My six Himalayans have ringworm. I have bought Health Guard laundry disinfectant from Revival, which can be used as a fogger. I have fogged the house, bleached the walls, cleaned mostly all of my clothes and will be dipping the cats weekly in LymDyp. Any other suggestions? And does anyone know if Health Guard works?

This site looked like it had good information.

Cookie - there is another product by Revival that you might want to try - it's for shampooing the cats - it's called Microtech Shampoo. The fogging and the cleaning with the HealthGuard product will help to get rid of the fungus in the environment, but won't do anything about the problem of the ringworm the cat has in the first place. You can clean (and should) all you want in the surroundings, but as long as the cats still have it, it will be reintroduced throughout your home.

The Lympdip (or any sulpher dip) is the only real known way of getting rid of the fungus on the cat itself. There are a couple of other medications available to be given orally to cats, but are quite controversial and can cause death (so I won't even mention what those are).

I know the sulpher dips smell, but it really is the only way to go at this point. They've been infected with the ringworm for some time now, so for the health of your cats, you really have to bite the bullet.

Thank you for the advise but the vet doesn't recommend shampooing the cats with anything. She says leaving the LymDyp on their fur helps with the protection against ringworm. But I know they do not recommend shampooing as it spreads the spores in the envoirnment by aggrivating the hair shafts and breaking off the spores.

They have been shaved by the vet with a lion cut, my request, to minimize the spores in my house.

And as for the medications, the vet does not want to give them any medications, the only one she did give me is Program (the flea pill), it contains(Lufenuron)which has been proven to help with ringworm. I have attached a link below regarding Program and it's study regarding Ringworm.

Program

I still am curious about this HealthGuard, I am wish I knew if it worked or not, if anyone has used it please let me know.

Another article on treating Ringworm. It makes mention of Lufenuron (Program) and also gives some information about a call to the company that makes it (they make no claims of it's effectiveness in treating Ringworm). Because of the dosage required to treat Ringworm, they do not recommend it (likely for safety reasons).

Apparently there was some testing done with it, but not by the company that makes it. Also mentions another product that has Lufenuron as the key ingredient, but indicates that it should NOT be used for this purpose.

It certainly is a tough situation to be in...most of the reading I've done about it indicates that sulpher dips are the most effective means of getting rid of ringworm.

Oh...and the link you provided...the very end indicates that "they" were not able to do testing at the recommended levels...not sure what's up with that.

The article/link provided above - - I do not know the date on that - only know at the end it indicates "2003"

Cookie...this site is pretty interesting as well...it's a "Ask the Vet" website and this particular section is about infectious ringworm.

Thank you so much for the information. There are many conflicting studies regarding Lufenuron. When I asked her her opinion regarding it, she said she would give it to me, that it is safe. So I figure it can't hurt.

I am willing to try anything.

Yesterday I spray all of their furniture with Lotrimin Ahtlete's Foot Powder Spray after I fogged it with bleach water.

I have to get rid of this!

Your biggest victory won in the battle against ringworm is to vacuum all furniture and floors in your home, then discarding the bag after each cleaning will help to eliminate the spores in the environment, also regular grooming schedules. Clean all grooming tools throughly with bleach and water after each use.

The next time you speak with your vet ask about the use of providone iodine. Iodine is commonly used on horses for treating ringworm, but it also has been used on dogs and cats to treat ringworm. Another thing you might have your vet check into is a recent vaccine that is used in conjuntion with systematic treatments called fel-o-vax mc-k.

Studies have shown that animals with a healthy immune system do not become infected with ringworm. The vaccine works by bolstering the pets immune system. Since this only works at the skin level the shafts do not have same protection, and a topical should be used together.

Those of us who answer veterinary questions online, are not trained in the field of veternary medicine and it is wise to seek the advice and supervision of a licenced veterinarian before administering any and all products or medications to a pet.

I know we have used Lotriman topical cream directly on the ringworm areas when we have an infection cat.

Ringworm is VERY contagious to other animals... AND PEOPLE. Make sure you check yourself well, and use gloves when handling the cats, washing well afterwards. Some people get it easier than others - when one of my co-worker's foster kittens were diagnosed with it, it turned out that she and her daughters contracted it, but her boyfriend and son did not. Go figure.

Cats unfortunately are excellent hosts for ringworm. Many can have it and barely show any signs. If we suspect it, we'll check under the woods lamp, but it's not always accurate.