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Post by mzgarden on Sept 25, 2017 22:50:53 GMT
We have a pair of orphaned, dumped kittens that are about 6 months old that live in our barn. One (the neutered male) was found with a small white worm on his rear end this evening. Can I worm him with something I can buy at TSC or is it better to have him seen? He is 6 months old and weighs about 4 pounds.
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Post by wildhorseluvr on Sept 25, 2017 23:17:05 GMT
We have a pair of orphaned, dumped kittens that are about 6 months old that live in our barn. One (the neutered male) was found with a small white worm on his rear end this evening. Can I worm him with something I can buy at TSC or is it better to have him seen? He is 6 months old and weighs about 4 pounds. Personally, I would get some Drontal from the vet, who will probably require the kittens to be seen first. Some of the OTC meds aren't all that effective anymore or not specific to the type of worm(s) your cats have. Drontal gets several types. You'll undoubtedly need to worm both cats at the same time. Drontal usually is just a one time wormer but if the kittens have a pretty heavy worm load, your vet may recommend a repeat worming in a couple weeks. I have done the worming on my own, it tends to be hit or miss and IMO it ends up being more costly than going to the vet in the first place. Also, some cats can react to the meds, which can get pretty costly too. I always get wormer from the vet now. |
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Post by aoconnor on Oct 7, 2017 16:31:40 GMT
Seeing a worm on it's hinny, I would suspect it has tape worms, as well as other nasties hiding out inside. A good vet visit, with a Drontal worming, is definitely in order. You won't find a store bought wormer that will really do much, you need a vet to help you out on that. wildhorseluvr, exactly. Well said:-) |
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Post by Skandi on Oct 7, 2017 18:41:45 GMT
I never take cats to the vets for worming, but here in Denmark you cannot buy worm medicine over the counter, but you can buy flea medicine, in the UK it's the other way round, so I buy flea stuff and send it to my folks who buy wormers and send them to me. We also buy horse wormers for my mother in law (well my aunt does she's been breeding horses for 30 years) The wormers you can buy in the UK are the same as the one's the vet will sell you, but minus the huge vets bill to see the animals.
Funnily Before I came over here my dog who was 10months at the time had been wormed every 3 months as per vet instructions in the UK. when we came here I took her to the vet to have her microchip reregisterd and mentioned the worming, they looked horrified and said no! no wormers unless you see worms, now I've never seen worms on her, but I worm her when I do the cats (where I do see them) because I know perfectly well what my dog's favourite snack is!
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