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omg!!!! didnt know this could happen

:shock: right as most of you know i had to take the rabbits to the vets with a case of mites, well that was all sorted.

..........................but i noticed 2 days ago that i had a patch of dry skin on my face to the left of my chin and it spread into a circle about the size of a 2 pence piece and so i went up the doctors to check it up just now as i work with children i wanted to make sure i didnt have anything contagious and i found out its an animal fungal infection (ringworm) that i've cought from my bunnies!!!!

well woah i didnt know that could happen, maybe nieve of me but i really didnt know, so ive got cream now to treat it and ive got to use seperate towels and cover it when i go to work as its very contagious, he said its lucky i cought it when it was small as it can spread rapidly as animal fungus spreads quicker than human!!!!


any way hopefully it will all be gone within two weeks he said.
:roll:
just wondering if anyone else has ever contracted anything of their animals before?
:shock:
sophie x x x x
 
Never had it from animals before, but I have had ring worm on my hand before - not nice!! Poor love. Good job you caught it when you did !!
 
all i wanna know is if it gets worse before it gets better if you know what i mean, at the moment it doesnt look to bad, just like i said the size of a 2p piece and red with a bit of dry skin! ?


sophie x x

i cant reallly understand my doctor properly so he may of said but i dont know.
 
Yup, got ringworm from my chinchillas twice - once on my face and once on my leg. I used the stuff the vet had given me for them :lol: I had loads of it as it was an antifungal shampoo for dogs, and chinchillas are a lot smaller than dogs! It didn't really get worse before getting better but stayed the same for a while before healing up
Have your rabbits been treated for ringworm now?
 
Ringworm is not the same as mites, it's a fungal infection (same as athletes foot).

You might not have caught it from your rabbits, you can get it out in the garden from the soil or dust. Do you have a cat? Cat owners are more at risk because cats often carry fungal infections. Horse riders (like me) are also more at risk because they can pick it up from their boots when they clean them (and think of what those boots have stepped in!).

I've not caught anything from my pets, touch wood, but you're highly unlikely to with rabbits anyway. Although, I did end up with a fantastic septic bite on my leg from horse fly that crawled down my riding boot, chomping as he went!
 
Yep, I've had it 3 times from cats (at the RSPCA not my own). If you've caught it from the rabbits then the rabbits would have it to, with visible bald patches and flaky skin... so much like the symptoms of mites, though it is nothing to do with mites. I've seen kittens totally bald from ringworm so it has to be treated, as it will will just spread and get bigger, but as youre being treated, I wouldnt worry, its no worse than athlets foot and quite common.
 
Both my sister and I caught it from stray cats in Tunisia when we were about 12. I remember being covered in rings, all about the size of a 1p piece. We had cream to treat it, but it went into my hair and whilst my sister cleared up nice and quickly, a large patch of my hair fell out. We spent months trying all sorts from the doctors before we ended up at a specialist and got it sorted :D

Keep putting the cream on - you don't want it to get established! and watch fo it on your family so you catch it early if they do get it ;)
 
Yep, treating a rabbit for mites (parasite) would not clear up ringworm (fungus). So if your rabbits are fine now then most likely the two outbreaks are unrelated.

If your rabbits still have any patches go back to the vet and let them know about the ring worm so they can give the correct treatment.

Be careful, you can infect your rabbits with ringworm so wash your hands carefully before handling them.

Tam
 
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