Kitten Deworming

My friend gave me a kitten, she is now 2 1/2 months old. My friend told me that the kitten has been dewormed once last December 13. I was thinking of having her second deworming but im having second thoughts because she's skinny right now and im worrying about her not making it during the deworming process because i was told that deworming side effects were somtimes diarrhea, vomitting, loss of appetite.

What can you say guys? should i need her get shaped up before having his second deworming?

deworm her as sometimes being too thin can be a sign of worms if in doubt consult a vet the kitten should have been dewormed at least 3 time before hand from being about 4 weeks until 12 weeks at least that's the consensus here in the UK

Not only is repeat dewormings normal and expected, using s gentle de-wormer like Strongid liquid (oral) doesn't have any side effects.  She should also be tested for FIV/FeLV and if she hasn'tgotten vaccinated she is due for her 1st of 3 FVRCP vaccines which are important.

If she's 2.5 months old she should weigh about 2.5 lbs.

How is her appetite?  She should be getting wet food 3x a day plus some dry especially if she appears underweight.  It sounds like she has never seen a vet.  She needs a vet visit for all the above reasons.

Stephen

  Stephen had some really good points.  We normally deworm kittens every 3-4 weeks from age 4 weeks up to age 16 weeks.  The CAPC recommends every 2 weeks from age 3 weeks to 9 weeks then monthly there after.  http://www.petsandparasites.org/cat-owners/roundworms/

I wormed my breeding queen before she went to stud, at about 7-8 weeks pregnant, and then with her kittens when they were 6 weeks and 500g, and again at 1kg.  She got wormed along with them as roundworm (which are the worms that affect kittens) can encyst in a cat's body and then become active again under the influence of pregnancy hormones and cross to the kittens in her milkd.  I'm in the UK and I used Milbemax for mother and kittens, which is effective against tapeworms as well.

So clearly I'm of the view that he should be wormed again ASAP, and again in 3 weeks - I bet his mum wasn't wormed before or during pregnancy.

I do hope your friend has had her spayed otherwise she may well get pregnant again.

Thank you so much for your advice! she's now been scheduled on saturday for her 2nd deworming.. hope she'll get healthy after that..