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Unfortunately, there isn't another get for miles and miles as we live in the middle of nowhere. We're lucky to even have the one right down the road, but... Yeah, this is all I'm getting from them. I don't like that all he does outside of the shirt we have him wear is lick and chew and make...

Before (about a month ago). After... a month of meds (wipes, oral meds, spray, and shampoo)... and 300$ at the vet... Feels great, guys. Is this part of the healing process or is my crying out of frustration justified? All I've done is give the meds as directed and done my best. I'm losing...

So it's been 10 days since the medication I was given from the vet has been applied (daily) to Sonny. His tail and back leg seems healed, but I can't tell if the skin peeling on his head and elbow is a good sign or that it's spreading? It's very hard to tell. After every bath, I used the flea...

If I can get a photo, I'll post it! I'm surprised Sonny even lets me pry open his mouth, but a photo may be more challenging... He's taking anti-fungal meds if all kinds, so a part of me doubts it would actually be that? I'm not expert, but I'd be more keen to assume his own fur and everything...

I don't want to rely on Google or other sites, just ask for general advice. He has some black stuff on his tongue, probably fur since he's grooming, but it makes me wonder if whatever it is, is what's making his white fur turn brown when he licks it. Wondering if anyone has dealt with this...

Haha, things definitely seem better. I don't know what the difference is between healed and healing, but it's really only been just over a week and a half. His scabs are gone or picked off and nothing is bleeding or really too nasty-looking. He only scratches at his ear that seems completely...

So, there are no refills on Sunny's anti-fungal wipes and I'm not sure if they'll let me buy anymore (unsure). My friend recommends a tree tea oil to rub on the hot spots in place of the medicated wipes. Anyone else have recommendations or is sticking to vet-recommended stuff the way to go?

So we have our cleaning regime and disinfect every surface we have him on during medication wipes. I pulled off all the loose fur and detached scabs so I could get right to the skin and root of the hot spot. I don't know if this is recommended but the fur and scabs were matted and gross.

Since they already gave me wipes and shampoo that would be used for ringworm anyway, and said I can just continue with that (asked for antibiotics anyway because why not?)... I'm not even sure how bad this is, which is what worries me. We already washed everything he's ever touched and it's...

I mostly feel bad and incapable of fixing this or even putting it under more control because... I'm having a bit of resistance when it comes to getting help from my own s/o. I don't know what makes it clean enough, if it's actually clean, how much I have to clean, and whether or not I can even...

When I was picking up Sonny from the shelter, I was taking to someone there in the meantime about black cats (I love them so much and have owned one, and had been looking for another but found Sonny instead), and she told me a story about some kids in a neighborhood who would get them to make...

Publix is down the road from us but they only stock either store brand or self-commercial brand (basically what they're paid to advertise) and it's never that good, so we go to Wal-Mart since it's basically a warehouse and has a bigger selection. However, the same items can be bought online at...

Oh no! I'm currently going through this too but it definitely helps to wear them out before sleeping. Sonny will pass out with us or in his box, but if he doesn't we let him play and wear himself out in the bathroom, then he'll eat and pass out in there. There have been good days and bad days...

In Florida, many people are told to set up cat traps to get feral cats taken to a vet or shelter to at least be neutered and have their ear clipped/tagged before being released back home, to at least control the population of feral cats. It's the same reason there are gator farms. Some people...

So with my other post, it turned out to be ringworm because the vet finally called back! Thankfully he's already been getting anti fungal baths and medicated wipes for nearly a week and will have antibiotics today as well! There's been no real "un-improvement" as the scabs really just appeared...