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I am hoping someone more knowledgable can help. I've had cats my whole life but have never come up against ringworm before!
My partner and I adopted a spayed mother cat and her female kitten 7 months ago and they are fantastic. Unfortunately the little kitten came to us from the shelter with ringworm. We have been treating it for 6 months with oral terbinafine, however we just can't get rid of it! We started off bathing the cats as well in anti fungal wash, but it's just too difficult. They get traumatised and fight us (and its been a very cold winter here which hasn't helped).
We vacuum and wash the floors twice per week but we just can't seem to beat it. We just had a culture done of the kitten's fur and it's still viable. At this point we have spent $1000s of dollars with nothing to show for it.
Even worse, the advice of the vets has been to hold off on spaying the kitten until the ringworm is gone. Unfortunately, this weekend she has just gone into heat (she's about 9 months old now). It's AWFUL. I've never seen a cat in heat before (always been very responsible and spayed all my cats) and she's yowling, crying and urinating everywhere!
Has anyone got any suggestions. I even had my vet contact a feline dermatologist who confirmed that she shouldn't be spayed during a course of ringworm, but I don't know what to do.
How long do heats last for? Is there any hormonal treatment that we can do in the meantime to make our lives bearable again? I've just found some great guides on the site for dealing with ringworm which I'll go and read, but right now I'm just worried about the kitten going into heat!
Once it gets warmer, I will even consider shaving both of them. Thank you to anyone who has read this wall of text
ETA: they are both inside cats and don't go outside.
Oh and here's a picture of my two loves (my avatar is a professional photo the shelter had taken when they were so small!):
I am hoping someone more knowledgable can help. I've had cats my whole life but have never come up against ringworm before!
My partner and I adopted a spayed mother cat and her female kitten 7 months ago and they are fantastic. Unfortunately the little kitten came to us from the shelter with ringworm. We have been treating it for 6 months with oral terbinafine, however we just can't get rid of it! We started off bathing the cats as well in anti fungal wash, but it's just too difficult. They get traumatised and fight us (and its been a very cold winter here which hasn't helped).
We vacuum and wash the floors twice per week but we just can't seem to beat it. We just had a culture done of the kitten's fur and it's still viable. At this point we have spent $1000s of dollars with nothing to show for it.
Even worse, the advice of the vets has been to hold off on spaying the kitten until the ringworm is gone. Unfortunately, this weekend she has just gone into heat (she's about 9 months old now). It's AWFUL. I've never seen a cat in heat before (always been very responsible and spayed all my cats) and she's yowling, crying and urinating everywhere!
Has anyone got any suggestions. I even had my vet contact a feline dermatologist who confirmed that she shouldn't be spayed during a course of ringworm, but I don't know what to do.
How long do heats last for? Is there any hormonal treatment that we can do in the meantime to make our lives bearable again? I've just found some great guides on the site for dealing with ringworm which I'll go and read, but right now I'm just worried about the kitten going into heat!
Once it gets warmer, I will even consider shaving both of them. Thank you to anyone who has read this wall of text
ETA: they are both inside cats and don't go outside.
Oh and here's a picture of my two loves (my avatar is a professional photo the shelter had taken when they were so small!):
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