What Does Cat Ringworm Look Like?

Cat ringworm shows local hair loss, itch, redness, heavy scaling, and crusting, often on the face, limbs, tail, and body. Severe scratching reveals round or oval lesions with scales; secondary infection brings red, moist, weeping, crusted inflammation.

Use a Wood’s lamp, Microsporum shows green fluorescence, or a vet skin scrape under microscope to identify the fungus.