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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    Maffy118, I so sorry you had to go through that!! I couldn't do it. You're very brave. I ask a lot of questions on here cuz I don't feel like I'm getting very many answers from my vet. Has anyone ever seen a vertical line of hair loss down a cats neck? That's something that popped up on two of...
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    Ringworm (yes, another post)

    Hello everyone. I fostered 3 kittens at work this summer (in a grooming shop) and unbenounced to me they all had ringworm. I've never seen it before and didn't know what it was to begin with. Since that time I drug it home to my two cats at home who have been in seclusion for 10 weeks now, the...
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    How about flakes of skin on the cats ears, kind of like a peeling sunburn looks? Wondering if this is a sign of ringworm or a reaction to miconazole or other medication or cleaning chemical
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    Can I transfer ringworm to my cat?

    Call your vet. Yes you can spread it to them. Trust me, you don't want ringworm on your cats. It's horrible I'm going through it right now
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    Has anyone experienced their cat getting cyst like bumps from ringworm? My one cat has a lump growing quickly above his eye but I'm hoping it's something other than ringworm.
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    Graywing, when I still have the kittens that started all this ringworm I had something similar to that. I thought they were growing new lesions but when the vet looked at it she said it was an infection of some kind give them a shot for it and said it was just a new hair growing in on their body...
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    3 of my 5 work cats are now being tested for what may or may not be ringworm and they as well as my house cats are on terbinafine for another 3 weeks. So now I am 7 weeks into this. I have cleaned and cleaned and enlisted a friend to help me clean. Idk what to do.
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    I haven't had any problems with breathing the accel and neither did the kittens that brought this cursed plague ringworm on me. They stayed in my tiny bathroom and were fine
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    Keeping an eye on my 5 work cats still. I freaked out about all of it and still do sometimes.
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    Hello everyone. I got the cultures back from my two house cats Davie and Tula. Davie is negative but Tula is positive. Plus while he was on the last round of oral medicine he had a very high fever that he had to stay in the hospital for 3 days that they couldn't explain. Now my vet wants to test...
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    That is good information, thank you. The kittens have another vet appointment Thursday, I will ask about this.
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    Were those 10 day cultures? My vet tested one of my boys with a new test that uses heat and chemicals it eats away the hair but leaves anything that's not hair, like spores. She said he's free of it, but I'm wondering if I need to have him tested again and if so when
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    Question: can anyone tell me how long after your cat or kitten is declared free of ringworm you need to keep super cleaning
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    The kittens at work have been on their medicine for 4 weeks now, but I see one of them has new leaions, uhgghhh. I never realized how unfinished my work bathroom is until I started trying to clean and sanitize itv aily. The other 2 seem ok so far but all 3 are getting lime sulphur baths. The...
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    Does anyone have an opinion? My HEPA vacuum I've been waiting for in the mail came with no battery. I have the choice of a regular Shop-Vac with no HEPA filter or a broom to clean a kitten room tonight
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    Hello! Accel is made for vet use. It says it is safe. I'm sorry everybody else freaked out but it makes me feel not so bad that I did too. I am cleaning cleaning as much as I can but fighting it on two fronts and working a 12-hour day 5 days a week wears one out. Thanks for your advice I really...
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    I bought some lime plus dip and dipped my two boys at home last night. The bottle says they have to wear an e collar but I thought I saw on here somewhere but they don't is that true? I don't see that thread presently. Will it hurt them to not put a collar on them since they're adults? I will...
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    Thank you for the info. I actually did read that link, but was still obsessing about touching anything and thinking we are carrying the plague. I wish I didn't have the carpet, but I have purchased some accel and will test it for colorfastness tonight. Truly thank you for the info. I'm a...
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    Thank you so much for the information and advice! I did isolate my two cats at home as well as my dog. She has a small lesion on the side of her mouth which may be allergies and maybe ringworm the vet is testing it. If anyone can help me I do have a question how do you keep from contaminating...
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    6 Things I Learned from Our Ringworm Plague (book length....)

    And one more question if I could. I have to isolate my 2 cats and my do. I only have one room to do it. And my question is, how do I exit the room without contaminating the r
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