Cats are very liable to this skin trouble, and in these animals it assumes two distinct forms - viz. (a) the circular and (b) the honeycomb. Rats and mice are troubled with ringworm, and constitute a common source of infection in the cat. It is due to a vegetable fungus, the growth of which is favoured by a filthy and unhealthy state of the skin. Human beings, especially children, frequently contract the disease from cats, as shown by accurate investigations.

The cat may also convey it to other animals, and where there are calves affected with ringworm, the latter are liable to infect cats, and thus there may be a cycle of infection established.

The signs of Ringworm are a circular bare patch or patches with the hairs broken across, giving the surface a stubbly appearance; but in the honeycomb form, crusts are formed and a nasty sore results.

Clip the hair off around the patch; then wash with soft soap and warm water, subsequently painting it with a little tincture of iodine, repeating every other day till cured.

A cat thus affected should not be allowed to have free range of the neighbourhood, it being unjust to cats of neighbouring tenants.

Groom regularly, and see that the animal is well looked after in all other respects.