scab on my kitten's skin

natalieh

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Good morning everyone!

I just found a scab on one of my kitten's skin... it protrudes maybe one to two mm from the surface of the skin. I took them to the vet just under a week ago and they do have ringworm, but I'm not sure if this is ringworm as well... thoughts? The kitten did have a similar looking lession on his chest a little over a week ago but it didn't protrude as much as this one. It was scabby though. I put some lamisil on the chest one and it has reduced and fur is growing back.. so perhaps this is a similar thing? I'm waiting for the vet to call me saying that they have a liquid oral medication ready - they didn't have the correct dose for kittens available at the vet when I went so they had to have a pharmacy make it.

I attached a picture because that's probably more accurate than any description I could give. There's still fur... but as you can see there is a thin ring of hairloss surrounding the scab. I just noticed this aspect when taking the photo. It doesn't seem to bother him except when I just put cream on it in case it is ringworm. Sigh... my poor babies! I've had them for a couple weeks now and the ringworm came with them. They're both very playful so there's no lethargy.

 

mrsgreenjeens

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I can't tell for sure from the picture, but doesn't look like this scab is in a circle, is it?  Is it possible this is from a scratch from the babies playing?

You said you did put the Lamisil on it just in case?  Maybe you could send this picture to the Vet that is treating the ringworm and ask them if that think that's what it is?

 
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