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hello. i have been dealing with on and off ringworm since september- october 2021 (7 months).
ringworm has been an absolute nightmare and honestly i just want to be free from it.
please give me any advice that could help. or even hearing other people's story.
my situation:
the first ringworm infection: October. (i ended up getting around 40-50 lesions of ringworm. it was a nightmare)
the second ring worm infection: January (i ended up only getting 5 lesions on my thigh while i was disinfecting everything the first week)
the third ringworm infection: april (just found out yesterday from a positive culture and I did not get any lesions yet)
ringworm has been an absolute nightmare and honestly i just want to be free from it.
please give me any advice that could help. or even hearing other people's story.
- how long did it take you to get rid of ringworm for good and how many pets do you have?
- what did you do?
- does lysol disinfecting spray kill ringworm? i heard that only lysol IC kills ringworm?
- what did you use to clean floors, objects, clothes, etc
my situation:
- i have three cats between 10 months - 1 years old.
- russian blue (short hair)
- siberian (long hair)
- ragdoll (long hair and sheds the most)
- this is their THIRD infection of ringworm.
- they have been getting negative cultures but then positive ones 1-2 months after.
- unfortunately, due to my roommates and my renting situation, i could only isolate them in my bedroom which has a central air and a mattress on the floor that i couldn't remove because of certain reasons.
- will try to move them to the bathroom this time though
the first ringworm infection: October. (i ended up getting around 40-50 lesions of ringworm. it was a nightmare)
- i didnt shave any cats
- i gave itrafungol every other week
- wiped with PDI: SANI-CLOTH BLEACH wipes
- threw away objects that couldn't be washed
- isolated them in bedroom
- washed clothes warm - hot water and dried high heat
- lime sulfur dip (every 5 days) and chlorhexdine ketoconazole (twice a week) bathe them
- vacuumed with roomba daily (dumb idea because it was very hard to disinfect)
- disinfected room weekly.
- cleaned floors with accelerated hydrogen peroxide: Diversey - Oxivir Five 16 Concentrate One-Step Disinfectant Cleaner
- i didnt bring them to the vet to get them retested after itrafungol treatment was complete because their fur grew back so i assumed it was over (bad idea)
the second ring worm infection: January (i ended up only getting 5 lesions on my thigh while i was disinfecting everything the first week)
- i didnt shave any cats
- gave itrafungol every other week
- wiped with PDI: SANI-CLOTH BLEACH wipes
- threw away objects that couldnt be washed
- isolated them in bedroom
- washed clothes warm - hot water and with borox and dried high heat
- did not lime sulfur dip or chlorhexdine keto wash them. the first time was just too tiring. also i heard that it is not as effective if it only touches their fur and not on their skin
- vacuumed with mele C3 cat and dog with hepa filter daily
- disinfected room weekly
- cleaned floors with accelerated hydrogen peroxide: Diversey - Oxivir Five 16 Concentrate One-Step Disinfectant Cleaner
- brought them to the vet in febuary when they finished itrafungol treatment and they came back negative
the third ringworm infection: april (just found out yesterday from a positive culture and I did not get any lesions yet)
- will probably shave them. third time is enough and i need to see the lesions that i am treating or see the new lesions that are appearing
- also, one of my cats does not lose fur with ringworm. he was full of fur yet he still had it.
- my vet previously suggested changing the dosing of the itrafungol if it comes back (which it did)
- will prob isolate them in bathroom since my renting situation changed
- will prob either treat them with
- itrafungol and lime sulfur dip and miconazole lotion on them
- itrafungol and chlorhexdine ketoconazole bathe them and put miconazole lotion on them
- vaccum with mele C3 cat and dog with hepa filter daily
- disinfect room twice in week? hopefully