I had never had an animal with ringworm, so I was fairly freaked out. I took my cats back to their vet every 3 weeks, I believe. This is to the best of my recollection; this was five years ago. My vet would do a culture and check them with the black light. After the first time or two, they never glowed again, but they had to have their meds refilled another time after the last time they glowed, I'm sure because the culture was still positive. I bathed them religiously, as often as he said to do it, and let the shampoo sit on their little bodies the full ten minutes. If you don't get it taken care of it can go on and on. I could just see my two continuing to reinfect one another, because by that time, they were giving each other face baths several times a day. That's how Mia gave it to Fritz to begin with, she's big on face baths. They steadily looked better, with the lesions going away and new hair growing back in. I was determined to get rid of the ringworm the first time and it never came back. I know it can be tempting to try to save money but it's something I had no intention of going through again. It is SO contagious.Did you do fungal cultures on them to make sure they were clear or just consider them clear when the lesions were gone? I'm torn on spending the money and waiting those extra weeks or just letting back in when they appear clear.
I had never had an animal with ringworm, so I was fairly freaked out. I took my cats back to their vet every 3 weeks, I believe. This is to the best of my recollection; this was five years ago. My vet would do a culture and check them with the black light. After the first time or two, they never glowed again, but they had to have their meds refilled another time after the last time they glowed, I'm sure because the culture was still positive. I bathed them religiously, as often as he said to do it, and let the shampoo sit on their little bodies the full ten minutes. If you don't get it taken care of it can go on and on. I could just see my two continuing to reinfect one another, because by that time, they were giving each other face baths several times a day. That's how Mia gave it to Fritz to begin with, she's big on face baths. They steadily looked better, with the lesions going away and new hair growing back in. I was determined to get rid of the ringworm the first time and it never came back. I know it can be tempting to try to save money but it's something I had no intention of going through again. It is SO contagious.
I spent nowhere even close to that!I'd estimate we've spent about 3 grand between vet bills, doctor bills, and cleaning supplies.