I don't know what type of infection it is - my parents are not medically-minded. The doctor gave them some sort of medicine, but the problem is... our cat just keeps scratching and scratching until the infection becomes a wound! And as soon as the wound gets better, he starts scratching and scratching again >_<
Now, my parents are really stressed. They really don't know WHAT to do. Mum's tied a scarf around our cat's head/neck, but he still continues scratching and the wound doesn't seem to be getting any better.
My parents don't dare take him to get a bath because they are afraid of the consequences with wounds and such. And it seems to be a vicious cycle because our cat keeps getting more and more "itchy spots" on his body and the scratching gets worse and worse >_<!!
My parents are confused and stressed because... 1. Our house is squeaky clean. 2. They work from 8 in the morning to 9 at night every day (they are teachers), and they're super-tired by the time they return home. And then they have to take care of the cat and sleep only 4 hours a night! 3. The vet's not much help, saying that his own cat has never had a bath. 4. My parents simply... have no idea what to do, since this cat is our first pet. And all this time... I can only listen and do nothing... Because I am thousands of miles away, at university in Scotland >_<!!!
P.S. The cat has been to the vet several times. Not much help, as I mentioned.