I took Sky to the vet at 9:30am. He was a very good boy and barely even cried in the car. It turns out that my first guess was correct. He has tapeworms. The vet said that he probably had it before I adopted him. He was a stray and came from the Humane Society and in his records it shows that he's never been dewormed. They had also treated him with advantage so he must of had fleas when he was found.

My vet gave him 2 drontal pills and I have to give him 2 more in 3 weeks. These pills will kill all types of worms including hook and round worms. Luckily tapeworms aren't contagious because the cat has to swallow a flea that carries this in order to get it.

Sky's been overeating since I've owned him and his belly is somewhat swollen or bloated looking too. My vet said it can be because of the tapeworms but may also be a behavioral problem too. He's already gained 1.11lbs. since he was last weighed on June 9th which isn't good at all.

My vet recommends that I put him on a diet and only allow him to have 300 calories a day which will maintain his curent weight of 13.13lbs. He said his current weight isn't too bad but he shouldn't gain any more weight.

Since I've always free fed, I have to now measure out all 4 cats food and separate them when they eat. I'll do this 2 times a day. Storm and Sunny are fine with free feeding but I've also noticed that Cirrus is gaining some weight too.

I sure hope that they learn to eat like this quickly and that it helps them maintain their weight. Altough Sky and Cirrus could lose a little. I know the danger of having cats lose weight too fast and I want to avoid that too but I sure don't want to have overweight cats either.

BTW Sky was so relaxed at the vets office that he didn't even want to go back into his carrier to go home. I had to force him in there. I've never had a cat that didn't want to run into his carrier at the vet's office. Sky is such a sweetheart.