Ringworm?

[DocMac]

I have an itchy place on my arm this morning and one of my cats has a tiny place on her nose. I'm afraid I have ringworm and so oes she. Don't feel like its an emergency for ithet of us, but what can y'all tell me about it?

 

[Patti]

Boy, it's been a long time since I've had to deal with ringworm but I remember that I washed everything in Health Guard, including the kitties. I think Health Guard also has a spot treatment that you can use directly on the affected areas. You can also use over the counter products on yourself as well, but I would be careful using anything on the cat without checking with a vet first. Ringworm can be pretty nasty to get rid of, to be sure to clean everything thoroughly.

 

[Jacq]

It's terribly contagious. You need to treat all carpeted areas, furniture, and anything else the cat touched. I used OTC athlete's foot powder and sprinkled it on all my carpeting, them vacuumed. I had to bathe my kitten every day in special stuff and treat all his spots. What a hassle!

 

[admin]

Jacq that's a good idea about the foot powder and vacuuming...

You can use a tea tree oil salve on ringworm, if you want to go the more natural route...on yourself that is...and I guess you could use on the kitten as well...

 

[admin]

On second thought...that may not be a good idea as the kittens will walk on it and lick it off their feet?

 

[admin]

I have an itchy place on my arm this morning and one of my cats has a tiny place on her nose. I'm afraid I have ringworm and so oes she. Don't feel like its an emergency for ithet of us, but what can y'all tell me about it?

Josie, where do you think you might have picked it up?

 

[Patti]

Jacq that's a good idea about the foot powder and vacuuming...

You can use a tea tree oil salve on ringworm, if you want to go the more natural route...on yourself that is...and I guess you could use on the kitten as well...

Tea tree oil is toxic to cats

 

[admin]

Tea tree oil is toxic to cats

So some say - others say differently...but you can use it on yourself, as far as I know...

 

[MK Anderson]

Had it here a couple years ago, uggg! I do everything still to keep it out of my home!!! I would quarantine the cat with the ringworm ASAP! I would use health guard on all your clothing and cat stuff(as Patti suggested) EVERYTHING!!! I still wash my towels and bedding always with health guard. Their are a few products you can try and use, shampoo and sprays from Revial health. I would shampoo and used two sprays and I also got Itraconazole from the vet and gave for six weeks! I also use sani guard bombs in my entire house, they are hospital grade that kills everything including ringworm. Mine was a mild case went horrible bad! thanks to a horrible vet I will never use again. thanks to the new vet and cat friends, it finally got IT under control. if you have it too I would make sure it is securely cover with a band aid. You can put ointment(lotrimin) on it and cover it, so important to cover it. this is nasty and can spread fast and get bad. really important to clean, I mean everything. I ordered a product that killed the fungus instead of messing with bleach.

I would sit in there room with them in a hazard waste outfit, so I would not spread it(outfit stayed in room) and just cried one day, it was that bad!

 

[admin]

That is terrible, MK - I'm so sorry! where on earth did you get a hazmat suit?