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de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 11:59:58 AM   
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Ok- what works for you, what doesn't?
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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 12:22:17 PM   
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PA,
If your cat was de-wormed at the vet, is an indoor kitty and does not have fleas you should not have to de-worm her again.
If the kitty has fleas then chances are you are seeing tapeworm segments and a trip to the vet for both once a month flea control (such as advantage) and a one time pill will take care of the problem.

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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 12:23:40 PM   
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No.

She eats mice and birds.   Sometimes both in the same day.

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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 12:37:35 PM   
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Kitties are most susceptible to tapeworms and roundworms.
They can also get whipworms, hookworms, flukes and of course heartworms.

Honestly, as long as my cats appear healthy I don't really worry about it except when they go for their check-up and then I may request for them to be dewormed (both kinds).
Heartworm is prevented with a monthly pill.
If you have a good relationship with your vet s/he will send you home with de-wormer (usually a yellow liquid) along with instructions. 

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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 12:54:23 PM   
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http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?id=12981

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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 1:32:05 PM   
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That is an option, but it doesn't take care of tapeworms. IF she gets even a few fleas she will get those.
PA, I shouldn't be making a big deal about them as for the most part in cats they are usually harmless, just unsightly and they tend to creep people out.

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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 2:17:50 PM   
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I've only ever had that problem with a stray cat that we brought home many many years ago. I took him to the vet, they gave me some deworming pills and he was fine after about two weeks.

All my cats have always been indoor cats except that one.


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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 2:23:28 PM   
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I gave her 1 treatment today.

It says to repeat it in 10 days.

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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 2:31:24 PM   
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I don't like getting all scratched up by giving flea dips, powders, or giving orally pills or liquids.
 
I like a drip above the shoulders, higher up on the neck so it will also kill ear mites.  I used imidicloprid, a prescription thing for fleas but it kills all worms except tape worm.  Can't remember the brand name just yet.  Starts with an A and is something from a vet.
 

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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 2:38:22 PM   
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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 3:05:37 PM   
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I just HAD to drag this out for this topic....

  1. Sit on sofa. Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your elbow as though you were going to give a bottle to a baby. Talk softly to it.
  2. With right hand, position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. (be patient) As cat opens mouth pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow. Drop pill into mouth. Let go of cat, noticing the direction it runs.
  3. Pick the pill up off the floor and go get the cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process. Sit on floor in kitchen, wrap arm around cat as before, drop pill in mouth. Let go of cat, noticing the direction it runs.
  4. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away. Scoot across floor to pick up pill, and go find the cat. Bring it back into the kitchen. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten. Drop pill into mouth.
  5. Pry claws from back legs out of your arm. Go get the cat, pick up half-dissolved pill from floor and drop it into garbage can.
  6. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of closet. Call spouse from backyard. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.
  7. Retrieve cat from curtain rod, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered Doulton figures from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.
  8. Get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.
  9. Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink glass of water to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.
  10. Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Place cat in cupboard and close door onto neck to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with rubber band.
  11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put door back on hinges. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Throw T-shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.
  12. Call fire department to retrieve cat from tree across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take another pill from foil wrap.
  13. Tie cat's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed, force cat's mouth open with small spanner. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of fillet steak. Hold head vertically and pour one cup of water down throat to wash pill down.
  14. Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call at furniture shop on way home to order new table.
  15. Get last pill from bottle. Go into bathroom and get a fluffy towel. Stay in the bathroom with the cat, and close the door.
  16. Sit on bathroom floor, wrap towel around kitty, leaving only his head exposed. Cradle kitty in the crook of your arm, and pick up pill off of counter.
  17. Retrieve cat from top of shower door (you didn't know that cats can jump 5 feet straight up in the air, did you?), and wrap towel around it a little tighter, making sure its paws can't come out this time. With fingers at either side of its jaw, pry it open and pop pill into mouth. Quickly close mouth (his, not yours).
  18. Sit on floor with cat in your lap, stroking it under the chin and talking gently to it for at least a half hour, while the pill dissolves.
  19. Unwrap towel, open bathroom door. Wash off scratches in warm soapy water, comb your hair, and go find something to occupy your time for 7-1/2 hours.
  20. Arrange for SPCA to get cat and call local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.


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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 3:35:02 PM   
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<------------- will need a skin graft and blood transfusion if stupid enough to try to de-worm FuzzButt again.  Either way, Vets or ER there's going to be a trip into town.

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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 3:38:00 PM   
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the powder from the capsule went into her food. she ate it.

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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 7:16:58 PM   
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I will not take a pet to the vets if I can at all help it, as animals can smell fear, and vets to animals are full of fear, a fear of unfamiliar places and humans they don't know doing things to them. I look at it this way, if the cat that lives with me appears healthy and full of life, I leave the cat be, if such a situation arises the cat appears to be ill, the human through looking after the cat will know something is not right, with most, time is waited as it occurs with humans illnesses might just be passing phases, but if the situation is the creature deteriorates or does not get better then professional help might be required, just as it is with us.

As to the worming tablet, crush it up and hide it in food, preferably after starving the cat for a day and giving the creature it's favourite food.

I treat creatures that live with me and those that caome to visit as guests, not animals that exist for us to do what we wish with them, having creatures around humans is good for humans and creatures alike for it teaches mutual respect.


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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 7:22:19 PM   
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Does your cat sleep with you?  Make sure that you did not also catch the worms from your cat, those worms like people, too.  Ick!

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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 7:23:15 PM   
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are you serious?

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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/26/2010 7:23:34 PM   
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3 of my cats are ok...the girls are easy...they don't like it but do as told if I keep their mouth closed for a while...my tabby boy does ok when I turn him on the back to give it to him....my ginger boy...well, he is my ginger boy and dom by heart...he is not having any of that crap and cat world champion in spitting it out does not matter how well I try to keep it into him...

he is the only cat ever I had who is very happy to hiss at me at times (more often the my last beasty cat I had), he even hisses at visitors when he doen' t like them...

Now I had the thought to leave that job to the vet in the future at their annual check-up...(there he tried to climb up the bare wall when he realised something was going on (he was getting prepared to get fixed) however the vet told me they have something new now which works the same way as frontline does with applying it from the outside...so maybe this autumn i get the new stuff for them...

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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/27/2010 1:22:35 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: DarlingSavage

Does your cat sleep with you?  Make sure that you did not also catch the worms from your cat, those worms like people, too.  Ick!


Nope, me and my cat occupy different sides of  the room to sleep, it seems at night to want to keep well clear of me, probably because I sleep violent and the cat probably got launched off the bed too many times during the night to even think about getting comfortable on my bed again.


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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/27/2010 3:40:40 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

are you serious?


Yes, I'm serious.  They are highly contagious because they can travel the way they do.  They will infect humans. They are parasites and non-selective, although some are, roundworms, tapeworms, hookworms, and flukes are not.  Ugh!


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RE: de-worming the cat. - 6/27/2010 5:26:47 AM   
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The tapeworms that affect cats are not a risk to people.
Flukes simply prefer a more tropical environment to that of PA.

The roundworms that affect cats are a risk to people this way: being outside in the dirt where kitty was and not washing your hands. As far as getting them from having the cat on the bed, in theory that could actually happen were you not to clean the litter box on a regular basis. Then the eggs in the cat's feces could hatch and then be tracked from box to bed.
The risk from hookworms again would tend to be from outside (do you go out barefoot or sunbathe on bare ground much?) , or a lack of practicing good hygiene as mentioned before and not washing your vegetables before eating them.

The issue in both these cases is primarily very basic hygiene and the risks are not from having kitty on the bed.


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