Last week I said my kitten was losing fur in several places. Well,
today I took her to the vet and confirmed it was ringworm. She
has to take a once-a-week pill and also get a special shampoo once
a week for the next 4 weeks. I decided I was going to let the
vet staff bathe her, it hardly costs any more than buying the
shampoo and doing it myself.
I'm sure she caught it from the animal shelter. The incubation
time must be several weeks since I didn't notice anything when I
adopted her. I'm just glad it's not too serious.
Hilden Pickering - 03 Jul 2003 01:51 GMT
>Last week I said my kitten was losing fur in several places. Well,
>today I took her to the vet and confirmed it was ringworm. She
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>time must be several weeks since I didn't notice anything when I
>adopted her. I'm just glad it's not too serious.
I think you should inform the shelter so they can start measures themselves.
Poop Dogg - 03 Jul 2003 06:28 GMT
After getting back from the vet my kitten seemed unusually sleepy.
She is usually bouncing around, taking light catnaps occasionally.
Well, she slept long and sound, not even awaking when I waved my
dinner in her face. She eventually came back to life later in
the evening.
She had gone to the vet and was given grisofulvcin for ringworm
and Capstar for fleas (Capstar was mandatory for all patients).
The data on grisofulvcin made no mention of drowsiness, the info
for Capstar mostly said limited side-effects but I did run
across a mention of lethargy. She also had a bath/shampoo and
I am wondering if the staff possibly slipped her a sedative
(no mention of it nor charge on the bill).