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[Jrand73]

Time for bed.

[Cillaliz]

DR Laura, what did you do for your kitties athlete's elbow?

[Cillaliz]

Night JRand

[Laura]

Last week I found this monarch caterpillar in my yard:

[Cillaliz]

DR CILLA LIZ now Little Ricky knows what bath time at his new home is all about!

Yes, and he isn't pleased about it, lol.  I don't usually give the cats a bath, but I do think it helped him, so I'll probably do it again

[Laura]

And today he is turning into a chrysalis:

[Laura]

We used over-the-counter athlete's foot cream (Tinactin or the like). Sometimes the vet would give pills. I don't remember the name. They can be hard on the liver.

And it took a long time to heal. And we had to bleach everything.

[Cillaliz]

We used over-the-counter athlete's foot cream (Tinactin or the like). Sometimes the vet would give pills. I don't remember the name. They can be hard on the liver.

And it took a long time to heal. And we had to bleach everything.

Did any humans get it?  How about your adult cats?

[Cillaliz]

And today he is turning into a chrysalis:

We used to catch them when i was a kid and keep them in a "bug house" until they became butterflies and would then release them.  I loved watching it

[Cillaliz]

Wonderful Photos, Laura, as always

[Laura]

Fulvicin. And the treatment takes about a month.

[Laura]

Our fosters used to get it, but we kept them in a separate room from our own (mostly). If one kitten in the kitten room got it, most of them got it. No amount of washing or keeping them separated in cages mattered.

It is very contagious, and people can get it, too.

[Cillaliz]

Thanks. Laura.  He hasn't been diagnosed yet, but I'm thinking that's what it is. The antibiotics didn't work.  I'm using the cream she gave me.  I'm just trying to figure out how long he'll be contagious so I can hopefully get him out of the room before too long.  Callie is ready to meet him, Boo, not so much.   I've read that adult cats generally don't get it and that if you don't have it by the time there is an official diagnosis, you probably won't get it

[Laura]

And the spores can live in your house for a long time, they say.

[Laura]

It is my understanding that antibiotic cream would make it worse, since you kill the bacteria that would ordinarily keep the fungus and bacteria  in balance.

[Cillaliz]

I am going to keep him in the carpeted room.  I have planned to rip the carpet out of that room for a long time and will do that as soon as I know he's ok.   I'm changing clothes every time I go in the room, washing them in very hot water and drying them in a very hot dryer.  I'm vacuuming every day, washing his blankets every other day and have used clorox one to spray down some of the surfaces in his room.   I am very glad he's only been in one room.   I'll probably throw away his cat bed and toys when he heals

[Cillaliz]

It is my understanding that antibiotic cream would make it worse, since you kill the bacteria that would ordinarily keep the fungus and bacteria  in balance.

The antibiotics were pills.  She said only three days and if it isn't really healing stop. So I stopped.  The cream is an antifungal

[Laura]

I think you can wash the cat bed and toys in a bleach/water solution and be ok. Bleach will kill it.

[Cillaliz]

Thanks.  I'm really hoping I'm doing enough to keep it confined to that room. 

[Cillaliz]

I heard the spores can live a year or two.  So, I'll do the cleaning.  Oh and change my furnace filter.  Phew!  But it will be worth it

[Laura]

Here is some information:

www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&S=0&C=0&A=559

[Cillaliz]

thanks for the info, it helps.   Time to sign off - get Boo off my lap, medicate Callie and visit Ricky one more time before bed. LOL, and people think I live alone

[Cillaliz]

Thanks, I've read tons online, but I trust your experience more than a bunch of posts from people i don't know

[Laura]

I remember using a black light to look for spores.

I haven't had any problem with the fosters we had last year and this year. Our experience with it was the previous time we fostered -- many years ago.

[Laura]

It's been a very long time since I had to deal with it. I don't think we ever really had a problem with our own animals -- it was the fosters that got it.

[vixmom]

so tired


vibes to all

[Cillaliz]

The vet didn't really see anything with the black light but said that's not conclusive so she's doing the culture to see.  Have to wait 10 days for the results.  I got out my blacklight and didn't see anything. 

They say cats under one year are the most susceptible and adult cats rarely get it if they are in good health. 

[Cillaliz]

Time for bed....glad tomorrow is Friday.  Night all

[JoseSPiano]

Good Evening!

Well... The rain is raining. That is all for this post.

[JoseSPiano]

And apparently the little "scare" I had earlier courtesy of my landlord really just set the rest of my day off-kilter. Nothing truly bad happened, but almost every train I was on today was running late and/or slow... Which consequently messed up the timing of the rest of my schedule... Which actually made me forget that I was supposed to go to Carnegie Hall tonight for a concert...

Thankfully, a friend of mine called me just after I tried to pick up my ticket at Carnegie Hall - 45 minutes late - and asked if I wanted to go to dinner. So we did.  That was nice.