I found tapeworm segments in my cat's bedding last week and 2 live worms on her butt. I gave her prolabs tapeworm tabs on Saturday and cleaned my apartment and used a flea spray on all the surfaces. Today I found what looks like a dried up worm in her bed. Is the medicine working or do I need to give her another dose? She was adopted last year and they only gave her front line plus and strongid t at the shelter. Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 8 lbs

That means the medication is working, as you can frequently see dead worms after a treatment. Godive will need another deworming treatment in two weeks to kill all the worms, and I would give her another dose then.

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I discovered my cat had a tapeworm based on research and past experience with other cats that had the same problem. I bought medicine and mixed it with tuna. She ate some of it but not all and didn’t get the full dose. How do I know when she’s cured

Arya will have to eat the full dose in order to kill the tapeworms. Tapeworms can be a little more difficult to detect than other types of parasites unless you actually see them in the stool or around the rectum. You will need to repeat the medication and make sure that it is labeled for the Dipylidium species since it’s the most common in cats. You may also call your veterinarian as they will carry medications to kill that particular species. Most of the time cats will be dewormed once and then repeated 2 to 4 weeks later to make sure there are no parasites left. You may consider having her stool checked for the eggs but this may not always reveal an infestation. I hope this helps.

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Please help! I took my kittens to get dewormed at the vet a couple of weeks ago. And after assuming the worst I felt that they weren't sick anymore. Their stool returned to normal (no blood or tapeworms as I could see), and they stopped vomiting. The

Due to the lifecycle of tapeworms, more than one treatment is needed to kill all the worms. At least two treatments need to be given two weeks apart. The first kills the adult present, while the second kills the adults that had not yet hatched at the time of the first treatment. You need to take your kittens back into the vet.

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I have 4 cats. One presented with tapeworm and was successfully treated The other 3 were given precautionay treatment and ate just a few bites of the treated food. Do I wait to try to retreat?

Cats get tapeworms by eating fleas so there is a good chance that all the cats are affected but it is not a given. Tapeworms are not transmitted between cats. Most often we recommend treating with the initial dose and then repeating the treatment in 3 weeks (for all the pets). If they don't have tapeworms the treatment will not be harmful. You need to good flea control for all pets in the household and treat the home/yard environments too to prevent re-infection. ( https://www.vin.com/veterinarypartner/default.aspx?pid=19239&id=4951442 ) ( https://www.allivet.com/p-1389-knockout-es-area-treatment.aspx ) ( https://www.allivet.com/p-9065-vet-kem-yard-spray-32-oz.aspx ) Hope this helps. Best wishes.

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Hi! My kitten unfortunately has tapeworms and I went to the vet a little over a week ago and he prescribed him 2 doses of Strongid. The first one was given the day he went to the vet, and the 2nd does is to be given this upcoming saturday. BUT he sti

Yes, this is normal. The medication is working and due to the lifecycle of the worms, that other dose is need to kill all of them. This second dose should help kill them all and he should stop shedding the worms with a week after the last dose. I hope this helps!

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I am pretty sure that one of my cats has worms (weight loss, wiping bottom on floor, blood in stool), so I gave both cats one worming tablet each this morning. The pills were quite big so I thought it would be better to crush the pill and mix with we

If your cats didn't eat all the food, they probably did not get a high enough dose of the deworming medication to work correctly. The medication may kill some of the worms, but not all of them. You may notice dead worms in their feces indicating it's working, but sometimes nothing is seen at all. That is normal, and it doesn't mean the deworming medication isn't working. I would wait a week before giving them another deworming tablet, and this time give it to them whole. You may have to stick it in the back of their throat to get them to take it, but it's best for them to have the whole pill. After that, I would give them another deworming tablet in two weeks. This will make sure that all the worms are killed, as there will be worms in eggs which have not yet hatched at the time of the initial deworming treatment. They should then be dewormed every three months. Good luck, I hope this helps!

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Cat threw up spaghetti like substance the other day we gave it round worm meds but i dont see any worms in its stool. R the meds not working?

Sometimes the worms die and just come out like mucus in the stool, not full worms. If you gave the proper dose I’m sure it was effective. You can repeat the deworming in two to three weeks to be sure and follow the directions on the package. Thanks for using Boop by Petco to help you care for your cat.

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Our cat received milbemax at the beginning of June from our vet. However she has some white specks that appear near her anus lately, and we are worried it's tapeworm. Could a tapeworm hatch and grow to the point of pieces breaking off only two months

These do indeed look like tapeworm segments, so BV will definitely need to be treated again. Normally, to make sure that all life stages of the tapeworms are killed, the initial deworming dose needs to be repeated in 14 days - so if this wasn't done the last time she was treated, this could by why the problem has recurred. She may also simply have become re-infected, either from fleas or from eating dead rodents or other animals if she hunts outdoors. I would recommend calling your vet to let them know that you are seeing tapeworm segments again - they may be able to have you come and pick up another dose of dewormer for her, rather than requiring another exam since she was just seen for this problem two months ago.

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My cat is taking dewormer and when she had a bowel movement this morning, I saw these worms in her poop. I attached a picture. What type of worm is it? I want to make sure the dewormer I'm giving her will get rid of it. The wormer is pyrantel pamoate

From the picture these look to be tapeworm segments. Often you will see them dried on the rear end too. Pyrantel is a great broad spectrum dewormer, but it doesn’t kill tapeworm. Droncit ( praziquantel) kills tapeworm. I always recommend a full fecal exam looking for microscopic eggs as animals who have parasites often have more than one kind. Tapeworm can cause gastrointestinal signs if she has a high enough worm burden. Best of luck and I hope she improves soon! Thank you for using Pet Coach.

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Hello I have a kitten who is 4 months old now I treated her for worms about a month ago because I noticed little worms on her butt and it said to give the dewormer again after two weeks so I did that. And that was about 2 weeks ago and I noticed the

You are probably giving the wrong dewormer. It sounds like you need to be treating for tapeworms and most general dewormers do not treat those. I suggest you give her a dewormer for tapeworms and repeat after 3 weeks. Also, you need to treat her for fleas as that is how they get tapeworms. ( https://www.allivet.com/p-8036-tapeworm-dewormer-for-cats-3-tablets.aspx ) ( https://www.petcoach.co/article/tapeworms-of-cats/ )

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My cat keeps getting worms. We give him medicine each time but he still keeps getting them.

What you're seeing is most likely tapeworms. Tapeworms are intestinal parasites of the cat and dog. They belong to a different family than hookworms and roundworms, which are the other common intestinal parasites of dogs and cats. Fleas are the intermediate host for tapeworms. In other words, the tapeworm is unable to complete its life cycle without the presence of fleas in the environment. Regardless of whether the owner may have seen fleas, the cat must have ingested a flea in order to have tapeworms. Consequently, tapeworms are more common in environments that are heavily infested with fleas. Most commonly, owners recognize that the cat has tapeworms and bring this to the attention of the veterinarian. When segments of the tapeworm break off and pass into the cat's stool, they can be seen crawling on the surface of the feces. These proglottid segments look like grains of cooked white rice or cucumber seeds. Less commonly, segments are seen moving around the cat's anus. A varie

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