What is the correct way to lime dip a cat???

Everything I see online says to coat the fur. My cat's vet told me that they need to sit in it for 10 minutes.  That is NOT happening.  I start to get bit and clawed after about 5 minutes.  I get the fur good and soaked, and five minutes is all they are having.  Is this long enough?  I let it dry on their fur, and use an Elizabethan collar while they dry (because they will not stop licking it, and that can't be good for their tummies).  

Also, vet said to shampoo with KetoHex shampoo first and then dip.  Bottle says to shampoo first then dip.  Some online articles say to NOT shampoo first.  It will roll right off their backs if I do that.  As it is, it takes a LOT to get their fur wet during the shampoo (must be oily skin or something).  

So far we have done two weeks of terbinifine oral meds and three full weeks of bathing and dipping.  Are they no longer contagious?  Can I let them out of the bathroom?

I don't honestly know the answers to your questions here, but am linking you to this thread:  http://www.thecatsite.com/t/210789/6-things-i-learned-from-our-ringworm-plague-book-length, which has tons of helpful information about ringworm.  There is a link within this thread, in post #12, that discusses the  dips and it says to apply them to dry fur, so I would take this to mean NOT to shampoo first.  However, that being said, I certainly wouldn't think you should shampoo AFTER,, because that would take away all the benefits of the dip, no? 

Talk you your Vet about them not getting a full 10 minutes.  Maybe you can work something out where they Vet's office can do it (is it twice weekly?), or maybe a groomer can do it for you?  I think it's pretty important that it get done accurately.    Also, ask the Vet about the isolation bit.  They may not give you a straight answer.  Someone else asked that same question, and said their vet wouldn't answer them.  If a Vet can't say, we surely can't

mrsgreenjeens said:

 
I don't honestly know the answers to your questions here, but am linking you to this thread:  http://www.thecatsite.com/t/210789/6-things-i-learned-from-our-ringworm-plague-book-length, which has tons of helpful information about ringworm.  There is a link within this thread, in post #12, that discusses the  dips and it says to apply them to dry fur, so I would take this to mean NOT to shampoo first.  However, that being said, I certainly wouldn't think you should shampoo AFTER,, because that would take away all the benefits of the dip, no? 

Talk you your Vet about them not getting a full 10 minutes.  Maybe you can work something out where they Vet's office can do it (is it twice weekly?), or maybe a groomer can do it for you?  I think it's pretty important that it get done accurately.    Also, ask the Vet about the isolation bit.  They may not give you a straight answer.  Someone else asked that same question, and said their vet wouldn't answer them.  If a Vet can't say, we surely can't

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I'm going to guess that it depends on the dip.  My brand specifically says to bathe the cat first and apply the dip after the bath.  And yes - no bath after.  They have to drip dry.  The vet came up with the 10 minute thing on his own, I think.  The technician that I talked to said that the longer you can have them sit in it, the better, but anything is better than nothing. We max out at five minutes.  After that, they are clawing and biting and ready to kill me.  lol  As it is, I'm so afraid this whole experience is going to change their sweet personalities.  They are traumatized each time they have to sit in that dip.  The bath isn't bad - it is the dip that is horrible for them...and me.