My cat has tapeworms and is sick. What Petco medicine can I buy?

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my cat is a year old and he has tape worms . hes throwing up his food and losing fur . how can i help him ? i can only buy him medicine from stores like petco and petsmart . do u know what i should buy or get for him ? pls help. Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Longhair | Male | 1 year and 4 months old | 5 lbs

Andrea M. Brodie, DVM · Accepted Answer

In order to feworm him and also hit tape worm you will need a wormer for cats with the ingredient of "Praziquantel". Tape worm are transmitted by fleas, so you will also need to do flea control. Unfortunately fleas only hop on the body of your pet when they want to feed, then they hop off again and stay in your pet's environment. So you need to treat all pets in the household as well as the environment (which contains the fleas, their eggs and larvae). Flea treatment:  1) Get some flea medication such as a Flea spray or a spot on from a pet shop or your veterinarian and apply monthly 2) get flea powder, put some in your vacuum cleaner bag and vacuum your house and furniture and also non-carpeted areas frequently to remove flea larvae and eggs which live off house dust., Dispose of the bag in the trash outside. Hot-wash all the pet's bedding, If you do this diligently for a few months you will get rid of the fleas. Flea products: Spot-ons and/or chews Advantage, Advantage Multi Frontline (ticks as well) Bravecto spot on (ticks as well) - for cats Simparica, Nexgard (stronghold in the UK) Tablets: comfortis (will only kill fleas once) Collar: Seresto (ticks as well)

My cat has tapeworms and is sick. What Petco medicine can I buy?

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