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Hello, everyone! It was Bunnelina’s ringworm 2010 post that brought me to this forum and lo and behold, we are dealing with ringworm again. The first time was w/ a foster with FIP in April. In addition to furiously working to decontaminate our home, we are also treating our newly adopted, almost adult cats (they are brothers) systemically with Itraconazole which has to be the most viscous substance in the world and is especially hard to plunge into your squirming *grown kitten’s* mouth with hands that are already hurting from all the cleaning. Has anyone had luck with the pill form? We’re in the SF Bay Area.
About the cleaning: We looked into professional biohazard cleaners and their costs ranged from $2350 to $5000. Most of the work has been clearing and truck loads of laundering. The kittens have been here since 6/12/21 and the vets think that they had not fully cleared it while in foster care which was a cat boarding facility with open cages, just mesh as barriers. I would never adopt again knowing that the cats ever had ringworm And rescues, try as they may, too often don’t do a thorough job of making sure kitties are 100% before adopting them out. And it’s just a hard disease to manage with multiple animals. We have 5, so we understand.
About the cleaning: We looked into professional biohazard cleaners and their costs ranged from $2350 to $5000. Most of the work has been clearing and truck loads of laundering. The kittens have been here since 6/12/21 and the vets think that they had not fully cleared it while in foster care which was a cat boarding facility with open cages, just mesh as barriers. I would never adopt again knowing that the cats ever had ringworm And rescues, try as they may, too often don’t do a thorough job of making sure kitties are 100% before adopting them out. And it’s just a hard disease to manage with multiple animals. We have 5, so we understand.
