Cat with skin condition: Ringworm or mange?

Ours had ringworm, I learned that scrubbing at the area spread the spores making it worse! Once I applied the cream on in dabs only, not stirring up the area, the bald spot stopped spreading. I saw new hair growth in a week. It did take a month before it was completely cleared up. We used regular over the counter Miconazole from Walgreens.

He gave me one spot on my leg (but the other person and 3 other cats in the house never got any), and I used the same cream on my leg. It got rid of it. Be careful with anti-fungal sprays if you're going that route, some are able to work on dogs and cats, others are dog only.

A skin scraping is needed to check for mites, they look at it under the microscope. If Revolution doesn't say it treats skin mites, then it will not make a difference on the cat's bare spots. Mites are treated with a topical cream (just not the same one as ringworm is).

Neither one should be making the cat itch, are you sure he's not pulling the fur out on his own? I had a cat with food allergies that yanked out a good deal of fur on his sides as a result. We put him on half of a raw diet and it toned things down hugely.

When you go in for your post surgical check up, ask them to do a skin scraping for mites (It's usually about $12 to $18 and you get results right away). Ringworm can take awhile to clear up though, so it really could go either way. There are two types of mites; one is contagious to people, the other is not. I assume you're already doing a lot of hand washing and bedding bleaching because of the possible ringworm (which is very contagious to people), so there's no real extra precautions to take. Keep applying the ringworm medication (or, if you run out, over the counter athlete's foot cream will work fine) until you find out for sure though.

Good luck!