Lizzie
10-10-2006, 09:09 PM
I've asked Tracy (of Reach out Rescue and the Olney kittens) to find out how much it would cost to pay for oral medicine for one kitten with ringworm. If I can possibly afford it, I will sponsor one kitten for this oral medicine. Can I ask others to consider sponsoring the other thirteen.
The research I've done on ringworm in multi-cat facilities, especially rescues and small shelters, has given me rather grim findings. Not that the cats suffered more than you would expect, but that it can take many months and even up to year to get rid of the infection. During that time, there is always the risk of re-infection and the very real problem that kittens are steadily moving toward a less-adoptable age. Oral medicine, while it is harsher than topical, is the only way to treat ringworm fast, to get it out of the body, and to give some residual resistance.
Tracy rescued the kittens that have brought ringworm into her home when they were minutes away from dying. For this good deed she has suffered extensively. She puts a good face on it, almost always sounding positive and upbeat, but if I'm tired from caring for three, then what she is going through is inimaginable. We need to help her stop this madness now.
Now I'll get off my soapbox and cuddle my Dude while I eat potato chips, my treat after most of the ringworm work is done for one evening.
The research I've done on ringworm in multi-cat facilities, especially rescues and small shelters, has given me rather grim findings. Not that the cats suffered more than you would expect, but that it can take many months and even up to year to get rid of the infection. During that time, there is always the risk of re-infection and the very real problem that kittens are steadily moving toward a less-adoptable age. Oral medicine, while it is harsher than topical, is the only way to treat ringworm fast, to get it out of the body, and to give some residual resistance.
Tracy rescued the kittens that have brought ringworm into her home when they were minutes away from dying. For this good deed she has suffered extensively. She puts a good face on it, almost always sounding positive and upbeat, but if I'm tired from caring for three, then what she is going through is inimaginable. We need to help her stop this madness now.
Now I'll get off my soapbox and cuddle my Dude while I eat potato chips, my treat after most of the ringworm work is done for one evening.