Ringworm update

[Flamestriker]

Sweetie has fur growing back in the bald spot on her nose and I’m currently deep cleaning the cage in readiness for bathing the herd in anti-fungal shampoo.

I have run out of intrafungol and I will try to get some tomorrow but my vets isn’t open until Monday. I’m sure intrafungol stays in the system for several days after finishing a course. I am sure Sweetie is still carrying spores so I will bathe the piggies next weekend or the weekend after just to make sure

 

[PigglePuggle]

Glad its getting under control!

 

[Deleted member 126952]

hope she get better

 

[piggieminder]

I am pleased to hear things are coming together for you and hopefully the end is in sight.

 

[Wiebke]

Sweetie has fur growing back in the bald spot on her nose and I’m currently deep cleaning the cage in readiness for bathing the herd in anti-fungal shampoo.

I have run out of intrafungol and I will try to get some tomorrow but my vets isn’t open until Monday. I’m sure intrafungol stays in the system for several days after finishing a course. I am sure Sweetie is still carrying spores so I will bathe the piggies next weekend or the weekend after just to make sure

Please bathe them as soon as you have stopped the treatment. if the hair is growing back from inside out, you are past the acute phase and into recovery and do not longer have to medicate. But it would be good if you gave all your piggies a bath and their cages a deep clean this weekend to prevent anything frombeing carried across.
Please look at the pictures in this guide: Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures

 

[VickiA]

I agree with Wiebke. I would deep clean and bathe them all straight away.

 

[Bill & Ted]

So glad things are looking up for you and the piggies x

 

[Flamestriker]

I bathed the entire herd in antifungal shampoo yesterday and deep cleaned the cage. It sounds stupid but I have yet to clean the storage boxes under the cage. I did the walkway all around the cage with F10

Here are some pics of some wet piggies

 

[VickiA]

Cute fluffy whiskers in towels. Adorable.

 

[Flamestriker]

Would another antifungal bath in two weeks also help?

 

[Merab]

Glad it’s getting under control.
Your piggies are so cute - wet or dry

 

[PigglePuggle]

I think you're being understandably cautious. When we had mites (prior to our ringworm piggy arriving!) I cleaned out all the storage boxes and threw away any bags of food or hay and soaked any spare cage connectors in boiling water and re-washed any fleecy stuff even stored on the opposite side of the room in hot water and I threw away a fabric storage box because I couldnt clean it. Totally paranoid but it feels good to be in control of every possible infection source- better to over-blitz now than have any 3am nagging doubts!
Glad everything's going better, your soggy piggies are adorable

 

[Flamestriker]

Here is Sweetie’s poor nose how does it look like to you all?

 

[PigglePuggle]

It looks a very kissable little nose and much better than it did, is your vet going to take a skin scrape to send for culture and check there's no nasty spores still lurking?

 

[Bill & Ted]

Glad you are getting on top of that horrid ringworm x your damp piggies wrapped up in a towel look so cute

 

[sport_billy]

Sending continued vibes x

 

[Merab]

Such a cute little nose.
Hope all the ringworm has gone

 

[Flamestriker]

The fur is growing back but there is still some white flakey stuff around it so I’m not sure if the ringworm has gone. Just to be on the safe side I will be bathing the herd again in another week.

I ran out of intrafungol on Saturday and I haven’t been able to get to the vet who saw her initially so I’m not sure if she needs more. Does intrafungol stay in the system for a bit after it is stopped?

 

[Betsy]

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