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Fungus Problem - Need Help!
Our orange tabby cat, Buster, has had a recurring fungus problem, which
is getting worse and not been able to be cured. The fungus is in his paws. It is black, crusty and Buster tries to lick it, dropping pieces of the fungus. It is not life-threatening but seems to be painful. Over the last several months, through the vet we have tried the following but the fungus quickly returns: The vet put Buster under a mild sedative and thoroughly cleaned his paws. Had us give him antibiotics, Prednizone, clean the paws with mild betadine, spray with Gentamicin, put on Genotic B-C ointment, Quadritop ointment. Most of this we did this daily. He hated the treatments, yelled, tried to bite, etc. Finally, Buster just ran away and would not come back. We found him after 11 days and brought him home. We have not done much treatment on him since, let him enjoy his life but the fungus is still there. Has anyone had good results in treating fungus? Thanks for any help. |
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On 19 Feb 2005 15:15:30 -0800, "Kim" wrote:
Our orange tabby cat, Buster, has had a recurring fungus problem, which is getting worse and not been able to be cured. The fungus is in his paws. It is black, crusty and Buster tries to lick it, dropping pieces of the fungus. It is not life-threatening but seems to be painful. Over the last several months, through the vet we have tried the following but the fungus quickly returns: The vet put Buster under a mild sedative and thoroughly cleaned his paws. Had us give him antibiotics, Prednizone, clean the paws with mild betadine, spray with Gentamicin, put on Genotic B-C ointment, Quadritop ointment. Most of this we did this daily. He hated the treatments, yelled, tried to bite, etc. Finally, Buster just ran away and would not come back. We found him after 11 days and brought him home. We have not done much treatment on him since, let him enjoy his life but the fungus is still there. Has anyone had good results in treating fungus? Has the vet ruled out ringworm? I just treated a kitten with a fungus infection ( ringworm) in the nail bed with Lamisil, a human fungus drug and it cleared rapidly. BarB |
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Kim wrote: Our orange tabby cat, Buster, has had a recurring fungus problem, which is getting worse and not been able to be cured. The fungus is in his paws. It is black, crusty and Buster tries to lick it, dropping pieces of the fungus. It is not life-threatening but seems to be painful. I hate to say this but I suspect it is not fungus, but cancer and possibly a secondary fungal infection has set in. Did the vet do a fungal culture and a biopsy? The only reason I say this is because I know of a case that was *exactly* like what you described, the biopsy came back as a type of cancer (sorry, I forget which one). Hope that's not the case with your kitty. -L. |
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My Randall, who passed in 2000, had cryptococchus (sp) a very rare fungus
infection which is systemic. He had surgery to remove one lymph node where it had congregated (for lack of a better term), and then my vet prescribed Nizoral tabs, which he had to stay on for about 1-1/2 years. "Kim" wrote in message oups.com... Our orange tabby cat, Buster, has had a recurring fungus problem, which is getting worse and not been able to be cured. The fungus is in his paws. It is black, crusty and Buster tries to lick it, dropping pieces of the fungus. It is not life-threatening but seems to be painful. Over the last several months, through the vet we have tried the following but the fungus quickly returns: The vet put Buster under a mild sedative and thoroughly cleaned his paws. Had us give him antibiotics, Prednizone, clean the paws with mild betadine, spray with Gentamicin, put on Genotic B-C ointment, Quadritop ointment. Most of this we did this daily. He hated the treatments, yelled, tried to bite, etc. Finally, Buster just ran away and would not come back. We found him after 11 days and brought him home. We have not done much treatment on him since, let him enjoy his life but the fungus is still there. Has anyone had good results in treating fungus? Thanks for any help. |
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I don't know if the vet ruled out ringworm. He did do a lot of tests.
the fungus is in his nails, very difficult to get rid of. Did you rub the Lamisil in the nail? For how long? A week - before you saw results? We were thinking of trying Lamisil. Thanks for the advice. |
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On 2 Mar 2005 18:57:41 -0800, "Kim" wrote:
I don't know if the vet ruled out ringworm. He did do a lot of tests. the fungus is in his nails, very difficult to get rid of. Did you rub the Lamisil in the nail? For how long? A week - before you saw results? We were thinking of trying Lamisil. Thanks for the advice. The Lamisil I used was in 250 mg tablets. It's an oral medication made for humans, but vets are aware of its use for problem ringworm. I gave it at 5 mg/lb, so one tablet is enough for a 5 lb kitten for 10 days. It can be compounded by some pharmacies, and your vet will know which ones when he writes the prescription. If you do it yourself, much cheaper, your vet can give you directions. I ground the pill and mixed it with a cc or less of alcohol (not rubbing alcohol but drinkable like Everclear). I added water to make a total of 10 ml which gave me 25 mg of drug in each ml. The dosage is once per day and the solution needs to be shaken and refrigerated. BarB |
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"BarB" wrote in message . earthlink.net... On 2 Mar 2005 18:57:41 -0800, "Kim" wrote: I don't know if the vet ruled out ringworm. He did do a lot of tests. the fungus is in his nails, very difficult to get rid of. Did you rub the Lamisil in the nail? For how long? A week - before you saw results? We were thinking of trying Lamisil. Thanks for the advice. The Lamisil I used was in 250 mg tablets. It's an oral medication made for humans, but vets are aware of its use for problem ringworm. I gave it at 5 mg/lb, so one tablet is enough for a 5 lb kitten for 10 days. It can be compounded by some pharmacies, and your vet will know which ones when he writes the prescription. If you do it yourself, much cheaper, your vet can give you directions. I ground the pill and mixed it with a cc or less of alcohol (not rubbing alcohol but drinkable like Everclear). I added water to make a total of 10 ml which gave me 25 mg of drug in each ml. The dosage is once per day and the solution needs to be shaken and refrigerated. BarB Good lord. How do you measure it out? |
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On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 14:57:12 -0600, "Karen"
wrote: "BarB" wrote in message .earthlink.net... On 2 Mar 2005 18:57:41 -0800, "Kim" wrote: I don't know if the vet ruled out ringworm. He did do a lot of tests. the fungus is in his nails, very difficult to get rid of. Did you rub the Lamisil in the nail? For how long? A week - before you saw results? We were thinking of trying Lamisil. Thanks for the advice. The Lamisil I used was in 250 mg tablets. It's an oral medication made for humans, but vets are aware of its use for problem ringworm. I gave it at 5 mg/lb, so one tablet is enough for a 5 lb kitten for 10 days. It can be compounded by some pharmacies, and your vet will know which ones when he writes the prescription. If you do it yourself, much cheaper, your vet can give you directions. I ground the pill and mixed it with a cc or less of alcohol (not rubbing alcohol but drinkable like Everclear). I added water to make a total of 10 ml which gave me 25 mg of drug in each ml. The dosage is once per day and the solution needs to be shaken and refrigerated. BarB Good lord. How do you measure it out? I use a 5 ml syringe ( no needle) to pull it out of the bottle. Your vet may have small bottles with a cap that can be cut to fit the tip of the syringe.( A cap like the ones on hair-coloring solutions). You also could use a small bottle with an eye-dropper cap. Your vet probably pitches them out. Anybody with several cats probably has a few of those antibiotic bottles around. BarB |
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