My cat has tapeworm. Can it spread to my family, clothes, or carpet?

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My cat has tapeworm and I have a lot of people who live in my house as well as a 3 year old I'm trying to make sure the tapeworm is contained and not spread to anyone how infectious is tapeworm? Can it live clothes or in carpet? Pet's info: Cat | American Shorthair | Male | neutered | 1 year and 5 months old | 7 lbs

Destini R. Holloway, DVM · Accepted Answer

Oh no. Well he good news is that Tapeworms are only infective if they are alive and wiggling around. Once that are dead they are no longer infective. Good hygiene practices (washing hands) is generally enough to avoid being infected with them because they have to be digested for transmission.

My cat has tapeworm. Can it spread to my family, clothes, or carpet?

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