Missy, I honestly don't know what else you can do - you've gone above and beyond for your babies, doing everything by the book - and more. You're doing everything right. Just keep at it - persistence is key. Make sure when bathing them at home that the shampoo gets all the way down to the skin. (((hugs)))
Would you be willing to try applying colloidal silver topically? On you and your cats?
This is what I use when our dogs or cats get any kind of fungal or skin conditions the vets all swear by it, it has Miconazole in it, can you order it in the US? If not then I will express post some to you;
https://www.petcircle.com.au/product/malaseb-medicated-shampoo/sho6042
Between that and the ACV (using both at the same time) I've always managed to keep everything under control, even the hard to get rid of conditions, and I've had different breeds of rescue cats and dogs over the years.
i had a work mate who swore by thisWould you be willing to try applying colloidal silver topically? On you and your cats?
missy im so sorry about your dermatitis
i used to suffer terribly
there was this yellow stuff in a big bottle i used to soak in the bath, do you have anything like that in your medicine cabinet
just something to sooze the itch in the meantime
your doing a truly wounderful job with the fur babies, its been the crappiest holiday ever for you and Greg but at least you've been together
im pretty sure if you hadn't already you have now well and trully earned your place in kitty cat heaven one day
I'm going crazy reading this thread. I don't know how you're staying sane missy.
I will say this: Few people would have patience or resources to do what you're doing, at the cost - emotional, physical, and monetary - that you've incurred. I understand that this miserable, wretched, god-forsaken fungus was a miserable, wretched, god-forsaken surprise to everyone, but the rescue group has a responsibility to you and the fact that they're apparently now shying from it sits badly with me
::HUGS::. Thank you for posting those pictures - they're lovely to see. Good, bad, ugly. Oliver's face is indeed priceless. Maybe one day it'll even be something you can look back on without crying!!
Sorry in advance for my sense of humour. It has a predisposition toward the miserable, wretched, and god-forsaken.
oh dear missy and Greig and all the kitties
this is all just so unfair
poor Ollie just needed a forever home
apart from everything else all this cleaning monster cleaning must be tireing you all out
i had to laugh when you said you had plenty of towels, when this is all over you'll need new ones
i know they breed them tough in your part of the world
sending you love and encouragement from the bottom of the world
you'll get through this
I hope and am crossing everything that when the MalaseB shows up, along with any ointment and medication and the weekly lime dips that it helps you turn the corner and get things under control.
I think you should be doing the lime dips every week if you can and the MalaseB every second to third day, yes it does dry out their skin but it also kills everything, that is the point, and when it starts working which should only take a week or two then you keep it up for another week or two and then you can space it out longer between washes after that. If Fred's skin is the most irritated leave that three to four days between washes but the only way to kill everything with the MalaseB is to use it regularly and I find it a bit drying but not as drying as some of the other products on the market.
Your feral kitties are gorgeous too!!!
Plus I got another wound this AM trying to get Tommy. Greg accidentally got me with a germ broom handle and I am bleeding again. Which is not good with RW all around.
oh Ollie your so cute
i want to kiss that little face (although i don't want to catch ring worm so ill have to take a rain check little guy )
good luck all with the lime dips at the vet today
sometimes i just don't know what to say but i just wish you all - humans and felines, improvement
i looked at that photo of them in the shower this morning for ages, just not knowing what to say but wishing they would all just get better
no body could fault your love and dedication, missy and Greig
and the love you give the ferrals too
we should have adopted Mr Tibby Tabby sooner but he has a full belly and a warm bed now
missy if you remember get some colodial silver when you go out
they used it for all sorts of things before antibiotics
these days some view it as an attentive treatment but it will do no harm and does not sting
you can use it on yourself too
If you have blister/hydrocolloid bandaids or silicone sheeting bandages, those are good options for completely sealing over the wound after you disinfect it. I have very reactive skin and I use these whenever I get something.
Oliver looks a lot better in these pics. Since he was the first to get it, I'm not surprised he's the first to improve. Fingers crossed your other cats follow right behind him and start visibly improving.