cyst on the INSIDE tip of his left ear. It's hard to see. It is same color as his skin and not red. The way I discovered it is when I rubbed his ear. It's about the size of a pin head or very small nail head.
My male cat (7 years old) suddenly developed this bald spot 3 days ago..A few months back she had a smaller area that also showed the appearance of an apparent small injury in the form of s 1/2 inch cut. I assumed he banged his head running under bed
Hello my cat is about 7 years old and I’ve noticed this bump on his outter ear for almost a year now it look like it started off as a scratch or bite I’m not sure because he used to be play fight with my sister cat not anymore but I’ve been so worrie
My cat has a rough and bumpy patch below her ear. There are white speckles present. Is this cat dandruff? She doesn't seem to be scratching it excessively and it doesn't appear to even phase her. It's only bothering me. I don't want to run to the vet
A bald spot has appeared on the base of Jumi’s ear. I don’t see any lesions on it, just his skin. I haven’t seen any bald spots on any other body part. His ears are clean as well. Nothing has changed on his diet and he is on Frontline flea meds. He w
11wks old male cat, half iranian, half local -north Africa-, not neutered, has a small skin lesion on outside of left ear, been scratching it a lot in the past few days. It doesn't look inflamed, no flea, no ringworms, just a slightly raised small ro
my cat is having a reaction on the left side of his head. he has two bumps on his left ear and he has a small patch of hair missing on the left side of his head. he continuously scratches that side of his head to a point where he bleeds a little. my
Book an appointment with the pros – our expert vets are here to help.
