Okay. My boyfriend I made the long thoughtful decision to get a kitty. We decided that given the amount of kitties needing homes, we would get one from the Humane Society. We brought home a 6 month old kitten. He was in our home for 6 days, at which point he gradually became friendly enough with us for us to discover a horrible crusty rash on all four paws and a balding spot above his eye. RINGWORM! I just knew it! So I scheduled a vet appointment. Our vet told us he had TERRIBLE ringworm, that we would have to get the antifungal pills, that the dips would not suffice, that he had terrible gingivitis, that he had stomatosis...and on an on. We just couldn't afford to put all that money into the medical care that he needed right at the start. We had budgeted for the adoption fee, all the startup expenses, but not a vet bill to the tune of several hundred dollars....we ended up returning him to the humane society and cutting our losses with the initial vet bill
. So. That was terrible, and it was further complicated by some other things, which I will not go into.
We still want a kitty! We would like to start with a healthy kitty, however, and we are worried about bringing a new kitty into our home where the last little guy freely roamed for over a week. We have cleaned all hard surfaces with the bleach mixture, but we understand from internet research that the fungus can live in an environment for 18 months!! We don't want to wait that long! Does anyone have experience with bringing a cat into a home where a kitty with bad ringworm used to live????
We still want a kitty! We would like to start with a healthy kitty, however, and we are worried about bringing a new kitty into our home where the last little guy freely roamed for over a week. We have cleaned all hard surfaces with the bleach mixture, but we understand from internet research that the fungus can live in an environment for 18 months!! We don't want to wait that long! Does anyone have experience with bringing a cat into a home where a kitty with bad ringworm used to live????