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LuvMyPrinceKobi · 06-20-2007, 01:03 PM

Ugh...I've literally called 20+ vets and NO ONE has an opening... I just made an appointment for him tomorrow at 2:40 in Minnesota...it's the best I could do. I want to thank you all for (once again) being there to ask a question to and always getting GREAT answers. I really do appreciate it.

Wylie's Mom · 06-20-2007, 01:04 PM

How stressful for you!!!!! In the meantime, you could go to the drug store and get an antifungal cream, it might help get the healing started.

LuvMyPrinceKobi · 06-20-2007, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

How stressful for you!!!!! In the meantime, you could go to the drug store and get an antifungal cream, it might help get the healing started.

Great idea...I was just thinking that. And I didnt' really want to mention this, but the immune system thing, I don't think that's really true. I got ringworm in high school (as well as many of my other classmates) from our stupid PE class. So I just hope it doesn't spread to anyone of my family or friends......

I just have to keep telling myself, I can always be worse. Something could have happened to him. So I'm NOT complaining...

Wylie's Mom · 06-20-2007, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by LuvMyPrinceKobi

And I didnt' really want to mention this, but the immune system thing, I don't think that's really true.

Good to know - bc many of the websites I searched on said that about the immunosuppressed, weird huh? Maybe they were saying that it's more concerning for those folks - or more easily "caught" by them.

Good luck, honey - how miserable right before a trip!

chachi · 06-20-2007, 02:13 PM

It sounds like ringworm to me

pea496 · 06-20-2007, 02:41 PM

I had a cat that had ringworm. My husband and I got a few of them on our arms and legs (because the cat would rub himself on our legs). My husband also got one on his face. The vet gave us ointment for the cat and also ointment for us. It was gone in no time!!

LuvMyPrinceKobi · 06-20-2007, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by pea496

I had a cat that had ringworm. My husband and I got a few of them on our arms and legs (because the cat would rub himself on our legs). My husband also got one on his face. The vet gave us ointment for the cat and also ointment for us. It was gone in no time!!

Thank you...now I'm hopeful!

Tina_Luvs_Missy · 06-21-2007, 05:01 AM

It is ringworm, and it was probably there for a while.

Missy had ringworm. We noticed a while ago, probably 2 months ago, that she kept nibbling at her arm, so we tried checking whats going there, and we noticed a little tiny scab. We brought her to the Vet (old vet) and we couldn't really find it anymore because it was so small, so we gave up on showing him and he just said that it is most likely a part where she likes biting. Give it 3 more weeks, it got bigger and she started losing hair in that area. It started looking crusty and everything and it was definitely a fungal infection. The vet said it goes away by itself, but using a cream well get rid of it quicker. Also, me and my sister caught it after a week or so, so don't touch it, or if you do... wash your hands immediately. Also, wash any blankets sheets that he has been around.... wash your floors and just basically do a big clean up in the house. It's not harmful, but it's definitely contagious and annoying for the little one and yourself!

Hope he heals fast

LuvMyPrinceKobi · 06-30-2007, 07:08 AM

Hey all,
Just wanted to let you all know for future reference what I have found out. I took Kobi to the vet back home when we got there, and he said it was "just a spot". I don't know vet things or whatever, but he put on some weird glasses and sort of scraped around and said, it could be like a birthmark type thing or he may have bumped his head or something. Well, let's just say I'm SLIGHTLY skeptical...so I thought, yeah, right. But here we are a week later, and the hair is just growing out, no one has ringworm so I'm sure it's not that, and I think the hair is just a darker color...really weird, but it makes me happy!

WundrWmn · 06-30-2007, 08:10 AM

This is what we thought Widget had....ringworm....and before we could get into the vet, did some online checking and found out that because its a fungus....several of the athletes foot treatments will work.....we used Desenex and it was completely gone in 2 days......

and just be sure to wash your hands after handling your furbaby.

06-20-2007, 01:03 PM	#16
LuvMyPrinceKobi & Reicher Baby, too! Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 1,675	Ugh...I've literally called 20+ vets and NO ONE has an opening... I just made an appointment for him tomorrow at 2:40 in Minnesota...it's the best I could do. I want to thank you all for (once again) being there to ask a question to and always getting GREAT answers. I really do appreciate it. __________________ Teri, Reicher , Kobi , Killian

06-20-2007, 01:04 PM	#17
Wylie's Mom Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 35,889 Blog Entries: 2	How stressful for you!!!!! In the meantime, you could go to the drug store and get an antifungal cream, it might help get the healing started. __________________ ~ A friend told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. ~ °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° Ann \| Pfeiffer \| Marcel Verdel Purcell \| Wylie \| Artie °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨°

06-20-2007, 02:13 PM	#20
chachi I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 37,147	It sounds like ringworm to me __________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431 Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427

06-20-2007, 02:41 PM	#21
pea496 Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,511	I had a cat that had ringworm. My husband and I got a few of them on our arms and legs (because the cat would rub himself on our legs). My husband also got one on his face. The vet gave us ointment for the cat and also ointment for us. It was gone in no time!! __________________ Conner - my best buddy

06-30-2007, 07:08 AM	#24
LuvMyPrinceKobi & Reicher Baby, too! Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 1,675	Update Hey all, Just wanted to let you all know for future reference what I have found out. I took Kobi to the vet back home when we got there, and he said it was "just a spot". I don't know vet things or whatever, but he put on some weird glasses and sort of scraped around and said, it could be like a birthmark type thing or he may have bumped his head or something. Well, let's just say I'm SLIGHTLY skeptical...so I thought, yeah, right. But here we are a week later, and the hair is just growing out, no one has ringworm so I'm sure it's not that, and I think the hair is just a darker color...really weird, but it makes me happy! __________________ Teri, Reicher , Kobi , Killian

06-21-2007, 05:01 AM	#23
Tina_Luvs_Missy YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 326	It is ringworm, and it was probably there for a while. Missy had ringworm. We noticed a while ago, probably 2 months ago, that she kept nibbling at her arm, so we tried checking whats going there, and we noticed a little tiny scab. We brought her to the Vet (old vet) and we couldn't really find it anymore because it was so small, so we gave up on showing him and he just said that it is most likely a part where she likes biting. Give it 3 more weeks, it got bigger and she started losing hair in that area. It started looking crusty and everything and it was definitely a fungal infection. The vet said it goes away by itself, but using a cream well get rid of it quicker. Also, me and my sister caught it after a week or so, so don't touch it, or if you do... wash your hands immediately. Also, wash any blankets sheets that he has been around.... wash your floors and just basically do a big clean up in the house. It's not harmful, but it's definitely contagious and annoying for the little one and yourself! Hope he heals fast