Hi All, glad to be here
I'm overwhelmed by ringworm, this nightmare started on April. My cat 2 years old gave birth to 5 beautiful kittens, after a few weeks I noticed scaly patches on the kittens feet, face, or ears. I took them to the vet and he confirmed that they have ringworm, and since they were really young, I only gave them topical medications and thank god four of them are free of ringworm.
My problem is with the mother, she caught it after the kitten about 3 weeks later ( I didn't want to separate them as they were still nursing) - it only appeared on her nose and one ear, she and the male caught it and the vet told me to give them terbinafine pills (I'm in Egypt we don't have itracanzole nor lime sulfur dips) and topical treatment. The male had a speed recovery, and unfortunately she started to refuse to eat and to vomit green bile so I stopped the oral medication immediately, took her to the vet and he gave her shots and thank god she started to eat again. The problem is she only took topical treatment. after multiple visits to the vet (because she had to take shots), she became really stressed, she started to shed her hair like crazy, I noticed that she lost her hair on her second ear and her back and her side, took her to the vet again and he clipped her hair. we found the ringworm everywhere, (from her ear to her tail), he told me to give her vitamins to help her immunity, and to resume the topical treatment (terbinafine spray, chlorhexidine shampoo, clotrimazole Spray)
after two weeks of treatment her ears and back wasn't red anymore and I started to hope she is getting better, but I started to find her hair everywhere again, and the only place that still had hair was her chin, I looked and there it was again. a big bald spot .
I don't know what to do, I've been cleaning like crazy everyday for the past three months, trying to reduce her stress but she is always afraid now because of the constant treatment, I don't know what to do either. did anyone go through something like this? is there any tips i can do? is there is something I'm missing?
I don't give her baths I just rub the shampoo on the affected areas and then remove it with a wet cotton. she is already nervous enough
I'm overwhelmed by ringworm, this nightmare started on April. My cat 2 years old gave birth to 5 beautiful kittens, after a few weeks I noticed scaly patches on the kittens feet, face, or ears. I took them to the vet and he confirmed that they have ringworm, and since they were really young, I only gave them topical medications and thank god four of them are free of ringworm.
My problem is with the mother, she caught it after the kitten about 3 weeks later ( I didn't want to separate them as they were still nursing) - it only appeared on her nose and one ear, she and the male caught it and the vet told me to give them terbinafine pills (I'm in Egypt we don't have itracanzole nor lime sulfur dips) and topical treatment. The male had a speed recovery, and unfortunately she started to refuse to eat and to vomit green bile so I stopped the oral medication immediately, took her to the vet and he gave her shots and thank god she started to eat again. The problem is she only took topical treatment. after multiple visits to the vet (because she had to take shots), she became really stressed, she started to shed her hair like crazy, I noticed that she lost her hair on her second ear and her back and her side, took her to the vet again and he clipped her hair. we found the ringworm everywhere, (from her ear to her tail), he told me to give her vitamins to help her immunity, and to resume the topical treatment (terbinafine spray, chlorhexidine shampoo, clotrimazole Spray)
after two weeks of treatment her ears and back wasn't red anymore and I started to hope she is getting better, but I started to find her hair everywhere again, and the only place that still had hair was her chin, I looked and there it was again. a big bald spot .
I don't know what to do, I've been cleaning like crazy everyday for the past three months, trying to reduce her stress but she is always afraid now because of the constant treatment, I don't know what to do either. did anyone go through something like this? is there any tips i can do? is there is something I'm missing?
I don't give her baths I just rub the shampoo on the affected areas and then remove it with a wet cotton. she is already nervous enough
