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post #1 of 4
6/13/10 at 6:00pm
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I am fairly certain my cat has ringworm. He has a bald spot on his ear and I took him to the vet where they are doing a fungal culture. The vet was somewhat vague about the issue, but I was curious if anyone here has caught ringworm from their cat. Charlie is extremely affectionate and loves kissing, so I kind of concerned that I will get ringworm from him. Does anyone have any experiences/tips?
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post #2 of 4
6/13/10 at 6:23pm
My cats haven't had ringworm, but I have. It is easily treated with OTC medications. It is much easier to deal with in people than in pets.
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post #3 of 4
6/13/10 at 9:14pm
ohhhh yes. I have had ringworm several times. It was always an itchy dry red ring on my body. I've had it on my arms and legs and even my chest, which was the biggest one at around the size of a quarter. I use a thing called Fungi-Nail but they have lots of OTC meds for it that indicate on the label it will kill ringworm. Sometimes it stings when you apply it (Or that's because I'd scraped at mine which you shouldn't do because you can spread it, as I understand it)
I wouldn't consider it something really horrible, though I wonder where I pick mine up at, because the Vet told me my cat had ringworm on his tail and even after treatments it didn't go away, and come to find out he had stud tail instead. Any, Off topic there, sorry. I wouldn't worry too bad I recently just had a spot on my arm the size of a pea and treated it twice with the Fungi nail (Which STINKS just so you're aware) and it is gone.

Good luck with your kitty
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post #4 of 4
6/13/10 at 10:08pm
I've dealt with cats with ringworm and I did not get it. I used precautions such as confining the cats to one room (since I had other pets as well and it's easier to thorougly clean one room than a whole house), vacuuming and dusting frequently and wearing plastic gloves when touching the cats. It's mainly spread through skin to skin contact so I would avoid that for now. However, like other people have said, if you do catch it it's not the end of the world. It's easily treated with OTC creams.

For treating the cat if the ringworm is only on one small area you can use OTC creams that are used for people. If it's a larger area I think Lyme Sulfur Dips work best and are the easiest on the cat. Shampoos, in my experience, just stress the poor cats out and make the treatment much more traumatic than it has to be.
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