Treat a Cat that has Ringworm

Video Transcript

" Hi! I am Dr. Adrienne Mulligan. I am the owner of Camp Verde Veterinary Clinic. I am here today on behalf of expertvillage.com, and I am here to talk to you about taking care of cats with critical conditions, critical emergencies and health issues. One more skin condition, that you may or may not recognize that your cat has, is commonly called ringworm. Ringworm is actually is actually a fungus that makes a bald spot or a bald place on your cat. There have been cats that are carriers that do not get any bald spots; but if you have another cat in the house, and it starts getting bald spots, or if you yourself get a rash, this is something that can spread to many people, individuals, animals in the household. So if you get a kitten that has any kind of skin lesions, that is something you really need to go to the vet and get checked out for the good of your family. But if your cat does not have any symptoms, you might just sort to have to wait until you see that happen in other cats or other family members, because it is very hard to actually get that diagnosis without some kind of a lesion or a symptom, and so that is sort of the last thing on the skin that I wanted to let you know about. "