MRSA Support Group

Hi all. I'm the mom in a family with MRSA+ teen, so-far fine hubby and a cat. I think we are doing a lot of things right, although it is slow. Immune support with all the right supplements, constant vigilance when coming back into the home, separate towels, etc. Our poor boy was hardest hit - two gnarly boil / antibiotic episodes until he was diagnosed.

I am dealing with mild cross contamination of myself via hand-laundry (!) but silver-based first aid gel is keeping everything under control while I get cleaned up, and establish the new way we will now do laundry etc. I can tell my immune system is in better shape than his, I just got one or two little 'suspicious skin events' that I recognized by color (hot pink? purple? hmmm).

My question is keeping the kitty healthy and free of bacteria on the surface of her fur? We do bathe her about every ten days for allergy reasons and fleas, (our allergies, not hers), but we use mild soap or natural flea soap without chemicals. She can also safely be wiped down with witch hazel, which has lots of alcohol in it (the show people fluff their animals up before showing with it, I recently learned). Are there some other ideas or methods we can use on her?

Thanks for your input everyone. I am learning a lot here.
Posted on 11/03/09, 06:11 pm