Hi, I'm very interested in this thread because on Sept 8th 2014, my husband and I adopted two wonderful cats. They came from a (well-meaning) animal hoarding situation in our area where 49 animals were removed from someone's home.
I've been treating both with CDH and sometimes DMSO ( I'll explain in a bit.) The male, "Liam," is about 8 mos old. The female, "Lily," is about 4 yrs old. They are now spayed and neutered. They are likely related. Both are B&W shorthair domestics. Lovely temperaments and so so much FUN! I want them to thrive!
Because the adoption was through the humane society, they have both gone through all of the shots. They had likely never been vaccinated for anything. I do not consider that a bad thing. We just lost our tiny outside "Angel" to an owl and she was at least 24 years old. Great shape. She came with our property. Never vaccinated for anything other than what the animal vaccination trend was in this area back when her first owners had her spayed (that was probably when she was within her first two years, I'd guess). She was incredibly fit and healthy.
But our new little guys have been through the whole vaccination regime. They both were treated for cat respiratory disease (forget what it's called). They were also both treated for ear mites and ringworm. The humane society folks told us that they actually saw the active fungus (ringworm) on the male. But I understand that a cat can have ringworm (and spread it) without symptoms. People can contract it from animals. I understand that MMS does not work on some types of fungus. So I'm wondering about how to treat ringworm in cats if it should act up. The vet told me it usually appears on the face of cats.
Here's how I've been treating them with MMS (and CDH & DMSO): 3 drops activated MMS in 1 oz of distilled water. I then use a no-needle syringe and shoot 1.5 ml in each of their mouths twice a day. I'm just winging it. Neither of them had been ill from it, so I keep the dose the same. The female hated it and hides when she thinks it's time for her dose. The male is easy to treat. I'd like to know how to safely increase the dose and how high to go. They are each under 6.5 lbs.
I see a bit of black crud from ear mites in mostly Lily's ears. (The vet said they were both "treated" for ear mites while at the shelter, but I did not ask what that treatment was). Anyway, I remove the black crud with a Q-tip as best I can and then I use a little eye dropper bottle and drop a few drops of MMS (for EARS) solution in each their ears. That solution is about the same as what I'm giving them orally. I made it up months ago and forgot the recipe. I marked the little dropper bottle "EARS." I've treated the ear mites only twice. They are getting rather skiddish with all this medical intervention and I cannot stand pestering them more than needed.
Liam (the male) got a little wound on his face a few days ago when he accidentally got closed into the basement closet. We heard him crying loudly and when my husband freed him, he said that's when he noticed the little wound on his face. I treated this little wound 3 times by applying the following dose to his cute little cheek with a Q-Tip:
straight CDH (about 1 ml, and about the same amount of DMSO (I buy quality DMSO from AZ. supplier WPS4sale) I treated Liam's wound twice over two days. It might be healing faster than it otherwise would have, but that's hard to tell really.
Like I said, I'm winging it. Anyone who has experience treating cat respiratory disease, ringworm, and wounds, please reply to this post. I am so pleased to hear about the successes recently reported here in this thread.
Thanks!