"Update" If Mama cat is negative would the babies be

I had posted awhile back asking if Mama cat was negative for worms would the babies be, since I have always been told they get them from mom. I had her tested twice, once before the babies where born and then when the babies where about three week old, the fecal exam always came back negative.

The babies are ten weeks old so the vet gave me Strongid. Wow was I glad he did because I just cleaned out their litter box and one of them (not sure who ) passed ALOT of roundworms.

I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that the babies can still have worms even though Mom doesn't.

Does anyone know how the babies can be positive They are indoors and I clean the litter boxes twice a day, morning and night.

Worms can also be passed through fleas, even if you don't have a flea problem, there's always a few around, and those could have transferred to the bbabies (ex. there are usually fleas in pinestraw, or if your friend has pets etc.)

They could have gotten them from the father in the milk...

Originally Posted by turtlecat

Worms can also be passed through fleas, even if you don't have a flea problem, there's always a few around, and those could have transferred to the bbabies (ex. there are usually fleas in pinestraw, or if your friend has pets etc.)

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Thanks but fleas carry tapeworm eggs these are roundworms.

Originally Posted by emb_78

They could have gotten them from the father in the milk...

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Male cats transfer diseases when mating .I don't think they pass on worms during mating.

I always test the kittens too. The way I understand it (I don't have time to pull out my parisitology notes) Roundworms can lay dormant in the momma cat and not actively shed ova in the feces, but can still pass them onto the kittens through the milk.

I talked to the vet yesterday and he said what you just said I also will have to copy and paste what i found out, in short there is two types of roundworms one of them can live dorment in the tissue.

Originally Posted by Petnurse2265

I always test the kittens too. The way I understand it (I don't have time to pull out my parisitology notes) Roundworms can lay dormant in the momma cat and not actively shed ova in the feces, but can still pass them onto the kittens through the milk.

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Amazing! I had no idea! Thanks for the update!