Worms!!

[kittycats_delight]

I am going through the same thing with our dog. It is from the ingestion of fleas. The egg for the tapeworm is carried inside fleas. I would think the vet will suggest treating all the furries with frontline or something related and then possibly treating all as a preventative for the tapeworms. So you may have to pill all animals for 3-5 days depending on what your vet suggests. If they are small white moving segments it is tapeworm. Artica is taking panacur. Good luck with this and keep us posted.

[Lizzie]

I hate those tape worm segments than squirm around on their own. I've seen them coming out of a cat's bottom before, and it's 'orrible. Fortuntely, it's easily dealt with. You may have to move to routine flea treatments, such as Revolution, to prevent this happening again.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Sky also had tapeworm and I actually saw a piece of it wiggling out of his bottom. He was shaved down when I adopted him so I could see this area better. He came from the Humane Society and he had fleas which they treated him for but they didn't bother to treat him for worms. I didn't have to treat any of my other cats and I've been using advantage on all of them every month for years so I've never had a flea problem since. Good luck.

[honeybeezercattalina]

None of my cats have had tapeworm, but its not your fault! I think they are caused by fleas biting into the skin. So you should also treat the fleas, which can easily be treated. :] Good luck!

[critter crazy]

Well the vet gave her, and Loki a pill for the worms, loki got one, just to be safe. He checked them all over, as I am very good at flea control, cause I am allergic to fleas. The vet couldnt find any evidence that there have been any fleas on them, and they just got their Frontline last week. So the vet thinks she could have had these since I rescued her, and we just never knew it. Poor baby! But he said teh kitties looked good, and the pill should take care of the Tape worm very quickly. The whole visit only cost me 7$, he just charged me for the pills since, I am what he calls a frequent flyer! I have way too many animals! Hey at least his kids are guaranteed to go to a good college thanks to me!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm glad to hear that they didn't have fleas. Hopefully Mocha's brother doesn't have tapeworm too. You might want to inform your MIL if you haven't done so already.

[critter crazy]

I'm glad to hear that they didn't have fleas. Hopefully Mocha's brother doesn't have tapeworm too. You might want to inform your MIL if you haven't done so already.

Already made the call! Gotta go and get Nemo his meds tomarrow. Wish I had thought anout it while I was at the evts, but didnt think about it till after I got home.