I currently take care of 7 cats that were strays (4 of them are the offsprings of one of the original ones I took in); and they're semi-domesticated now and spend a lot of time in my house - but still spend a lot of time outdoors too.
After caring for them (and some others who died in accidents) for about 5 years, I seem to have got ringworm now for the first time, most likely from one of them - and I can't even figure out which one is the original carrier, because none are showing any obvious signs yet - obviously I can't afford to take all 7 to the vet, and I'm not sure how I'd give 7 of them those lime/sulphur baths (or afford meds unless there are generics I can order without prescription) and also keep them all from roaming around the house and keep the house totally cleaned to prevent reinfections (which may theoretically occur in the backyard anyways)
What are any options/strategies I have to deal with this problem on a mass scale in an affordable way? I'm currently thinking I may have to surrender at least a few of them to a local shelter - but I'd have to confirm first that they won't just be put down due to the potential/likely ringworm
I'm in a bad dilemma I never foresaw when I was taking these guys in, and I'm not sure what to do - please help/advise
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