Vet Basics Lime Sulfur Dip- Concentrated Solution- for Dogs, Cats & Horses- 16oz

My dog got ringworm shortly after a visit to the vet. Vet wouldn't give him oral meds because he's 14, and he didn't have anything else like ointment on hand. I had a bottle of this that I had never used, and when I ordered his ointments from Amazon, I saw this and was reminded that I had it. It works great!!! I bathed him in the bathroom first time, which is super stinky, BUT videos from vets on YouTube showed using a SPRAY BOTTLE. I had a new heavy duty professional spray bottle that soaked him better than the bath because I could spray the hard-to-reach areas and it also sprayed INTO the fur instead of running off his hair. It is very easy to spray them down outside and goes much quicker.That makes it easier to do it every few days, as recommended. Pat dry, or use a hairdryer as I did. Very highly recommended as the best option, in my opinion, for neutralizing the spores and effectively covering the area.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Saves the hassle of trying various products that claim easier or cleaner than this. It smells, the whole process is terrible for you and the animal PLUS you still have to do due diligence and treat the house, bedding, yard and repeat the whole thing in a few days to cover the life cycle or any time delay that could have missed a few here and there. Your pet and family will be better if you strictly follow a proven plan. And yes sometimes your individual circumstances or situation may create more complex or additional treatment if you can’t contain, or don’t have help, or tolerance/resistance has been a problem. Some treatment works only on specific applications or has dangerous side effects that limit its use, but I can tell you think worked for killing fleas on my cat. I had to repeat it a few times because he is a cat and doesn’t listen when I explain not to lick his paws (after treatment or exiting the litter box} and not to wander off in the garage or front patio where treatment is in process). Hiring a professional is great if you can afford it but only has its limitations if it’s not covering every aspect of how it can continue or how it can be reintroduced. The money pit will continually return. So take a few days off and get some assistance to tackle this in one big swoop. Smell like an egg in private and throw away everything that can potentially inhibit your progress ( trust me if you think you have enough paper towels and buy-in from family or friends, it’s probably not enough so get a few extra and have a emergency back up supply). If you don’t have a commercial laundry facility in house then you won’t be able to tackle a large project like this without paper towels and clothing you are specifically going to treat like hazmat - or any other contact surface or defined separation of areas treated and untreated to prevent tracking or spreading even if seemingly insignificant or overly cautious. You can’t be too careful and most peo0e going through this will have long battles where this comes back to haunt you. If you don’t see any dint assume it’s not there. Take shoes off and wash hands even if gloves are on and if you enter an area assume you or it is contaminated unless you control that. It’s often one flea that hitch hikes in that started the whole mess.

This stuff works wonders but my god does it stink. Got a kitten from the shelter that had ring worm. Used this along side an antifungal shampoo and it got rid of the ringworm fast. Make sure you do multiple treatments and use the entire bottle. I submerged the kitten up to his head and held him there for about 5 mins. Used a little tooth brush to scrub the parts of his face that had ring worm. After 4 weekly washes in this and antifungal shampoo baths every other day the ring worm was completely gone.

Warning: Sulfur! Yes it smells like the Devil himself has passed wind in your dog's bath. Another warning: Yellow! I just thank the Lord above that my dog is black and not white because I am convinced he would have turned yellow. So if you can get past those two little details for the sake of your mangy mutt, you will find that this is an excellent product. Backstory: We adopted a little black mutt off of death row last fall and he had Demodex. He had also had a very hard life, we speculate he might have lived with a homeless person because he walked right next to us without a leash and was well behaved but obviously not well cared for. I hope the person that owned him before is okay and doesn't miss him too much! But I digress. Anyway, due to his unknown medical issues and advanced age (7? 8? 9? Definitely some gray in the muzzle) we weren't sure we wanted to subject him to Ivermectin right away but he clearly needed skin relief. Frequent baths with medicated shampoo, ointments, a homemade essential oil salve and good nutrition for probably the first time in his little life did him some good, and we tried Bravecto. It wasn't perfect but seemed to work--he went from virtually hairless to pretty furry. Then in the spring he started losing fur on his neck and getting the characteristic crust again. Darn mites! He's just too old to really fight them off. So we decided to try one more thing before medication--benzoyl peroxide shampoo and lime sulfur dip. It worked! My dog is so much more comfortable and happy now that we use this regime. Use the warmest water your dog can stand and soap soap soap for at least 20 minutes--I bring my ipad and watch Amazon Prime video while I scrub. Then rinse rinse rinse to be sure to get the soap out and open those pores--again with warm water. Even better if you heat the room. I use the master bath and even though the dip smells literally like Hell (speculating here) it dissipates and this way the dog can sit in the tub until all the yellow runs off him and he's pretty dry. Use a towel you don't care about because it will be stained yellow :-) Do this several times within the next few weeks because after you flush out the nasty adult mites, the new hatchlings will come along. I recommend at least three times within three to six weeks to be sure it's all gone.

It was great.