Ringworm - Advice?

[Blanche]

Hi,

We got two guinea pigs on 06/08 (12 weeks old and both sows) and on the Saturday (11/08) we found a bald patch on the back end of our little Abyssinian. We went to the vets straight away and she was diagnosed with ringworm and both pigs were put on a course of intrafungol and the one with a patch on a week of antibiotics. We were also given some antiseptic to dab on her sore patch every morning and evening.

So it's been 7 days and the patch is bigger, although less raw, and I wanted to check what people on here thought so I've attached an image below. They have another 7 days of the intrafungol but no more antibiotic or antiseptic.



Should we be bathing them? I just bought some Nizoral from the chemist and was hoping to bathe them as I'd read that it might help kill the spores?

Could you also advise if we would be ok soaking their wooden house in F10? I am planning to disinfect the cage this weekend.

I've been weighing daily and their weight is going up (450g and 406g at the moment) and they're running around, popcorning, speaking, pooping etc which I'm taking as a good sign. We just want our lovely new girls to be well!

Thanks all

 

[Lady Kelly]

I would continue to the end of the intrafungol. If the flakiness and soreness is going down its a good size and it can take time for the hair to start growing back.

I would be taking any wooden items out the cage and disinfecting everything with F10. I had wooden logs and I made up a boiling F10 sink and put them in soak for about an hour before leaving them out to dry and that seems to have worked

 

[Betsy]

Here is the guide about ringworm for you.

Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures

 

[Blanche]

Thanks for your replies and link to the ringworm thread.

I wanted to check if Nizoral was the right thing to use for the bath as it doesn't specify in the Ringworm thread?