Welp… the restless anxiety energy is back even though my body is exhausted. I managed to get stuck into cleaning but after a while Melbcat started crying and howling until I lay down for a cuddle.
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She’s been settled and had her meds so I’m back to washing and bagging every piece of cloth in the house in case the spores got in and thinking how to make my furniture setup more easily movable for more regular vacuuming. I guess if done right this will also break the flea cycle 😟 ~~and my body~~
I’ve ordered a black UV light but am aware it may be low quality and also not every type of ringworm glows.
I have no idea what to do about the black cat. It would be easy to just stop feeding and patting him, let someone else help him so I’m not constantly undoing my decontamination.
Especially with all the home nursing care on my plate for my own cat. Especially as I can’t exactly see him regularly to apply ointment, and a medicated bath or quarantined fostering in my bathroom is out of the question. But I don’t know if anyone else is helping.
Eh. One thing at a time huh.
Also it’s been determined my own roof is fine - it’s the roof of my neighbour that’s allowing ingress and led to my ceiling cavity being flooded when it rains. Unfortunately these neighbours wouldn’t talk to me and may not speak English so it persisted for years and led to a mould problem. But the managers will deal with it now.
This may lead to works :(
Thanks Spud. I really should stop patting him… 💔
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I was aware of the possibility of ringworm due to tiny round patches of hair loss but took measures such as wearing long clothing then removing shoes, washing hands thoroughly like the signs say to, fully showering and changing into fresh clothing afterwards (putting the old stuff in the wash immediately).He wants affection you see, and will brush up against your arms and legs.
I think this lesion happened because a single time I rushed out in shorts to get him dosed with a flea and worm spot on, he head bunted my knee, and I must have neglected to wash that area thoroughly in the shower afterwards. I slipped up. I forgot and walked in the house a few times with shoes on too.
I’ve been resisting turning him in because 1. the risk of euthanasia is likely high and the vet and pet shop manager I’ve spoken to agree. And 2. there’s a non-zero chance he may belong to a neighbour, maybe even an aggressive mentally ill neighbour who looks for reasons to take revenge.
I would very likely have to trap him myself to turn him in which could be a very complicated process. I can talk to someone who worked in cat rescue about my options but as an adult black cat with suspected ringworm and possible cat flu I’m scared of getting him killed.
But I may have to concentrate on Melbcat because she doesn’t seem in a good way.