My kitten has fleas, worms, vomiting, and diarrhea. What's wrong?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Mediumhair | Female | unspayed | 3.15 lbs
My almost 5 month old cat is having diharrea and is vomitting what looks like foam or spit? And she has a lot of fleas and tape worms and round worms. She's not eating her food and she hasn't been herself lately! She got a shot for nausea and it seems to be working and they put something on her for the worms and they didn't have the flea medicine yet. She has a lot of fleas I'm really scared, do you think this is because of fleas or the worms or what? Please help me!!
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Published on October 22nd, 2017
The fleas and constant itching can be contributing to the vomiting. I would use a flea comb dipped in soapy water to comb the fleas off her several times a day. This will catch the fleas on her and kill them in the soapy water. You will also remove the lose fur which may be causing her to have hairballs which she is trying to vomit up. Please do get a flea prevention product as soon as you can. When she's treated for the intestinal parasites and fleas she should feel better. In the meantime give her warm we food to encourage her to eat and drink. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to help you care for Junebug.
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Published on March 10th, 2017
Poor Lucky! This hair loss on her stomach could be due to overgrooming, which cats do when they are itchy. This itchiness could be fleas, mites, ringworm, or allergies. If she isn't up to date on her flea treatment, she will need a spot on treatment such as Advantage or Revolution. You will need to disinfect the environment as well. If she is up to date on her flea treatment, I recommend taking her into the vet for an exam tomorrow or Monday. The vet can do blood tests, skin scrapings, and use a Wood's lamp to diagnose allergies, mites, and ringworm. Once the cause of the itching is found, the vet can prescribe the appropriate treatment. As for the vomiting, Lucky could have a GI illness, may have eaten something rotten, could have a foreign body, or may be suffering from pancreatitis. I can give you a home remedy to try to see if that helps her. I recommend withholding food for 12-24 hours, then feeding a bland diet of boiled white meat chicken (no bones) in small amounts several times a day for a couple of days. Then slowly add back in her normal diet. If the vomiting continues in the absence of food, she vomits the bland diet, develops diarrhea, stops drinking water, starts vomiting water, or becomes very lethargic, she will need to see a vet right away.
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