Best ringworm topical for fur regrowth?
Hi, we are struggling with chronic ringworm. I’ve done all the environmental protocol constantly. I finally found a very effective black light and my own culture tests because honestly the vets have been massively disappointing (they misdiagnose/don’t believe me when it’s back).
The only thing that keeps it contained is oral meds, but my cat already has gastro and appetite issues separately and I have noticed the ringworm (rw) meds make his appetite and diarrhea worse.
I am at a loss and feel I need to choose between constant contagion (RW) or at this point, his life, because he’s dropping weight and appetite. He’s already on steroid (which I know makes ringworm worse) and appetite stimulant plus anti nausea to keep him eating.
When I put him on Terbinafine or Itrafungol his appetite goes away - even with the heroic measures above, so it feels like a death sentence.
I’d love to find a topical so I can take him off the drugs but is that a pipe dream? Especially looking for something for his face and ears. (The oral meds clear it up but I still find it with the black light lingering literally in his ears or up his nose and then it reinfects / spreads when off the meds.)
(For background I’m not stopping meds preemptively — he’s been on different courses months long and has had the required negative tests only for it to come back).
The topicals I’ve tried seem to irritate his ears and nose and lead to balding there.