My cat has had this on his back hocks since April. I first went to the vet thinking it was a burn, well the vet thought so too as I didn't really know. She prescribed a healing gel as well as a cone, but it’s persisted. Actually, he bites his hocks really, really, really, really hard until he bleeds. So I went back to the vet, and she said it was either stress-related or something that needed steroids. I also bought a longer cone because I suspected it was affecting his scratching. Except I’m still not seeing any improvement with the steroids and I’m seeing these big black patches. I already removed one a few days ago. I don’t really know what they are. And the stress tablets really aren't working because she told me that when I gave him the stress tablets, I should take his cone off. But when I take his cone off, he honestly has these urges, he just bites and licks himself. I don’t know what to do anymore.
