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Indoor cat has worms?

post #1 of 6
12/15/10 at 1:49pm
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Just discovered my son's indoor only 5 yr. old kitty has worms. How did this happen? This is a 2 cat/3 human baby family. Naturally we are concerned for the triplets. He's taking infected kitty to the vet this afternoon.
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post #2 of 6
12/15/10 at 2:05pm
Dusty's Mom, what type of worm does the kitty have?

A single flea, if it gets indoors and is ingested by the cat, might be able to give it tapeworm. And even a small bit of raw meat or raw fish might give a cat worms.
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post #3 of 6
12/15/10 at 2:21pm
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I didn't see it, but apparently some sort of amber, yellowish worm. Didn't sound like tapeworm to me. I'm curious about what the vet says. I think my son is taking kitty to the vet shortly.

He was trying to avoid taking the cat in, but she wouldn't cooperate with a stool sample.
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post #4 of 6
12/15/10 at 2:24pm
That's very interesting! It could be that it traveled in on their clothing or shoes and somehow was ingested.
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post #5 of 6
12/15/10 at 2:32pm
Hmm. That sounds more like roundworms.

If it is, then, as Stephanie said, a bit of feces could have been tracked into their home with no one noticing it, and the cat might have ingested it, either deliberately or while cleaning its feet.
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post #6 of 6
12/15/10 at 2:49pm
Parker was an only cat at my parents and strictly indoors. Our disgusting neighbors (they live in a duplex) had a flea infestation and they got on my parents side and bam, fleas and worms for Parker...but yeah the vet even said the can hitch a ride on clothes and stuff. Only takes one flea.
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