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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
About how long should it take to dry, in that case? All of my cats are short hair, though some have thicker coats. When I put them dripping with lime into a carrier, they drip all over the bottom of the carrier and, as such, are essentially sitting in the lime and can't get dry. Do you squeeze some of the excess off with your hands before isolating them?2. Dipping. It's most important to soak the cat to the skin all over (dabbing it on the head) and then DO NOT RINSE. If you can do that faster than in 10 minutes, you're done. Just saturate the cat to the skin, and then air dry without getting chilled. There are instructions in the link above.
I will look for that info here - thank you! How do you culture a cat with no lesions? Just pull a few random hairs?3. You can't tell if a cat is cured by looking at it. A normal-looking cat can be positive for ringworm, and a cat that still has gross-looking lesions may have been cured and just needs to heal for longer. The only way to know is with cultures. Read this thread back several pages to learn about the new cultures that can give results in DAYS not weeks. I have a feeling your vet may not be aware of this little miracle weapon in the ringworm battle.
I feel that my vet has been pretty cavalier about the ringworm and thinks once-weekly lime dip is all I need to do. I have asked multiple times about oral meds and he just says, "Not worth the risk." However, I did meet a woman at an adoption event last weekend whose vet prescribed Sporanox, so I've left a message with that vet. I think I've just been questioning whether I should trust my vet or push to do things the way they are suggested here. I've been with this vet a long time (he treated a cat of mine who had IBD), so he already knows I can be pretty neurotic about my cats and spend a lot of time researching things on my own. Unfortunately, I think these leads to frustration on his part and feeling like, 'Why are you even asking me?" if I already know what I want to do. So, we will see if this other vet can help. The shelter vet did agree to write me a script for Sporanox, but said it was $8-$9 a pill. !!! How long does a course of Sporanox typically last, assuming it works the first time? A month (30 days worth of pills)?4. I hope others will chime in, but what I can tell you about treatment without oral meds is anecdotal, from chatting with several others here on the site seven years ago, when I was going through it with my four cats. I corresponded with various people trying to treat ringworm who couldn't afford the oral meds (or the multiple cultures for multiple cats... like 26 cats in one case). Their stories were often disheartening and sad. They'd think the ringworm was gone because their cats were looking better... and then they'd come down with it themselves, or their kids did, and so on. Basically the ringworm traveled around in the house among animals and humans for quite a while, sometimes even years. Now, housecleaning is another key part of the treatment and I don't know how well they may have been doing with that. (You need a vacuum with a HEPA or similar filter, so that all the spores you vacuum up don't blow right back out in the exhaust, for example.) I also don't know how religiously or effectively they were dipping everyone. People often would try to use a shampoo, which is less effective. Lots of things people try are not effective. The oral meds and lime-sulfur work.