I want to talk about CAT worms.

OK,
In about an hour and a half I have to take my sister's remaining, surviving cat to the vet.

I noticed in his stool yesterday while cleaning out the litter box (a joy in my life I can only begin to touch upon), that there were multiple tiny white maggoty looking things in his crap. Moreover, his crap appeared rather liquidy.

Now I googled types of worms but the closest looking worm to the little white ones coming out of his ass are called round worms (which are supposedly about an inch and half long). These worms aren't that.

They're tiny, fat , maggoty looking worms, possibly a half inch long at the most.

Either way I guess I'll get the diagnosis in a couple of hours, but I'm wondering what that could be? Is it dangerous? How does one get rid of them?


Please tell me this cat isn't going to die on me too. That would suck ass.

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first

WASH YOUR HANDS!!!!!



the worms break off when they exit the animal, take a sample of the poop with you to the vet. sounds like roundworms.


did I say

WASH YOUR HANDS

and every place that cat has laid, humans can get them too.

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Do you let him outside? If so, after this episode it might be a good idea to keep him as an indoor kitty.

Poor kitty and Dan.

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butterfli25 said:

XxAxX said:

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applekisses said:

XxAxX said:

oh man. well, look on the bright side. maybe the dustmites will eat them first

Ugh...how horrible. Dan - can you hire someone to come and disinfect your house?

Does she have fleas?

shanti0608 said:

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Imago said:

my totally inside cat got worms several years ago, it was either fleas or mosquitoes according to the vet.

I totally freaked out though, because of my kids, I just washed everything in hot water and scrubbed the couch which is where I first saw the little buggers


he hasn't had any since and has even managed to escape once or twice since then.

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butterfli25 said:

my totally inside cat got worms several years ago, it was either fleas or mosquitoes according to the vet.

I totally freaked out though, because of my kids, I just washed everything in hot water and scrubbed the couch which is where I first saw the little buggers


he hasn't had any since and has even managed to escape once or twice since then.

oh and it's not life threatening. If she were anemic enough for it to be a problem you would have noticed by now. The vet will give her this medicine and she will pass all of them, again the JOY of your life.


yes and KUDOs to you for taking care of this kitty.


question: what did you do with her while you were away? did you board her? that may be where she got exposed

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XxAxX said:

butterfli25 said:

my totally inside cat got worms several years ago, it was either fleas or mosquitoes according to the vet.

I totally freaked out though, because of my kids, I just washed everything in hot water and scrubbed the couch which is where I first saw the little buggers


he hasn't had any since and has even managed to escape once or twice since then.

okay what? FLEAS can cause worms?

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butterfli25 said:

my totally inside cat got worms several years ago, it was either fleas or mosquitoes according to the vet.

I totally freaked out though, because of my kids, I just washed everything in hot water and scrubbed the couch which is where I first saw the little buggers


he hasn't had any since and has even managed to escape once or twice since then.

Measure in Love
"May the voice of the child in you never stop speaking. May it fall like a gift from heaven, offering to dessicated words its splendorous burst of laugher, the salt of its tears, its all powerful wildness." Maurice Blanchot

Imago said:

fleas can cause worms??? this is SO not okay.

butterfli25 said:

oh and it's not life threatening. If she were anemic enough for it to be a problem you would have noticed by now. The vet will give her this medicine and she will pass all of them, again the JOY of your life.


yes and KUDOs to you for taking care of this kitty.


question: what did you do with her while you were away? did you board her? that may be where she got exposed

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Imago said:

butterfli25 said:

oh and it's not life threatening. If she were anemic enough for it to be a problem you would have noticed by now. The vet will give her this medicine and she will pass all of them, again the JOY of your life.


yes and KUDOs to you for taking care of this kitty.


question: what did you do with her while you were away? did you board her? that may be where she got exposed

I deducted a hundred bucks from my roomate's rent and he took care of her here at home.

He loves cats, so it wasn't a big deal. The cat sleeps with him and one of his various troll-like girlfriends at night anyways.

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Maya Angelou

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Imago said:

butterfli25 said:

oh and it's not life threatening. If she were anemic enough for it to be a problem you would have noticed by now. The vet will give her this medicine and she will pass all of them, again the JOY of your life.


yes and KUDOs to you for taking care of this kitty.


question: what did you do with her while you were away? did you board her? that may be where she got exposed

I deducted a hundred bucks from my roomate's rent and he took care of her here at home.

