I got my kitten about a month ago from some people that have a barn cat and the litter was attacked by a raccoon at night and the mom abandoned the litter. Anyway, the kitten I bought from these people looked a little young to be 8 weeks old at the time I got him..he didn't even weigh a pound and was extremely scrawny and didn't look very healthy.. but he was very very cute!
Well, the people I bought him from told me he had been dewormed twice and had some booster shots, which they gave me a record of. Since it had been 4 weeks I took him into the vet for his next booster shot a couple days ago and they told me he hes roundworms.
They treated him for roundworms and told me that there's no way he more than 10 weeks old even though the people I got him from claim that he's 12 wks old.
I knew he didn't look like other 12 week old kittens that I've seen.. he's kind of runt-ish looking but I just thought that's because his mom abandoned him and they bottle fed him.
So I was told that I would probably start seeing spaghetti type things in the litter box (the worms he's eliminating), but I've only seen one and his belly is still very hard.
They dewormed him on Wednesday and it's Saturday.. how long does it take for his belly to go down?
Also I asked if he could still sleep in bed with me and they said absolutely not because I could get the worms from him!
I am already OCD when it comes to germs/worms/bacteria etc! And the idea of having an animal in my home that has worms inside him completely terrifies me!!
I have been sleeping with my bedroom door closed so he won't come in my room and he cries all night for me. And when I'm in the living room he climbs his way into my lap and I have to put him down on the floor because I was told that he can pass the worm eggs onto me.. I feel so disgusted by this whole thing!
He is still learning to use the litter box and he's doing a really good job but sometimes a couple clumps will make their way out of the box and I'll throw them away.. but now I'm wondering what else he's tracking around.
I've been told by some of my friends that he can still sleep with me but I also read all about these roundworms and read that humans can go blind from them and all kinds of other stuff! I'm not taking any chances!
I hate being so unaffectionate to my new kitty - all he wants to do is sit in my lap and purr but I can't let him!
Well, the people I bought him from told me he had been dewormed twice and had some booster shots, which they gave me a record of. Since it had been 4 weeks I took him into the vet for his next booster shot a couple days ago and they told me he hes roundworms.
They treated him for roundworms and told me that there's no way he more than 10 weeks old even though the people I got him from claim that he's 12 wks old.
I knew he didn't look like other 12 week old kittens that I've seen.. he's kind of runt-ish looking but I just thought that's because his mom abandoned him and they bottle fed him.
So I was told that I would probably start seeing spaghetti type things in the litter box (the worms he's eliminating), but I've only seen one and his belly is still very hard.
They dewormed him on Wednesday and it's Saturday.. how long does it take for his belly to go down?
Also I asked if he could still sleep in bed with me and they said absolutely not because I could get the worms from him!
I am already OCD when it comes to germs/worms/bacteria etc! And the idea of having an animal in my home that has worms inside him completely terrifies me!!
I have been sleeping with my bedroom door closed so he won't come in my room and he cries all night for me. And when I'm in the living room he climbs his way into my lap and I have to put him down on the floor because I was told that he can pass the worm eggs onto me.. I feel so disgusted by this whole thing!
He is still learning to use the litter box and he's doing a really good job but sometimes a couple clumps will make their way out of the box and I'll throw them away.. but now I'm wondering what else he's tracking around.
I've been told by some of my friends that he can still sleep with me but I also read all about these roundworms and read that humans can go blind from them and all kinds of other stuff! I'm not taking any chances!
I hate being so unaffectionate to my new kitty - all he wants to do is sit in my lap and purr but I can't let him!