Cats are faithful, affectionate friends not only for children, but also for adults. However, this friendship is often overshadowed by animal diseases. The most common disease is ringworm, a fungal disease that usually kittens up to a year, street and stray animals and animals with weakened immunity. They can catch cats that catch mice and rats, because rodents also often have fungal infections. Fungus can be on the skin and coat for years. Lisha in cats with strong immunity is very rare.
A cat can get infected without even contacting an infected animal by walking in a park on a lawn, where a sick cat or dog walked. Cat lice quickly spread in damp weather - slush, mud, wet snow create favorable conditions for life and spread of the fungus. Its particles can be brought into the house on clothes or shoes. It is dangerous to deprive that which is transmitted to people. Treatment depriving the cat can last a long time. The sick animal must be isolated. When you treat, you should wear surgical gloves, robe and shoe covers.
There are several types of hair loss in cats, it depends on the type of fungus that infected the animal. The disease can be superficial, deep or atypical. To recognize the lichen in cats is easy only with a deep form of the disease, superficial and atypical is difficult to determine. Correctly determine the type of depriving in cats can only be done in a laboratory way in a veterinary clinic.
There is a feline lice in the period from 3 days to 3 months. Wool appears on the coat, lumps. In the affected areas (most often - on the nose, on the ears, on the paws), it loses its shine, it breaks. Stains without wool are formed, where the skin reddens and is covered with dry scales. These spots grow rapidly and spread throughout the body, the animal has itching. The more the cat scratches and lick these places, the more it will be affected her body we deprive. You can prevent wounds with bandages, making them where you want. Long-haired animals need to be cut. Sick animals can not be bathed.
Cure for cats
Ringworm can be treated with household soap - a softened piece of soap should be rubbed on a sore spot on the skin of the animal 5-6 days once a day. This treatment is suitable if dry, and there is no wound on the cat's body. Well help ointments that kill the fungus, it's Miconazole and Tiabendazole. To smear sick spots it is necessary 2-3 weeks before their complete disappearance, until they are covered with a healthy fur. A good medicine for depriving cats can be baths-lotions from a warm solution of sulphurous lime. Perhaps, the color of the wool will change in places of lotions and there will be an unpleasant smell, but effective action is guaranteed. All these medicines are effective in fighting fungus of any kind.
There is a vaccination against depriving cats. It is carried out as treatment for depriving, and for the purpose of prevention. However, experienced owners of cats claim that such vaccinations are more harmful than useful. There were miscarriages of kittens, the treatment took longer and more difficult.
Seriously consider the nutrition of animals during illness, since the treatment of weakened pets takes longer and often becomes more complicated.
Treatment depriving cats will be ineffective if you do not take care of the destruction of fungal spores on objects in the air. Place, dishes, toys, preferably, to work with hot steam, what can - sterilize, carpets, bedding, wash in hot water with disinfectants. Floors and all surfaces should be cleaned with means that are not dangerous for animals and people.
During the treatment, carefully examine the skin and coat of the cat. When the external signs of the disease disappear, take the tests in the vet. Completely recovered animal can be considered only when the results of repeated tests will be negative.