lilangel
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i've never knew this. how would you know rats would have it? can you see it?
rats can give people ringworms?
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jorats
Loving rats since 2002.
Yep they sure can... I don't know how it shows up on rats.
lilangel
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i just read up on it here:http://www.ratforum.com/index.php/topic,7945.msg79038.html#msg79038
and got to see a picture of what it can look like on people so im going to watch out in case. i just never knew this stuff.
and got to see a picture of what it can look like on people so im going to watch out in case. i just never knew this stuff.
Debbie
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Well, rats can get ringworms the same way a cat or dog can....from another animal, or from touching something where another with ringworm had been. Personally, I think it would be quite hard for rats to get ringworm any other way....to be honest, i wouldn't believe they could.
With that said, if you rats have it, you could definitely get it.
When I was a kid, I picked up a stray kitten and was snuggling with it. Two days later, i had a nasty patch of ringworm on my neck. My mom thought it was poison oak and put calomine lotion on it. BIG mistake...that just made it get BIGGER. I had a horrible summer that year. :sad3:
With that said, if you rats have it, you could definitely get it.
When I was a kid, I picked up a stray kitten and was snuggling with it. Two days later, i had a nasty patch of ringworm on my neck. My mom thought it was poison oak and put calomine lotion on it. BIG mistake...that just made it get BIGGER. I had a horrible summer that year. :sad3:
SQ
Senior Member - Vegan for the animals
then again ... you could give ringworm to your ratties ...
lilspaz68
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ringworm isn't biased against any host :laugh4:
It usually presents as a big bare oval on a rat's back, often scaly. But its not hard to treat, you just have to be very careful while doing it.
It usually presents as a big bare oval on a rat's back, often scaly. But its not hard to treat, you just have to be very careful while doing it.
henry's_mum
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lilspaz68 said:ringworm isn't biased against any host :laugh4:
It usually presents as a big bare oval on a rat's back, often scaly. But its not hard to treat, you just have to be very careful while doing it.
Daytona got it twice in his short life, as did I while treating him...
it's a bare spot on the skin that resebles a ring. It is scaley and gross looking, sometimes red/pink too
We treated with an anti-fungal and were good to go!
SQ
Senior Member - Vegan for the animals
Never had a rat with ringworm
... but we had it a couple of times as kids .... was pretty easy to treat ....
btw, it has nothing to do with worms. It is a fungal infection of the skin .
Looks like : http://www.signalhillschool.org/pages/u ... ngworm.jpg
... but we had it a couple of times as kids .... was pretty easy to treat ....
btw, it has nothing to do with worms. It is a fungal infection of the skin .
Looks like : http://www.signalhillschool.org/pages/u ... ngworm.jpg
theratlady
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ringworm also tends to attack immunocompromised people same as colds and flus, so if you get run down or stressed you are that much more likely to have a outbreak of it
