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My cat has ringworm, Quarantine advice PLEASE!?

• My boyfriends family cat had ringworm and I unknowingly was handling it, and broke out in a rash. I didn't know what it was for about a week so I passed it onto my cat who lives with me back at my apartment. I have been cleaning like crazy since I have 3 roommates and one of them has their own cat, and I don't want anyone to get it. My cat has been staying at the vet to avoid exposure in my apartment, and has been taking the griseo, whatever its called pills and using a cream for the past 5 days. However, I went to the vet today and the lesion isn't going away. There is only one on her hind leg. She said I would have to leave her there for 20 to 30 more days unless I want my entire household to catch it! Side note: I live in Peru, and the vets don't have large kennels to keep animals in when they have to stay, so shes in a very tiny carrying kennel where she hardly has room to move and is never taken out except to go to the bathroom. I rescued her from the streets and shes a very anxious cat and needs a lot of love and attention. She is also deathly scared of everyone but me and my boyfriend. There is no way I can leave her in that tiny cage for another month! Plus, it costs 20$ a day. I do not have a spare room in my house to quarantine her. I was considering getting a large kennel and keeping her locked in my room, since I already have it even though my case is almost cured. But she is the most vocal cat and woke me up on a nightly basis before this whole debacle started, so I don't want to imagine what it would be like if I had to keep her in a kennel. She would not stop crying and scratching and might drive my roommates crazy. I really have no clue what to do, any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

• Answer:

  I have dealt with the problem, but never did any quarantine. So unless the outbreak was severe, you simply have to keep treating the infected area until it goes away, and that can take weeks. Griseofulvin works from the inside out, and it is a very slow process. It has to work its way through the skin layers to the outer layer where the fungi are. An effective cream is clortrimazole, and can be found in many foot care areas. Here is the decontamination regimen: Vacuum daily & where possible throw out the vacuum cleaner bag. Diluted bleach (1 part bleach to 10 parts water) may be used to clean down surfaces, grooming equipment etc. Carpets & soft furnishings should be steam cleaned. Bedding & kennels will also need to be disinfected. It is possible for you to catch it. I never did. But I cannot suggest what you should do. Only what I did, and it was a rather minor problem. But one of my cats got some on her ear, and that was probably 15 years after any cat had any ringworm, so it can come out of nowhere. And she never went outside.