Ok, so I'm pretty sure my new kittens have worms. I haven't seen any, but I have seen what I believe to be eggs in the feces.
One of the kittens meows when pooping, and also scoots alot. This is the kitten who is not gaining much weight. He's gained 1oz, whereas the other one has gained 5oz.
I do have a vet appt. scheduled for Thursday. (soonest I could get when I called last week, due to the appt. being a non-emerg appt.)
My questions are about transmission. How are worms transmitted? (I know it depends on the type of worm, I'm just looking for generalizations)
I'm concerned of a couple things....say the other kitten doesn't have worms.. can he get them from the infected kitten? What about Kizzy? Kizzy doesn't have worms, and has minor interaction with the kittens. ( supervised visitation persay.... as well as he's always at the outside of the door where the kittens are, sticking his paw under the door to play with them) as well as of course, I play with the kittens, they climb all over me... I do wash my hands, but Kizzy will climb on my lap after the kittens have been there.
Are Kizzy and the other kitten (assuming he doesn't have worms) at risk? Anything I can do to minimise the risk? Or is the transmission only with moms to babies, or fleas, or eating of contaminated feces?
thanks.
One of the kittens meows when pooping, and also scoots alot. This is the kitten who is not gaining much weight. He's gained 1oz, whereas the other one has gained 5oz.
I do have a vet appt. scheduled for Thursday. (soonest I could get when I called last week, due to the appt. being a non-emerg appt.)
My questions are about transmission. How are worms transmitted? (I know it depends on the type of worm, I'm just looking for generalizations)
I'm concerned of a couple things....say the other kitten doesn't have worms.. can he get them from the infected kitten? What about Kizzy? Kizzy doesn't have worms, and has minor interaction with the kittens. ( supervised visitation persay.... as well as he's always at the outside of the door where the kittens are, sticking his paw under the door to play with them) as well as of course, I play with the kittens, they climb all over me... I do wash my hands, but Kizzy will climb on my lap after the kittens have been there.
Are Kizzy and the other kitten (assuming he doesn't have worms) at risk? Anything I can do to minimise the risk? Or is the transmission only with moms to babies, or fleas, or eating of contaminated feces?
thanks.