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I am so happy to report that Sheldon doesn't have ringworm. The test the vet used is a new 4 day one -- he gave me the info and I googled it so I feel secure in trusting it. They believe the spot on his foot is a scar. He is settling in nicely with my other cats and gets along fantastically with...

Hi Everyone, we recently adopted a cat from South Carolina via a rescue here in the Northeast. Sheldon is a 1 year old sweet boy. When I got him home I noticed a bare spot on his foot and was immediately concerned about ringworm, as it's very common among southern rescues. So I took him to the...

My vet is usually able to palpate and tell if they have been spayed, if there is any doubt (he can feel the incision). Worst case, they would shave her to spay her and find the scar then (happened with my first cat, Suita).

I'd get her to a vet. Looks a bit like ringworm.

I really recommend searching for a thread in this forum called something like "6 things I learned from our ringworm nightmare". Written by a user named bunnelina. She lived in an 800 sq ft apartment when her two new kittens got ringworm and she did not isolate them. She and her husband and their...

Whoops fell on reply. Anyway Sheldon was supposedly healthy but has some sort of oral health issue that is autoimmune. And... On Saturday, the third day we had him, I found a bare spot on his back hock. I immediately thought of ringworm. When we went to the vet on Tuesday for his new cat checkup...

I just spent the day reading this entire amazing thread. It has calmed me down immensely. We adopted a 1 year old DSH, Sheldon, from a local rescue group.