Hi everyone,
I have another thread about Patches, the momma cat that I am feeding outside (she is fixed - her babies got rescued this summer. I am not comfortable at this point with taking her in myself to socialize because of how other cat was painfully shy until he was a lone cat, and I have pet birds, etc. It just doesn't feel 'right' at this point to take her inside, but I'm still debating.)
I've noticed that she's kinda... pudgy. I can only imagine that she is absolutely FULL of worms. This is a concern to me...
So my question is - for everyone who takes care of outside shy kitties, what do you do about the worms? Do you trap the cat every few months and get the vet to apply Revolution or what not? Or do you leave as is? I'm not sure what to do. I don't want her to die from worms... I also think that she will be leary of the Havahart traps again (from remembering it the first time). I'm just not sure what to do about the worms. I know she'll keep getting them since she hunts outside.
In an ideal world, we'd take her in for sure, but I really have to think this out because of the rest of the household, so for now I'm trying to figure out things for her if she remains outside, as her official caretaker.
Thanks in advance!
I have another thread about Patches, the momma cat that I am feeding outside (she is fixed - her babies got rescued this summer. I am not comfortable at this point with taking her in myself to socialize because of how other cat was painfully shy until he was a lone cat, and I have pet birds, etc. It just doesn't feel 'right' at this point to take her inside, but I'm still debating.)
I've noticed that she's kinda... pudgy. I can only imagine that she is absolutely FULL of worms. This is a concern to me...
So my question is - for everyone who takes care of outside shy kitties, what do you do about the worms? Do you trap the cat every few months and get the vet to apply Revolution or what not? Or do you leave as is? I'm not sure what to do. I don't want her to die from worms... I also think that she will be leary of the Havahart traps again (from remembering it the first time). I'm just not sure what to do about the worms. I know she'll keep getting them since she hunts outside.
In an ideal world, we'd take her in for sure, but I really have to think this out because of the rest of the household, so for now I'm trying to figure out things for her if she remains outside, as her official caretaker.
Thanks in advance!