My cat has diarrhea, licks her anus, and has kittens. What can I do?

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Hiya, our cat Carmen has diarrhoea, everywhere she sits she leaves a little bit there and we are cleaning up after her. She is licking her anus very often. She has 4 kittens that are 6 weeks old now and they seem normal. We are wondering what is best do for her and them. We rescued her from the street so we are sure she has never been to the vet before. We imagine she has worms etc. We have an appointment with the vet in 4 days but what can we do in the mean time to help her? Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed

Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS · Accepted Answer

How lovely of you to rescue Carmen from the streets! I would suspect that it is likely she has worms given she was a stray, and I would see if your local pet store has deworming medications such as Panacur. That is very effective in treated worms, and you will need to treat the kittens for worms as well. If Carmen has them, her kittens will have them as well. It is safe to treat them for worms at six weeks of age. I would still keep the vet appointment for her as she will need a thorough check up even if you find deworming medications in the pet store. She could have tapeworms, which cannot be treated with medications you find OTC. That's because tapeworms require praziquantel to treat, and that's a prescription medication. In addition, you can feed her a bland diet to see if that helps with her diarrhea. Give her 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. Good luck, I hope this helps and happy new year!

My cat has diarrhea, licks her anus, and has kittens. What can I do?

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