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My cat has rice-like worms coming out of its rear. What are they?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Longhair | Male | unneutered | 2 months and 21 days old

my cat has worms , they are little rice squishy worms and they come out of his rear end . what kind of worms are they

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Answered By Dr Stafford, BVetMed, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on July 28th, 2017

These are little segments of tapeworm, I would recommend getting your cat wormed asap. Milbemax or broadline works well. Treating for fleas would be useful as they are part of the tapeworm life cycle.

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    Answered By Jenny, DVM

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    Those appear to be tapeworms. They typically get those from fleas. They make medication that can deworm them for that, make sure it has praziquantel! Also look into a monthly flea medication to prevent it

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    Answered By Juliana, DVM

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    Published on June 10th, 2017

    THis sounds like tapeworms! I would call your veterinarian for a deworming medication. Praziquantel is the ingredient needed in a dewormer to treat tapeworms. Also, tapeworms are generally caused by fleas so if Ioza is not currently on a flea preventative I would start that. Hope that helps!

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