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Hello all, I'm new here. I live on a small farm with my hubby and we do a lot of self treatments on all of our animals, saves us money and less drama for the animals.
The issue at hand this time around is I'm not sure if one {or two} of our kittens have ringworm or not. I've had it in the past, and seen it on horses but I've never delt with it on cats.
Here is a pic
At first I thought it was a snake bite. This was 3 days after I saw it. There was a little puss that first day then they scabbed over before I could put anything on it. She is healed up now and the hair is growing back, but her brother now has a bald spot on his neck. And as I was looking him over I noted tiny clumps of hair coming off of his back, not large enough to see skin under it just tiny clumps like a horse with rain rot which is also a fungus...if he was anything but a cat I'd wash him with head & shoulders but I don't think he would take kindly to a bath at all.
I think it would be kinda strange if both kittens got bit in the same spot nearly two weeks apart.
Any thoughts, tips? Could it be something else all together?
Our 3 grown cats look healthy, same as our other younger litter of kittens. They get fed all the purina kitten chow they want.
I've got another question, has anyone used Diatomaceous Earth and/or ground pumpkin seeds to treat kitten for roundworms? I need to pick up some wormer for these guys and I'd like to go with something natural if I can.
Thanks
The issue at hand this time around is I'm not sure if one {or two} of our kittens have ringworm or not. I've had it in the past, and seen it on horses but I've never delt with it on cats.
Here is a pic
At first I thought it was a snake bite. This was 3 days after I saw it. There was a little puss that first day then they scabbed over before I could put anything on it. She is healed up now and the hair is growing back, but her brother now has a bald spot on his neck. And as I was looking him over I noted tiny clumps of hair coming off of his back, not large enough to see skin under it just tiny clumps like a horse with rain rot which is also a fungus...if he was anything but a cat I'd wash him with head & shoulders but I don't think he would take kindly to a bath at all.
I think it would be kinda strange if both kittens got bit in the same spot nearly two weeks apart.
Any thoughts, tips? Could it be something else all together?
Our 3 grown cats look healthy, same as our other younger litter of kittens. They get fed all the purina kitten chow they want.
I've got another question, has anyone used Diatomaceous Earth and/or ground pumpkin seeds to treat kitten for roundworms? I need to pick up some wormer for these guys and I'd like to go with something natural if I can.
Thanks