Cat licking its fur off?

[Davey S2]

Our 15 year old cat Murphy has bee licking the inside of his front leg constantly and has licked all of the fur off a section of his leg about 2 inches long.

It's now totally bald and looks red raw but other than licking it it doesn't seem to bother him at all.

I've heard it could be caused by a food intolerance but not sure as he eats pretty much the same stuff he has always eaten. He does eat lots of chicken though.

Looks like a trip to the vets next week but is there any antiseptic cream I can put on it to try and calm it down? Sudocrem? Germoline?

Any ideas? Bex?

Thanks

[Davey S2]

Thansk Bex

Very helpful as always

[Davey S2]

Thanks

We have a difuser somewhere so will try that. Not sure why hes stressed as he doesnt do anything other than eat and sleep!

He's off to the vet's early next week anyway.

[Davey S2]

Vet has given him some antibiotics and some solution to clean it with so hopefully it will clear upin a few weeks.

[Davey S2]

Not really. Probably stress but quite what he has to get stressed about is a mystery!