Hi Anoushka ~ I will talk to my vet tomorrow when I bring my other cat in for an xray. The vet tech called to tell me about Schuyler's positive culture the other night and I quickly dropped in to pick up the lotion. The only advice she had was to keep him isolated from the other cats, to which I replied that it was a little late for that now . . . I kept him isolated for the customary week or two when I first brought him home after being neutered, having shots, etc. I would think that they should have checked his facial abrasions then, but as the vet told me when I took him back in (for a lump in his abdomen area that is now decreasing in size . . . yea!) his scabs don't look like ringworm but she went ahead and did the culture because I insisted. She remarked that the test only costs $5.00, so we may as well find out.

Meanwhile, I, too, have researched ringworm on the internet and it seems rather drastic to advise burning toys and bedding . . . ringworm runs its course and then is gone, from what I have gathered. There is also a pill to treat it but the cat must be watched carefully because it is quite toxic.

Schuyler has been co-mingling with my other cats for almost a month now. He is a super friendly and layed-back guy, so he has no qualms about invading their "territory" and sleeping in their favorite places, etc. I have noticed a tiny area on Debra's ear that appears bald, so I am applying the lotion to her just to be on the safe side.

Some cats (and I guess people, too) are resistant or immune to it, so lets hope that holds true for our combined other furry and not so furry family members!

Best of luck to you and yours, and I hope you get negative results if your vet does test for it.