Does your cat have fleas or ticks?

Nope.
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We also have another cat in the house and she isn't breaking out with this. =/

Do your cats have flea collars? Do you use any flea drops on them?
Do they have any known allergies? Does your other cat lick or bite at it?

My guess is that there was some sort of irritation [whether it be an infected cut, certain fleadrops, a flea collar, etc] and the cat chewed it open and it isn't healing. Your best bet would be to call a vet [call and ask for advice] or buy an E.Collar to keep her from biting it until you can bring her into the vets.

Be careful what you're putting on the wound because it could be harmful if she ingests it. Also, no matter how bad you feel for your cat, do not give her pain meds. Not even little bits of them.
People make the mistake of giving their cats 1/4 tylenol but acetaminophen is deadly to cats.


I'm sorry I can't help more ]:

I'm not giving her pain meds! Don't worry, I would never try and medicate an animal without consulting a vet.

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Noonono I understand
I was jsut giving the heads up because I know many people think it's okay to do so
I was just warning in case

Mange

How sure of that are you?
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I'm not. This early? Could be anything.

I highly doubt it. If it were mange, there would be more than one infected area and the other cat would have the same lesions and hair loss.

Well it has been only a day since it was noticed.

Ohhh yeah I forgot about that.

Yeah it could very well be mange starting

Nevermind it's been about 3 days.

It's been about 3 days.
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Must of misread that...

You should really get it checked out. If it IS mange, your other pets can get it and so can you. Mange is where little mites burrow in the skin and eat the hair/skin cells and blood..
Causes itching, hair-loss and lesions from the animal scratching and biting.

I've been through that before.
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I guess I'm going to open commissions and try and get some money to take her.

All of our extra money has been going to our baby.

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I woudl really really get the cat in soon then. Just to be safe for the baby

Thats my goal!
I got a number for vet, they open at 7.
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The scratching might be why it's raw or open. Your best bet might be to get some gauze bandages and keep it covered, changing it and reapplying antibacterial ointment every day until it closes up, and just keep an eye on her.

We tried bandaging it, and she won't have it. She keeps trying to bite it off, but we're putting antibacterial ointment on it and watching her.

Yeah, cats are kind of stubborn like that, heh. As long as it doesn't get infected, it should heal, granted she's probably going to have a bald spot there.

Lol,
we're going to try to get some extra money to take her to the vet.

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Some vets tend to be pretty nice about payment plans. Someone ran over my dog and left her for dead, but a vet was able to save her, despite us being broke as a joke. Anyway, hope things work out alright :(

Thats horrible!

I hope so too. =/
I'm going to call a vet today and get a estimate on getting her checked out.

Third-ing the advice to take her to the vet. If you had an enormous weeping sore on your body would you just let your boyfriend put peroxide on it and go on with your day?

Your kitty needs a vet. Money issues can always be negotiated later.