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Red Fungus on Cat's Ears
We take care of a semi feral neighborhood cat who lives outdoors. We noticed
something that looks like rust-colored fungus growing in spots on the edges of her ears and a raised rusty bump on the back of one of them. On one edge it looks like where the fungus fell off part of the ear came off too. She has a vet appt. first thing in the morning, but I was wondering what this was. Thanks, Stacey |
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Red Fungus on Cat's Ears
Stacey wrote: We take care of a semi feral neighborhood cat who lives outdoors. We noticed something that looks like rust-colored fungus growing in spots on the edges of her ears and a raised rusty bump on the back of one of them. On one edge it looks like where the fungus fell off part of the ear came off too. She has a vet appt. first thing in the morning, but I was wondering what this was. Thanks, Stacey Probably rigworm, and what you are seeing is dried blood. -L. |
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Red Fungus on Cat's Ears
Stacey wrote: It turns out it was chiggers. Ewwwww! It had to be bad for it to be seen that extensively. Usually you will just see scabs or bloody areas with tiny red dots scattered here and there. Her ears were treated with a fungicide But chiggers aren't a fungus - they are a mite. What did they prescribe? The fungicide may be to keep secondary inection away. Was it Tresaderm, by any chance? It is sort of an antiparasitic drug. and she gets a topical salve on them twice a day. Though she yowled to and from (which is normal for any cat), she did really well at the vet's for a semi feral cat! Stacey Excellent! Good luck getting the goop on her ears... -L. (posting from my other account) |
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Red Fungus on Cat's Ears
I got it wrong, it's a miticide, not a fungicide. And yes, she is on
Tresaderm. It is easier with two of us: one holding and one applying. She doesn't turn into a Tasmanian devil but she is definitely not happy about it. And we feed her afterwards. Stacey wrote in message oups.com... Stacey wrote: It turns out it was chiggers. Ewwwww! It had to be bad for it to be seen that extensively. Usually you will just see scabs or bloody areas with tiny red dots scattered here and there. Her ears were treated with a fungicide But chiggers aren't a fungus - they are a mite. What did they prescribe? The fungicide may be to keep secondary inection away. Was it Tresaderm, by any chance? It is sort of an antiparasitic drug. and she gets a topical salve on them twice a day. Though she yowled to and from (which is normal for any cat), she did really well at the vet's for a semi feral cat! Stacey Excellent! Good luck getting the goop on her ears... -L. (posting from my other account) |
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