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So here is a photo of Shakti, now 14 months old. Hugs to you Bunnelina!  <3  I am sooooo grateful to you for starting this thread. I honestly don't know how I would have gotten past this without you and the support of the group. Hugs all round!!!   

Hi, CassieP3-- Lesions are pretty obvious, especially on an all white kitty. The fur falls out first, revealing a raw sore that looks like raw chopped meat, without being bloody. I apply a cortisone ointment the vet gave me, after verifying that these weren't ringworm any longer but an allergic...

I just wanted to pop back to let you know that Shakti was cleared as ringworm-free at the beginning of October. (Hurray!) It was actually in June that the small lesions disappeared, and she had a huge patch across the shoulder blades that looked totally different and horribly inflamed. That was...

Hi, Cassie. Shakti went back to the vet a week ago Friday. He took blood and the oral meds are NOT affecting her liver. He also took the Woods lamp and couldn't find any fluorescence anywhere. On Sunday, however, I saw that she was developing yet another lesion. So, instead of a week on, a week...

Yes, Cassie. Shakti is a Maine Coon, so I clipped her hair down to about an inch on June 19 so that I could make sure the sulphur lime liquid was reaching her skin.   

Thought I would copy this here for all extended sufferers of "the plague." I hope it helps. Source: Vetinfo.com  (here's the page: vetinfo.com/feline-staph-infection.html#b) A case of feline staph infection  occurs when the Staphylococcus bacteria infects the skin of a domesticated cat. The...

Hey, Cassie. Just learned my kitten has a fungus/bacteria combo of ringworm and possibly staph, so we may be going through something similar. Shakti responded well to the miconazole topical liquid to the lesions that were cultured back in February. In June and again in July, she's had larger...

Okay, gang. . . just spoke with the vet. I told him we'd just finished the first week on the oral meds when Shakti was scratching like crazy and two days later she had two dime-sized lesions at the back of her neck. The vet said, "That's odd. Ringworm isn't generally that itchy." He then told me...

I'm back. My vet actually uses a compounding pharmacy, in south Jersey, that mixed a beef flavored syrup Shakti really looked for every morning, so the first week went just fine. Two days later she was itching her neck like mad and has two new lesions--yes, new locations! Calling the vet...

So sorry, eliandkoby! Hope your daughter is free of it soon!

Thank you for replying. So helpful to hear of happy endings.

So much for plans. Despite the twice weekly (totally 10, so far) sulphur/lime baths, the increased vitality and playfulness I've seen in Shakti this week, and all my hope, I found yet another pink, dime-sized lesion in the middle of her shoulder area this morning. We were headed back to the...

Hi, Bunnelina. The Miconazole is a clear liquid that tingles but doesn't damage the skin--and Shakti's had it on her nose before, so I have a point of comparison. As for the scraping, the vet scraped around her right ear when ringworm surrounded it. . . and I thought it was brilliant, because...