Ringworm

[rabb1tmad]

I took my little Starsky back to the vets today for his check up following our e-cuniculi/ pasteurella issue.She took another look and agreed that it looked like more fur was missing and suspects ringworm. So we've sent some of his fur off for testing and the vet said treatment for ringworm can be nasty and we don't want to do it unnecessarily.

I just wondered if anyone else has had experience with treating ringworm? I'll try and get a photo of it later and post it.

 

[dootsmom]

Ringworm is just another form of "athelete's foot"!!

Do not use human creams/powders as they are not safe to eat.

Your Vet should be able to give you a cream that contains either
micronazole or ketoconazole.

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

I'm sorry no one has responded to this. I am not sure, but, I wouldn't put anything on the bun without knowing exactly what it's for and exactly what it does. You have to be careful with rabbits as they can go downhill quickly. You need to go to a rabbit savvy vet soon. Do you have someone you can take him to? I'm questioning the diagnosis a bit. First Pasturella now"ringworm"? That doesn't sound like a good diagnosois at all.:X

Who are you seeing for a vet? Maybe we can get you a list to contact.

 

[naturestee]

That would explain why he was pulling his fur out. It must itch a lot. I'm surprised the vet didn't give you an anti-fungal medicine instead of waiting for the tests to come back. I'd never heard of the treatment for ringworm being nasty as it should be a cream, just that having animals with it is rotten because it tends to spread quickly.

 

[rabb1tmad]

Don't worry, I wasn't planning on treating him for Ringworm myself, I just wanted to know if anyone had experienced this before.

The vet I take them too is very rabbit Savvy but Starksy's case is a bit perplexing to say the least. I have been using a gel on the area for the last few weeks to ease any itching and I will keep using it.The site isn't red or inflamed but he does have a little flaky skin.When he first had the wound it looked like a small but very deep cut -almost like it could have been caused by one of Lacey's nails or possibly a bite.

All of this has happened to him just a couple of weeks after his VHD jab so I think his immune system is shot and he is picking up everything going. Here are a couple of pictures of the area - the best I could get as he is quite lively tonight . As you can see his fur is starting to grow back but the patch is getting bigger by the day.

 

[Maureen Las]

I can't tell if that is ringworm or not. A vet thought one of my rabbits may have had ringworm because he had sort of a powdery patch on his back. She sent it out for testing after scraping it and it took weeks to get the results which were negative.


If it is rinworm it is very contagious to you and your other pets. Did she tell you that??
You should be taking strict precautions when handling him (use throwawaygloves) and make sure that he is not with your other pets.

 

[naturestee]

Where is the patch in relation to where the VHD shot was given? Could it be an injection site reaction?

 

[rabb1tmad]

angieluv wrote:

If it is rinworm it is very contagious to you and your other pets. Did she tell you that??

Yes, no worries. She told me it is contagious to other pets and humans but mainly whenthere are open wounds/scratches. I have been very careful.

naturestee - that was my first thought when I saw it but it is much further back from the injection site.

I should have taken a photo of the wound itself when I first saw it -it was a small round wound, almost like a bite wound like a chunk had been taken out of him. It was never full of puss and it scabbed over really quickly. That wound has completely gone now and this is what he is left with. His fur is growing back but one area is still completely bald. And in one of his new fur patches you can see huge flakes of dandruff - not Cheyletiella mites though.