07/04/2025
3 weeks old 🎉
We don’t have collars this week because I don’t want them harbouring spores.
If you missed my post last week, these guys have ringworm, and it’s increased every day since it popped up last weekend. They’re absolutely covered in it now 🫠
So - I’m not getting many photos of them due to wearing gloves to feed them and intentionally not touching anything else while I’m with them. Everything is getting cleaned regularly, and the babies are on oral meds and a medicated shampoo bath every few days.
Ringworm has always been something that’s been my no-go in my house for a number of reasons, and I’ve thankfully managed to avoid it so far - until now!
It’s a little overwhelming, especially with how much they have all over them (including the neck - hence no collars), and it’s such a long process to clear up, but we’ll get there. Hopefully sooner rather than later 🤞🏻
The plus side is that they’re small and so well contained, with no shedding hair, that it’s making it easy to keep it away from everyone else!
Worse than dealing with the fungal infection itself, though, is the fact that they are SO stinking cute and I can’t even cuddle them 😭 what kind of torture is this?
Anyway, aside from that they’ve all had very stuffed up noses but nebuliser sessions in the incubator have helped a lot, so they’re all doing really well! Everyone is growing fast and thriving.
Their chubby little bellies are the cutest things and they’re such a happy little bunch.
I can’t wait to be able to snuggle with them 🥰