We had an issue with ringworm 4 months ago. My children got it from a guinea pig we had just gotten. We ended up giving the guinea pig back because I just couldn’t deal. I was afraid we wouldn’t be able to get rid of the ringworm and it was so stressful cleaning and trying to treat them and worrying about our other pets getting it. It took 4 months for the ringworm to go away on one of my kids. It just kept coming back. It FINALLY went away a couple weeks ago. Then we rescued another kitten. And she had freaking ringworm.
We didn’t know when we got her. I noticed a couple days in that she had a gunky spot on one of her ears but I thought it was from ear mites. But then I started noticing other spots on her legs and tail and 2 weeks later finally connected the dots and realized it was probably ringworm. I took her to the vet and it is indeed ringworm . She’s getting baths, mitroconazole cream, and an oral medication. She’s being kept in a spare room because I don’t want our kids and other pets to get it too.
I am so stressed out about this. I feel like I am on the verge of a mental breakdown. I am terrified of my children getting it again or god forbid, getting it on their scalp because then they would need to take an oral medication that can be dangerous to their liver. I’m already struggling mentally and I’m scared this will push me over the edge. I worry that even if we manage to get rid of the ringworm on her and keep our kids from getting it, that once we let her out of the room she’ll just get it again and this nightmare will never end.
I don’t know what to do. I feel so badly for her. She is a very sweet kitten but I don’t want to do this anymore. I feel like I’m not safe and comfortable in my own home because of the ringworm. I don’t want to sit on my couch or cuddle my other pets because I’m scared they have it. Our dog is being kept in the kitchen and garage and our older cat is the only one who is having free roam of the house because he was shaved and doesn’t have any lesions.
I want to give her back to the shelter but I feel like I can’t. Like I’m stuck with her. Like I can’t give another animal back because we had to give a rescue dog back after a couple weeks because he was too aggressive to be around our kids, and then the guinea pig because it had ringworm, and now this kitten. I swear I used to be the most devoted pet owner. I took great care of my other pets and kept them their entire lives. But I just can’t deal with this when I have a toddler and a preschooler that I’m worried about. I shouldn’t have gotten another animal. I had too much on my plate already with my kids and our other two rescues but I thought another kitten would be easy and I feel so bad for all the animals that need homes. And it would have been if it hadn’t been for the ringworm. I’m just so stressed and need support
We didn’t know when we got her. I noticed a couple days in that she had a gunky spot on one of her ears but I thought it was from ear mites. But then I started noticing other spots on her legs and tail and 2 weeks later finally connected the dots and realized it was probably ringworm. I took her to the vet and it is indeed ringworm . She’s getting baths, mitroconazole cream, and an oral medication. She’s being kept in a spare room because I don’t want our kids and other pets to get it too.
I am so stressed out about this. I feel like I am on the verge of a mental breakdown. I am terrified of my children getting it again or god forbid, getting it on their scalp because then they would need to take an oral medication that can be dangerous to their liver. I’m already struggling mentally and I’m scared this will push me over the edge. I worry that even if we manage to get rid of the ringworm on her and keep our kids from getting it, that once we let her out of the room she’ll just get it again and this nightmare will never end.
I don’t know what to do. I feel so badly for her. She is a very sweet kitten but I don’t want to do this anymore. I feel like I’m not safe and comfortable in my own home because of the ringworm. I don’t want to sit on my couch or cuddle my other pets because I’m scared they have it. Our dog is being kept in the kitchen and garage and our older cat is the only one who is having free roam of the house because he was shaved and doesn’t have any lesions.
I want to give her back to the shelter but I feel like I can’t. Like I’m stuck with her. Like I can’t give another animal back because we had to give a rescue dog back after a couple weeks because he was too aggressive to be around our kids, and then the guinea pig because it had ringworm, and now this kitten. I swear I used to be the most devoted pet owner. I took great care of my other pets and kept them their entire lives. But I just can’t deal with this when I have a toddler and a preschooler that I’m worried about. I shouldn’t have gotten another animal. I had too much on my plate already with my kids and our other two rescues but I thought another kitten would be easy and I feel so bad for all the animals that need homes. And it would have been if it hadn’t been for the ringworm. I’m just so stressed and need support