So, tomorrow at 9Am, Rocket gets to go to the vet.
She's not sick.
She doesn't need shots.
She's already had her surgery.
So why?
Apparently she's a ringworm carrier.
Her mother as at least semi-feral, and one of Kate's co-workers arranged homes for the kittens. Even though she started out as a yard cat, she'd wonderfully affectionate and seems to have attached herself to me to the extent that, when she's not distracted, she looks for me and demands to be picked up.
So now i have two or three spots of ringworm on my left forearm where she likes to be cuddled, and some on my right hand (the hand i stroke her with)...
Maggie has one spot on her neck.
And Vellie has several - including one on her forehead that Helen didn't notice at first because her bangs covered it.
So she goes to the vet to make sure she's the carrier ... and then we have to decide how to afford her treatment, because we're broke right now.
Sigh.
Rocket has a vet appointment
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Rocket has a vet appointment
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Re: Rocket has a vet appointment
Oh, that's unfortunate news! I hope the condition is easily curable all the way around!
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Re: Rocket has a vet appointment
Ringworm in humans can be treated with prescription steroids; 'home remedies' include applying Vic's VapoRub topically to the site of fungal infection (not actually a worm); the camphor is mildly toxic to the fungus, and it will reduce/disappear over time. (Vic's is also good for nail fungus.)
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Re: Rocket has a vet appointment
We're using ketoconazole topically.NOTDilbert wrote:Ringworm in humans can be treated with prescription steroids; 'home remedies' include applying Vic's VapoRub topically to the site of fungal infection (not actually a worm); the camphor is mildly toxic to the fungus, and it will reduce/disappear over time. (Vic's is also good for nail fungus.)
Treatment for Rocket would be a dip and a course of oral meds; she may very well simply have the spores in her fur, but she'll likely get the oral meds anyway, just in case.
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Re: Rocket has a vet appointment
So the study of this particular cat's medical history...Rocket science?
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Re: Rocket has a vet appointment
But the treatment is not rocket surgery!
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Re: Rocket has a vet appointment
Weird mental image of a cat all slicked down with the Vick's....
(But she should go like a greased Rocket...)
(But she should go like a greased Rocket...)
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Re: Rocket has a vet appointment
Getting oral meds (which will be pills that have to be ground and compounded as a liquid because she's too small to take even half of one as a dose) and a spray.
Not even duct tape can fix stupid. But it can muffle the noise.
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mike weber
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