Last night, I noticed a dark patch of fur on Troy's side of his face. When I investigated I found it to be very red skin, but Troy would not let me examine in closer. He wouldn't even let me cut his fur.
So this afternoon, I took him to the vet. They had to sedate him to shave the area and have a look. It seems it is like a hot spot that got infected, it looked like wet eczema. It was all cleaned up and he got some antibiotics and steroids to take care of it.
I have applied aloe vera gel which seems to sooth it better than the steroid cream. Troy was really stressed out for a long time and kept thrashing his buster collar around... But he eventually settled (after I applied the aloe vera cream).
He is fairly settled now, but still tries to scratch the big patch frequently. Poor lad. I hope it clears up quickly.
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