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How do I treat ringworm in my kitten?
I got a new kitten three weeks ago, and the home that she lived in was really awful. There was cat waste everywhere and the smell of cat urine was nearly unbearable. Despite her awful origin, the kitten had no fleas or ear mites, but she had some raised, discolored areas on her skin. I took her to the vet for a checkup immediately, but he said that he didn't think it was ringworm. Three weeks later and I am waiting for test results from the vet and I have a raised red lesion that is oval in shape and dry in the middle on my own arm. I looked at ringworm pictures on the net and my lesion looks just like some of those, and I couldn't have gotten ringworm anywhere except from this kitten. Now I'm also worried that the baby could have spread it to my two adult cats. If the test is positive for ringworm, what can I use to treat my kitten and my asymptomatic adult cats?
Well, the first vet didn't run the test for ringworm because he didn't think that the spots "looked" like ringworm. I took the kitten in to a different vet today for a respiratory infection and showed her the spots. She just took samples today to test, and my lesion just appeared.
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- cat loverLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
I guess I am really puzzled at the three weeks elapsed time for the diagnosis. Under the microscope, it is clear and quick, as well as with a Wood's lamp. Both should be available for a vet. Sending out for a culture would take longer, but that is rarely necessary. So I really suspect if that was done, it was not ringworm.
If you got ringworm, a kitten is not the only place. And one of my indoor cats got some ringworm, and I have no idea how, but she didn't spread it to other cats, nor to me.
For a small area on a cat, using an antifungal such as clotrimazole is effective. Just rub it in the spot. It may take several weeks. Clotrimazole is readily available over the counter in the athletes foot section.