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SpootyBooty, you're new to this. Please don't give medical advice unless you're positive that it's correct.
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Jamie, if it's a fungus, antibiotics will make it worse, not help it. It does look like a fungus, but it's not ringworm -- ringworm makes a ring, hence the name. When you're not sure whether the problem is a fungus or a bacterial infection, you always start with the antifungal first. If it doesn't start to help in a few days, then you switch to an antibacterial.
You can read
https://www.guinealynx.info/fungus.html for more information. But you can go to any pharmacy and get a tube of Lotrimin, Nystatin, or Monistat. Use a q-tip and apply it sparingly, rubbing it in well. Do this twice a day for 4-5 days, watching carefully to see if the area stops growing in size. If it does, keep applying it for several days after it looks like it's all cleared up. It takes quite a while to clear up a fungal infection.
If it's not improving after 4-5 days, or if it's getting worse, then stop with the antifungal medication and get a tube of triple antibiotic. Apply to same way as the antifungal, but be SURE to rub it in well. You don't want to get it in his mouth. And you don't want him to be able to get it on his paws when he's cleaning himself and then lick his paws.
