How do you get rid of ringworm in humans?
If you own a domestic cat you might get ringworm from him/her. It is highly contagious and zoonotic (cat to human). Shelter cats can get ringworm very easily. If you adopt a shelter cat with the...
View ArticleThe kitten I want to adopt had ringworm
From Deb Bevan I have a kitten that I want to adopt. He has been treated for ringworm and I am told he is fine now. Is there a chance for the ringworm to return as I have other animals … please...
View ArticleShelter Cats At Christmas. Let’s Think of Them
In general, cats in conventional animal shelters are living through a stressful and hazardous time. It is probably the most hazardous and stressful time of their lives (depending on the individual...
View ArticleRescue staffers spreading ringworm to cats
We know that ringworm is a zoonotic disease. When we discuss zoonotic diseases we almost invariably refer to the transmission of a disease from animals to us. In other words, we are referring to the...
View ArticleExact Transmission of Ringworm in Cats
We know how contagious ringworm is but how, exactly, is it transmitted? We need to know this in order to manage it. To be honest, it’s quite hard to find out this information in the sort of detail and...
View ArticleHow do you know if an animal has ringworm?
People ask this question on the internet. Ringworm is not that uncommon in domestic cats and it is very easily transmitted between cats and from cats to people. I’ll answer the question with reference...
View ArticleThe Worst Case of Feline Ringworm That You Will See and It Was on a Tiger
Aasha is a female Bengal tiger. She was a travelling circus tiger. When she was spotted with ringworm at the age of nine months she had the weight of a three-month-old cub at 30 pounds and most of her...
View ArticleWhy it will cost $27,000 to treat cats with ringworm taken from failed cat...
The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (HSPPR) have taken 135 cats from the failed cat rescue organisation, Steel City Alley Cat Coalition (SCACC) in Pueblo, USA. I wrote about it and questioned...
View ArticleHorrible: video of young cat submitting to a lime sulfur dip for ringworm
When you look at it, it is a rather distressing video. I don’t like to see it but it has to be done because the young cat that you see in the video is one of 85 cats who have … Continue reading →
View ArticleHow do indoor cats get ringworm?
In order to understand how indoor cats get ringworm we need to refer to the life-cycle of this fungus. We are not talking about a worm but a plantlike growth that invades the hair and hair follicles....
View ArticleHow do cats spread ringworm?
Ringworm (dermatophytosis) is spread by cats in direct contact with each other or with materials that have been contaminated with the skin debris of an infected cat or another animal or indeed a human....
View ArticleWhat does ringworm look like on a cat?
Here are some pictures of domestic cats with ringworm. I am fortunate to be able to refer to a recently written article by Elisa, a colleague of mine, who wanted to spread the word about a beautiful...
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