TLDR: Ringworm? OTC AntiFungal Medication
both of her ears have lost hair and have had intermittent redness, i had been assuming from the frequent bg tests.
but now it looks like, maybe overnight, one of her ears has a red, bald spot in the shape of a ringworm infection
OTC ANTIFUNGAL MEDICATION, something like athletes foot, is what the ER vet over the phone, just now, recommended.
she recommended this with the caveat that she cannot legally recommend this.
she said this would save money, as opposed to a wood's lamp and skin scrape test along with a prescription from their practice.
this information does not coincide with a brief internet search that is full of horror stories about treating the home for ringworm. i will cry and punch the ground and treat the home and her and the humans if she has ringworm but im not quarantining her to a room throughout the treatment
is this ringworm?
is it a baldspot from stress?
do i buy a wood's lamp to confirm?
what do i do?
I'm glad you went to the ER. I'm also very glad you were testing for ketones.
When your cat was diagnosed with a UTI, how did the vet make the diagnosis? *
I also removed the 911.
thank you for removing the
911.
symptoms of the UTI seem to have cleared. still have several days of script left.
the urine sample was collected off the exam table where my cat urinated*
i remember them saying her bladder was small and that they didnt want to collect the urine this way if unecessary.
the urine was not collected on this most recent visit.
another round of amoxicillin was prescribed.
she also had blood tests done which showed a higher white blood cell count.
i was told by the most recent vet, the one visited the day this thread was created, that there are no repercussions to prescribing this additional round of amoxicillin. i am angry that she was not given a lengthier dose in the first place considering her age and diabetes.
the symptoms that started this thread coincide with me furshotting an insulin dose and her amoxicillin ending (a few days prior to posting)
she seems to have been fine up until now, where she still behaviorally and otherwise seems fine, except for what appears to potentially be ringworm on one of her ears.
the Giblets, I noticed kept both my cats very constipated as well as the liver, you can purchase over the counter MiraLax and put 1/4 tsp twice a day in the food for at least 3-4 days, if your cat is clogged or the poop is too hard, this will soften the bowels without diarrhea, I just started using today again, both my cats suffer from constipation now and then, they use one giant litter box, but each poops in their own place, and I see Coco , going back and forth to the litter but nothing happens, this stuff is really good by tomorrow morning both have pooped. And I am glad everything turned out ok at Emergency
i have not seen any poop change an i'm pretty sure i was wrong about her having difficulty pooping. thank you for the advice, the liver is too disgusting to feed as a treat because because it gets mashed on my fingers, sticking to the giblets and hearts.
and thank you again to everyone who helped out. i appreciate it.
this sucks.
