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Long frustrated post ahead.
My rescue group is downplaying my concerns over ringworm. I have one 10 wk old kitten who has been isolated for two weeks in a bathroom. He has ringworm He is on the 2nd week of his five week pulse fungus oral treatment.
I have two other kittens 10 wks and 6 mos in another room for 2 weeks who were exposed to him. One of those kittens just showed ringworm today. They all also have a bloody diarrhea for which I finally got antibiotics. It’s not giardia or parasites..
They say I am worried too much about cleaning, but everything I’ve read not just on this post but every other post on every other site has stressed how important it is to clean to remove spores. I clean the bathroom with the ringworm kitten with Rescue every other day walls and floors. Remove all towels, bedding, food, bowls, toys, litter, and throw away or sterilize all of that. On the intermittent day I still wipe stuff down, clean up any fur etc.
The other room that has the two kittens is a bedroom which has way more stuff in there to clean so I have just been doing the floors and spraying rescue on the Ottomans and Lysol on the bookshelves. Luckily no bed or carpet in there.
The rescue group completely poo Poos my concerns and think I am over cleaning.
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I have three other cats in my home, I am worried that I have been transmitting the spores on my clothes throughout my entire house. when I visited the kitten with active ringworm, I wear a plastic suit and use bleach wipes when I leave. But in the other cat bedroom, I have not been wearing any protective clothing, which means I have very likely brought ringworm out of that bedroom into the remainder of my house on my clothes.
I feel like I am a hostage to cleaning and spending time with the kittens because they’re so little and lonely. I work full-time. I’m just so frustrated because of the time it takes and in 10 days I’ve already spent $400 in cleaning materials and extra litter boxes because now there’s cats in different rooms.
am I going overboard with my concerns and my cleaning? I just feel like I’m not getting any support or understanding from them. When I told them cat number one had ringworm, the response was bummer. I had to take them to two vets for confirmation because they didn’t believe it.
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Long frustrated post ahead.
My rescue group is downplaying my concerns over ringworm. I have one 10 wk old kitten who has been isolated for two weeks in a bathroom. He has ringworm He is on the 2nd week of his five week pulse fungus oral treatment.
I have two other kittens 10 wks and 6 mos in another room for 2 weeks who were exposed to him. One of those kittens just showed ringworm today. They all also have a bloody diarrhea for which I finally got antibiotics. It’s not giardia or parasites..
They say I am worried too much about cleaning, but everything I’ve read not just on this post but every other post on every other site has stressed how important it is to clean to remove spores. I clean the bathroom with the ringworm kitten with Rescue every other day walls and floors. Remove all towels, bedding, food, bowls, toys, litter, and throw away or sterilize all of that. On the intermittent day I still wipe stuff down, clean up any fur etc.
The other room that has the two kittens is a bedroom which has way more stuff in there to clean so I have just been doing the floors and spraying rescue on the Ottomans and Lysol on the bookshelves. Luckily no bed or carpet in there.
The rescue group completely poo Poos my concerns and think I am over cleaning.
.
I have three other cats in my home, I am worried that I have been transmitting the spores on my clothes throughout my entire house. when I visited the kitten with active ringworm, I wear a plastic suit and use bleach wipes when I leave. But in the other cat bedroom, I have not been wearing any protective clothing, which means I have very likely brought ringworm out of that bedroom into the remainder of my house on my clothes.
I feel like I am a hostage to cleaning and spending time with the kittens because they’re so little and lonely. I work full-time. I’m just so frustrated because of the time it takes and in 10 days I’ve already spent $400 in cleaning materials and extra litter boxes because now there’s cats in different rooms.
am I going overboard with my concerns and my cleaning? I just feel like I’m not getting any support or understanding from them. When I told them cat number one had ringworm, the response was bummer. I had to take them to two vets for confirmation because they didn’t believe it.
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