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We have ringworm!!!

 Fonzie/Yoda Fonzie came to us in May and stayed till August. A long stay, I know. It's just that it turned out that she (yes, this Fonzie was a girl) had ringworm. I know. So, I googled the hell out of it and went a bit nuts. No, I don't like to admit it, but a little honesty now and then is OK. True story. Basically, most of the pundits on the internet pretty much told me that the only way of getting rid of ringworm is to burn your house down. I stopped just an inch short of that. As I said, I went a bit bonkers;) I cleaned Fonzie's room every day with some industrial-strength cleaner from the vets, to ensure that the fungal menace didn't have a chance to multiply and prosper. I also had to put some anti-fungal cream on her scabs. And I wore special clogs in her room, and for-her-room-only clothes, and I only touched her with CSI gloves. All that was missing from that picture was a lab coat, or a CSI onesie. In other words, I lost my marbles. I was worried I might con