He loves cats, so it wasn't a big deal. The cat sleeps with him and one of his various troll-like girlfriends at night anyways.

okay. FLEAS????? CAN CAUSE WORMS?????

if i was bitten by fleas at my SO's place, could i have worms too??

XxAxX said:

okay. FLEAS????? CAN CAUSE WORMS?????

if i was bitten by fleas at my SO's place, could i have worms too??

INSATIABLE said:

XxAxX said:

okay. FLEAS????? CAN CAUSE WORMS?????

if i was bitten by fleas at my SO's place, could i have worms too??

Yes, my cat's nine years old and so far has had these worms twice. They were both caused by fleas, according to the vet, even though I use Advantage on her regularly. We had an additional cat in the house at the time (my roommate's), who had come in from the outdoors and never left.

Humans can get it too, so if you're super freaked about it, check out your doodies!

XxAxX said:

INSATIABLE said:

Yes, my cat's nine years old and so far has had these worms twice. They were both caused by fleas, according to the vet, even though I use Advantage on her regularly. We had an additional cat in the house at the time (my roommate's), who had come in from the outdoors and never left.

Humans can get it too, so if you're super freaked about it, check out your doodies!

well, come to think of it i was probably bitten by sand fleas at the beach, not at his house. i think he said his dogs got fleas after that. however, it was a dog beach.

INSATIABLE said:

XxAxX said:

well, come to think of it i was probably bitten by sand fleas at the beach, not at his house. i think he said his dogs got fleas after that. however, it was a dog beach.

Yeah, you're probably a bit more freaked than necessary. Think about the amount of critters with fleas. The number of critters with round worms are probably dwarfed in comparison.

Christ, like all of Danny's threads, this one has made me feel absolutely filthy.

sounds like your cat has tapeworms. they're mainly transmitted through fleas and both my indoor cats have had them in the past.

If it is tapeworm, it's very easily treatable and not too much of a big deal.

And I don't think that humans can get tapeworms from flea bites. I think a human would have to eat a flea or a tapeworm segment in order to get infected.

However humans can get other kinds of tapeworms from eating undercooked or raw beef and pork.

Do the worms coming out of your cat look like this:



because that is what tapeworm generally looks like.
[Edited 7/24/08 11:14am]

JasmineFire said:

sounds like your cat has tapeworms. they're mainly transmitted through fleas and both my indoor cats have had them in the past.

If it is tapeworm, it's very easily treatable and not too much of a big deal.

And I don't think that humans can get tapeworms from flea bites. I think a human would have to eat a flea or a tapeworm segment in order to get infected.

However humans can get other kinds of tapeworms from eating undercooked or raw beef and pork.

Do the worms coming out of your cat look like this:



because that is what tapeworm generally looks like.
[Edited 7/24/08 11:14am]

JasmineFire said:

sounds like your cat has tapeworms. they're mainly transmitted through fleas and both my indoor cats have had them in the past.

If it is tapeworm, it's very easily treatable and not too much of a big deal.

And I don't think that humans can get tapeworms from flea bites. I think a human would have to eat a flea or a tapeworm segment in order to get infected.

However humans can get other kinds of tapeworms from eating undercooked or raw beef and pork.

Do the worms coming out of your cat look like this:



because that is what tapeworm generally looks like.
[Edited 7/24/08 11:14am]

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Imago said:

JasmineFire said:

sounds like your cat has tapeworms. they're mainly transmitted through fleas and both my indoor cats have had them in the past.

If it is tapeworm, it's very easily treatable and not too much of a big deal.

And I don't think that humans can get tapeworms from flea bites. I think a human would have to eat a flea or a tapeworm segment in order to get infected.

However humans can get other kinds of tapeworms from eating undercooked or raw beef and pork.

Do the worms coming out of your cat look like this:



because that is what tapeworm generally looks like.
[Edited 7/24/08 11:14am]

yes!!!!

But wth, don't americans know you're supposed to de-worm your pets at least twice a year, out- or indoor???? It's not a waiting-till-it-happens game people, it's a make-sure-it-never-happens game.
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