Hello,
I'm new here and I'm not sure if I'm even in the right spot on this forum for my questions. I purchased a Cornish Rex kitten from a women in Ohio a few months back. The kitten unbeknownst to me at the time came to me with ring worm, the breeder swears the kitten was clean when it left her. When the kitten was delivered to me it had little bumps all over it, I took him to my vet and they did a scrapping and it was positive for ringworm. It strange as he didn't show like the pictures you see of ring worm as he didn't have round large patches but instead small bumps and then some small round soars popped up on his face as week later. He doesn't have fur to begin with becuase of his breed so you don't notice missing fur on him. I had never heard of ringworm in cats before and my vet say's it pretty rare in our area. The ring worm has since traveled to my other cat and they are both infected. I became infected but used a cream and it went away after a couple weeks. My cats were originally put on terbinafine but when they finished their doses they stared having breakthroughs again, I have also been sulfer/lyme dipping them, originally twice a week and have now moved to once a week. The vet has changed their meds and has put them on itraconazole every other week for four weeks, they just finished their first dose yesterday. The Cornish kitten looks clear right now and my other cat is missing patches of fur all over his head/feet and underbelly. I was wondering if anyone on here has had any experience with ringworm and can give me any suggestions. I'm worried that taking them off the itraconazole for a week will bring back the ringworm. I'm older and not in the best of health and it's getting harder for me to handle all this with no help. I constantly clean and try to disinfect things as much as I possibly can. I can't throw out my furniture or spray it with clorox, I spray with a lot of lysol and I have purchased a disinfectant called Rescue and I'm trying that. The vets are overwhelmed in my area since covid and I'm pretty much on my own with this mess. I even tried reaching out to a few rescue groups with questions and received no replies. Any help or encouragement would be appreciated. I need to know there will be some light at the end of this tunnel!
I'm new here and I'm not sure if I'm even in the right spot on this forum for my questions. I purchased a Cornish Rex kitten from a women in Ohio a few months back. The kitten unbeknownst to me at the time came to me with ring worm, the breeder swears the kitten was clean when it left her. When the kitten was delivered to me it had little bumps all over it, I took him to my vet and they did a scrapping and it was positive for ringworm. It strange as he didn't show like the pictures you see of ring worm as he didn't have round large patches but instead small bumps and then some small round soars popped up on his face as week later. He doesn't have fur to begin with becuase of his breed so you don't notice missing fur on him. I had never heard of ringworm in cats before and my vet say's it pretty rare in our area. The ring worm has since traveled to my other cat and they are both infected. I became infected but used a cream and it went away after a couple weeks. My cats were originally put on terbinafine but when they finished their doses they stared having breakthroughs again, I have also been sulfer/lyme dipping them, originally twice a week and have now moved to once a week. The vet has changed their meds and has put them on itraconazole every other week for four weeks, they just finished their first dose yesterday. The Cornish kitten looks clear right now and my other cat is missing patches of fur all over his head/feet and underbelly. I was wondering if anyone on here has had any experience with ringworm and can give me any suggestions. I'm worried that taking them off the itraconazole for a week will bring back the ringworm. I'm older and not in the best of health and it's getting harder for me to handle all this with no help. I constantly clean and try to disinfect things as much as I possibly can. I can't throw out my furniture or spray it with clorox, I spray with a lot of lysol and I have purchased a disinfectant called Rescue and I'm trying that. The vets are overwhelmed in my area since covid and I'm pretty much on my own with this mess. I even tried reaching out to a few rescue groups with questions and received no replies. Any help or encouragement would be appreciated. I need to know there will be some light at the end of this tunnel!
