Has anyone given Nemex 2 dewormer to feral cats?

I was just wondering if anyone has purchased Nemex 2 or any other product and used it on cats? I was looking online trying to find something to give 5 feral cats for roundworms. The vet will not help me without seeing all of them. They have already been trapped and spayed.

Thanks

I am not familiar at all with Nemex, but I have used Dontral as well as some homeopathic drops.  You can order Dontral online without a prescription from Vetdepot.com  Just make sure you check the weight requirements as sometimes more than one pill is needed.  http://www.vetdepot.com/drontal-feline-one-tablet.html  Beware that is stuff is nasty nasty tasting.  I wasted an entire pill trying to mix it in baby food, tuna, salmon, and wet food.  I tried crushing it and the cats spit it all out.  I then used pill pockets. I cut the pill in fourths and was able to get them to take it.  Yet it was hard work! 

I have also used the homeopathic drops.  It is easy to dose and works really well.  The problem is that is requires dosing 3x a day for a week.  My ferals don't eat 3x a day.  So it took me 2 weeks to get the medicine in them.  It did work and the worms went away, it just took time and patience.

http://www.vetdepot.com/homeopet-wrm-worm-clear-15-ml.html

I was able to find the Worm Clear at my local pet store. 

Yes, I already tried the Dontral and wasted my money. Not one cat would eat it even in a pill pocket. I also tried the Worm clear, went through 5 bottles and still have roundworm. I have spent a lot of money on those two and found the Nemex 2 while researching online. Thanks anyway, I'll just keep looking.

Hi. I'm not familiar with Nemex 2, but Nemex liquid will do the job and is safe for cats AND kittens. No one seems to mind the taste. I give by oral syringe, but if you don't have experience with that, and can feed them separately, so they get only their dose, it can be mixed with food. Shake VERY well before using. Deworm twice, to make sure you get the worms that were not yet hatched at first worming. I am new on this site, so do not know how often you are deworming, so just a reminder that all dewormers are poisonous to the animals you are using them on. To poison the worm, you are also poisoning the animal, so use with care. Good luck!

I haven't used Nemex but I have used generic Pyrantel Pamoate which is the active ingredient in Nemex. Nemex does the job of getting rid of roundworm very well. The problem, however, is that you have to give them such a large quantity of the liquid which is hard even with non-feral cats. Instead I give the cats a generic for Strongid which is more concentrated and much easier to get them to take all of it. It also doesn't taste bad so most cats don't mind it. If you can handle the cats at all you can give them the wormer in a syringe but if you can't you can mix it into a small quantity of canned food. If you give them a larger quantity the risk is that they won't eat it all. I'd mix it with Fancy Feast or something they really like.

When using generic Strongid  the regular dose for a cat is 1 ml (50mg), 0.5ml (25mg) for a kitten. For very large cats, like over 13 pounds, you can give 1.5ml (75mg). To ensure that all the worms are gone you have to give a second dose 2-3 weeks after the first dose. In case of a bad infestation it doesn't hurt to give them a third dose 2-3 weeks after the second dose.

The Pyrantel Pamoate I use is sold on a very good animal health care supply site but it's actually made for humans. You can also get brand name Strongid that is formulated for horses which is pretty much identical to the human version (it even tastes the same which makes me think it's the exact same thing). The human version is what is used in most vets offices.

Pyrantel Pamoate kills roundworm, hookworm and pinworm but not tapeworm. It's a pretty safe drug since it's not absorbed into the system by mammals. It only affects the worms. It's important that the dose the cats get isn't too small but it's not the end of the world if a cat eats a bit extra from another cat's bowl.

If you have to kill tapeworm and you can get near the cats the absolutely best thing is use for cats is Profender which you apply to their backs like you would with flea treatment. The drawback is that you need a prescription and it's not cheap.

Pyrantel Pamoate is very cheap. You can get a 16oz bottle for $18, maybe cheaper elsewhere, and it's enough to deworm dozens of cats. Here is the kind I get: http://www.revivalanimal.com/Pyrant...c31520_d_275&gclid=CJPc7r76s7wCFYkWMgodJQoAnQ

You can check other sites for cheaper versions. Just make sure that the strength is 50mg/ml and that it's liquid.

Good luck!

This is an old thread, but in case anyone stumbles on it, I have used Nemex-2 on many cats and kittens with no bad results.  I chose this one over the less expensive generic pyrantel pamoate I used to use because they like the taste of this one and will practically lick it out of the bowl, so mixing it with a little food pretty much guarantees they will ingest their entire dose.  It takes a much larger dose volume wise than the 50 mg./ml concentration which is used for humans and horses as the concentration of this is only 4.54 mg./ml. so it's less than 1/10 the strength of the other.  I like that too because there is less chance of overdose, although it's a very safe dewormer.  I don't know why they specify it as a CANINE dewormer.  I have read the entire label (you have to open it by pulling a tab on the bottle) and do not find any list of ingredients which would include any "inactive" ingredients that might not be good for cats, but I have had absolutely no bad reactions in about 50 cats I've used it on over the last few years of rescue.

