Ringworm

[DGr]

Hello Dear All piggy lovers,

I am reading the forum since I realised is the only online space with actual useful practical advises.

I have two piggy girls - Jilly and Lizzie 2 and 3 months old. I have them from one farm where seems like all babies have ringworms as they lived there all together.

Once I realised they have ringworms (thanks to this forum❤) I brought them immediately to the vet and their years lighted them all green

One week they were on itrafungol now they have week off but I need to put surolan 2 times a day. The surolan 15ml finished for 5 days so they have it now just once a day until the vet clinic order me new one. Ohh.... ..... they are not used to me yet. They run I try to make them feel safe. I so wanted to create strong relationship with them and now I need to hunt them to medicate them. Brakes my heart to think what will happen with the other babies in the farm as I truly doubt they will be well taken care off

So now.... are their healing process interrupted that they had surolan for 5 full days only? Is this itrafungol 1st 3th 5th week be enough to heal? Do I continue with surolan when I start the second week itrafungol. They just had 1 week itrafungol so far. I am just so worried... Bleaching the floor every day, changing their cage every day... they are still scratching their ears. And the spots are getting bigger around the years. They are all oily from this surolan...

Please any advise will help. They are also growing so quickly. They might been under dosed. The vet said no showering.

Please advise....

Wish you all healthy piggies!

 

[Wiebke]

Hello Dear All piggy lovers,

I am reading the forum since I realised is the only online space with actual useful practical advises.

I have two piggy girls - Jilly and Lizzie 2 and 3 months old. I have them from one farm where seems like all babies have ringworms as they lived there all together.

Once I realised they have ringworms (thanks to this forum❤) I brought them immediately to the vet and their years lighted them all green

One week they were on itrafungol now they have week off but I need to put surolan 2 times a day. The surolan 15ml finished for 5 days so they have it now just once a day until the vet clinic order me new one. Ohh.... ..... they are not used to me yet. They run I try to make them feel safe. I so wanted to create strong relationship with them and now I need to hunt them to medicate them. Brakes my heart to think what will happen with the other babies in the farm as I truly doubt they will be well taken care off

So now.... are their healing process interrupted that they had surolan for 5 full days only? Is this itrafungol 1st 3th 5th week be enough to heal? Do I continue with surolan when I start the second week itrafungol. They just had 1 week itrafungol so far. I am just so worried... Bleaching the floor every day, changing their cage every day... they are still scratching their ears. And the spots are getting bigger around the years. They are all oily from this surolan...

Please any advise will help. They are also growing so quickly. They might been under dosed. The vet said no showering.

Please advise....

Wish you all healthy piggies!

Hi and welcome

Glad that you are finding our forum helpful. We are a friendly place that aims to provide support during any treatment, problem and tragedy and will help you to do the best you can do with your individual resources.

Itrafungol on its own is generally strong enough to work stop ringworm in its track during the first week. The second and third rounds are for mopping up. What you should to at the end of the acute phase when you do your big deep clean, give all your piggies in contact with the ringworm piggy a bath to make sure that they do not carry any spores across that are sitting in their coat. It one of the most common angles for a re-infection.

Please take the time to read and look at our ringworm guide. It takes you through all the aspects of treatment, hygiene (which is key) and how a ringworm outbreak runs (in pictures) and in very practical and precise detail. In over a dozen years of experience we have just about found every possible angle of transmission and how to address in order to make sure that ringworm won't be able to come back.
Well worth looking at, especially as it has in the overwhelming majority of cases really worked - that is more than anybody else can say!
Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures

 

[DGr]

Hello, thank for your respond. It took me a while to research and assimilate all the information. I am now at stage third week itrafungol. Looks like piggies getting better (such a relief...) I’m so tired of all this procedures and cleaning, disinfecting.....
I think it’s time for a coat wash. Then I am planning second wash after a week.
I just don’t know Is it better to bath my piggies with nizoral or better imaverol to prevent a second outbreak or f10 shampoo... I have all available
It is confusing, there are so many products....

 

[Wiebke]

Hello, thank for your respond. It took me a while to research and assimilate all the information. I am now at stage third week itrafungol. Looks like piggies getting better (such a relief...) I’m so tired of all this procedures and cleaning, disinfecting.....
I think it’s time for a coat wash. Then I am planning second wash after a week.
I just don’t know Is it better to bath my piggies with nizoral or better imaverol to prevent a second outbreak or f10 shampoo... I have all available
It is confusing, there are so many products....

You can basically use any antifungal shampoo in order to prevent an outbreak in the companions and to make sure that you wash out any spores sitting in the coat.
Imaverol is the best alternative when used for actual topical treatment in acute ringworm piggies in case you cannot get itrafungol (oral ketaconazole in the US).

By now, the acute infection should be long over; in an otherwise healthy piggy it takes on average about 7-10 days to stop it.

All the best for getting a well deserved breather!