Another question - please help! :o

[Edwina's Secretary]

Having just dewormed my two (as a result of annual test) I can tell you a) the pills are VERY expensive and b) VERY big. Certainly not something I would want to inflict on them (or me!)any more often than absolutely necessary.

[Kirsten]

Well, they are not that expensive here, but it's true, they're really big!! :eek I broke them into three parts and I still feared my girls would choke! And no, they didn't like it at all!!

Kirsten

[leslie flenner]

as rescue goes, all outdoor cats, and kittens brought in are automatically given liquid strongid on day one (mix in tuna or if friendly, straight up), second dose on second day and last dose 2 weeks later- AND it keeps changing!!) It's a matter of killing adults and the eggs, Strongid kills roundworm and other worms but not tape worm or eye worm or lung worm. Eye worm is predominant in CA and lung worm I only know about because I had 3 feral kittens that had a horrible cough, and cough, and cough (no diarreah or loss of appetite, just this dry continuous coughing...), and the vet did a stool sample and there they were, thought to be from eating birds and mice (raw meat). SO, as worms vary across the US, I'll bet they vary across Europe as well!
For tape worm, Droncit- 1 dose.

[carla and mike]

Originally posted by leslie flenner
as rescue goes, all outdoor cats, and kittens brought in are automatically given liquid strongid on day one (mix in tuna or if friendly, straight up), second dose on second day and last dose 2 weeks later- AND it keeps changing!!) It's a matter of killing adults and the eggs, Strongid kills roundworm and other worms but not tape worm or eye worm or lung worm. Eye worm is predominant in CA and lung worm I only know about because I had 3 feral kittens that had a horrible cough, and cough, and cough (no diarreah or loss of appetite, just this dry continuous coughing...), and the vet did a stool sample and there they were, thought to be from eating birds and mice (raw meat). SO, as worms vary across the US, I'll bet they vary across Europe as well!
For tape worm, Droncit- 1 dose.

Thanks for that info.In case I myself need it some day.