Red Top Rescue said:

 
This is an old thread, but in case anyone stumbles on it, I have used Nemex-2 on many cats and kittens with no bad results.  I chose this one over the less expensive generic pyrantel pamoate I used to use because they like the taste of this one and will practically lick it out of the bowl, so mixing it with a little food pretty much guarantees they will ingest their entire dose.  It takes a much larger dose volume wise than the 50 mg./ml concentration which is used for humans and horses as the concentration of this is only 4.54 mg./ml. so it's less than 1/10 the strength of the other.  I like that too because there is less chance of overdose, although it's a very safe dewormer.  I don't know why they specify it as a CANINE dewormer.  I have read the entire label (you have to open it by pulling a tab on the bottle) and do not find any list of ingredients which would include any "inactive" ingredients that might not be good for cats, but I have had absolutely no bad reactions in about 50 cats I've used it on over the last few years of rescue.

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I finally found someone to order the Nemex-2 and got it yesterday. I need to know how much to give each cat. They all have swollen bellies and have not been treated since they were spayed in 2009. I also wanted to know how many times I should give this to them and how many weeks apart.

I just hope I can get all the cats to take this. I got it in the liquid form.

The adult dose is 5 ml. for 10 lbs. which is 1/2 ml. (0.5 ml) per pound.   In kittens you double that.  If yours are very wormy, it is possible the worms could all die at once and block the intestine.  You will know if the cat starts to throw up all the food it eats again and again, not immediately but some time later.  I had one like this and the vet said to try giving her LARGE doses of Laxatone.  I did that and she got unblocked in one day of getting the laxatone about 4 times between meals.  The vet says repeat worming in 3 weeks and after that get a fecal test to see if worms are gone, and if not, do it again in another 3 weeks.  If you are dealing with a number of cats, just do it every 2-3 weeks for a few times to be sure.  It doesn't hurt them.

I just wormed the tom cat who has been hanging around (and just got him neutered Wednesday) and he gobbled up the mixture (half wet food, half wormer) and licked the plate clean!  YUMMY.

Red Top Rescue said:

 
The adult dose is 5 ml. for 10 lbs. which is 1/2 ml. (0.5 ml) per pound.   In kittens you double that.  If yours are very wormy, it is possible the worms could all die at once and block the intestine.  You will know if the cat starts to throw up all the food it eats again and again, not immediately but some time later.  I had one like this and the vet said to try giving her LARGE doses of Laxatone.  I did that and she got unblocked in one day of getting the laxatone about 4 times between meals.  The vet says repeat worming in 3 weeks and after that get a fecal test to see if worms are gone, and if not, do it again in another 3 weeks.  If you are dealing with a number of cats, just do it every 2-3 weeks for a few times to be sure.  It doesn't hurt them.

I just wormed the tom cat who has been hanging around (and just got him neutered Wednesday) and he gobbled up the mixture (half wet food, half wormer) and licked the plate clean!  YUMMY.

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I'm sorry but I have a lot of trouble understanding how much to give them. Whenever I take my own cat to the vet and she needs meds in a syringe, they have to mark it for me with a black marker.

I have all different kind of syringes left over from my own cats visits but not understanding how much to give the feral cats. I never thought to keep the one that her worming meds were in when I had to give her the second dose 10 days later. I just know that it was a very tiny amount in a long skinny syringe.

Sorry but this is confusing for me and what I think your saying is a very large dose when looking at the syringe I have. I don't think I could possibly get them to take that amount even if hidden in canned food.

Is there anyway you could show me the amount on a syringe? I also have to guess how much they weigh, I do know that they're at least 14lbs or more with the exception of one that probably weighs 10 or11lbs. My really big feral probably weighs more like 16 or 17lbs.

This is the 12 ml syringe I use.  You can get these at Tractor Supplyor get a similar one in a drugstore in the baby section, they use them to give babies meds.  Each line represents 1 ml. (1 cc, same thing).  So 5 ml. would mean you fill the syringe to the mark where it says 5 for your 10 pound cat.  You would give your 14 pound cat 7 ml.  and the 16 pound one would get 8 ml.


The syringes you have at home are probably 1 ml. syringes (the long skinny one you describe) and 3 ml. syringes, which will show markings going up to 3, not to 12 like this one,  as that's the normal dose of most meds the vets prescribe. I use this size for feeding and medicating sick cats, also for worming.

You can also use your measuring spoons for cooking to get the right dose.  The 5 ml. dose is ONE TEASPOON.  The 7 ml. dose is about 1 1/2 teaspoons, and the 8 ml. dose is just a little more than that.  This is a gentle medicine so you don't have to worry if measurement is not exact, it just should be close.

Red Top Rescue said:

The syringes you have at home are probably 1 ml. syringes (the long skinny one you describe) and 3 ml. syringes, which will show markings going up to 3, not to 12 like this one,  as that's the normal dose of most meds the vets prescribe. I use this size for feeding and medicating sick cats, also for worming.

You can also use your measuring spoons for cooking to get the right dose.  The 5 ml. dose is ONE TEASPOON.  The 7 ml. dose is about 1 1/2 teaspoons, and the 8 ml. dose is just a little more than that.  This is a gentle medicine so you don't have to worry if measurement is not exact, it just should be close.

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I was wondering how often should a feral cat be treated?  I gave them each the first dose and then 10 days later gave the 2nd dose. Would I need to do this every month, once a year? It seemed to have really helped a couple of cats but my really big girl seems to still have a swollen belly but not as bad as before I dosed everyone.

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I was wondering how often should a feral cat be treated?  I gave them each the first dose and then 10 days later gave the 2nd dose. Would I need to do this every month, once a year? It seemed to have really helped a couple of cats but my really big girl seems to still have a swollen belly but not as bad as before I dosed everyone.

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I was wondering if anyone knew how often I should treat feral cats for worms.