So sorry for you this happened but we had a situation with ring worm before christmas and the breeder informed the gccf as soon as she found out and had all cats tested was very helpful and offered to cover all costs. These thigns do happen but it does not sound like the breeder is being very helpful ! She gave us the option of her treating them etc but once they were 13 weeks we took them as our vet said its easier to get rid of if there are not many cats around plus i was dying to get them home ring worm or not !!

Anyway to treat ours we had 1/4 griseofulvin drug a day which our dog had too in case, we isolated them in spare room for 6 weeks and now have them on program once a month wormer which is supposed to be a mild preventative. There was a cream too which is at home i can send you the name of later to treat the scaly bits !

I remember thinking it was the end of the world when we found out our babies had something wrong but afte the 6 weeks and a full sterilising of our house we have had no signs of it AT ALL. I read online alot that it stays dormant etc and had complete panics they would be shut up for months ! It does clear up very quickly, if you need any more advice with treatment let me know i became an expert ha ha !!

Best of luck with getting rid of it ! On the up side we had the most laid back kittens in the world after pulling around with cream and pills they let you do anything to them !

You only have the breeder's word she is giving up. I would report her to GCCF.

If you really want to get back the costs you could go through the small claims court. I haven't done it but have heard it is actually quite simple.

I'm not too bothered about the costs now what's really angered me is that she will not accept that the kitten had the ringwrom when it left her....she has admitted that her vet thought her cats had ringworm, however apparently only 5 out of the 18 cats were tested and they were all negative. She has also admitted by telephone that she noticed that white scabby patches on my kitten and a few others but that it was not ringworm, just dried milk and food....these white scabby patches are what my vet tested by culture and they came back as positive for ringworm.

I don't really want to keep persuing her as she will not admit that the kitten had ringworm when it left her so I keep going round in circles with her and she will definately not pay up. I'm back to the vets again tonight to pick up the rest of my cats meds and I've asked them to provide me with a copy of the culture results and a report written by my vet to say that 2 days after purchase I took my kitten to the vets where after examination it was evident she had ringworm and that they severity of it would not have developed within 2 days of her being home with me.

I'd just want the breeder to do the right thing and contact the other owners to let them know about my kitten and to get theirs checked, though with the stigma surrounding ringworm I doubt very much that this will happen

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1 British Blue Kittens: Lola
1 working cocker spaniel: Bodie (Bo)

Winston the British Blue: 23/09/2008 - 26/12/2010 xx

If you want her to do the right thing then you have to report to GCCF. If you don't, and who is to say she is giving up breeding, then you are doing all those future kitten buyers from her a diservice.

Ring up the GCCF and talk to someone if you want advice.

I am going to contact the GCCF I'm just waiting until I get some questions answered by my vet tonight first as to the validity of what the breeder has told me.

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1 British Blue Kittens: Lola
1 working cocker spaniel: Bodie (Bo)

Winston the British Blue: 23/09/2008 - 26/12/2010 xx

ok - sorry re-read again and sounded a bit comandeering. Sorry ;/

Thats okay.

Breeder has just rung..our vets have spoken to each other and as a gesture of goodwill she will pop £50 in the post for me...do you think this is to buy my silence?

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1 British Blue Kittens: Lola
1 working cocker spaniel: Bodie (Bo)

Winston the British Blue: 23/09/2008 - 26/12/2010 xx

probably so don't keep your silence. if it were me the £50 means she is guilty as hell! i'd refuse it and report her.

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Wouldn't most breeders WANT to know if anything were wrong with their kittens so that they can tackle it rather than hide their heads in the sand, ignore it and build up a bad reputation for themselves?

As a buyer, I can easily see it from your viewpoint. All you want is the truth, some advice and a token gesture to admit what happened together with an apology perhaps.

As a breeder, I cannot understand why someone would shoo away a person who has bought a kitten in good faith and who wants to raise a query. I'd far rather sort it out.

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