Yesterday afternoon, my boyfriend found cat vomit with a live worm in it. After looking it up, we're assuming that it was roundworm. Earlier in the day he had let our cat out in our tiny backyard, where she likes to chew and eat the grass. I'm wondering if she may have eaten the worm and threw it back up? That doesn't explain the fact that it was still alive though. My problem is that I don't have a lot of money and a vet bill would come up to about $175, including the appointment fee, medication, and stool sample test (I already spoke to the vet office). I really can't afford that at the moment.
Although I really do want a vet to see her and give her the right medications, my mother (who happens to be very frugal and all up my ass about my own expenses ;P lol) thinks that taking her to the vet is unnecessary and that there are OTC meds you can get at petsmart that are just as effective. Her spouse has apparently experienced this and backs her up on this....to my knowledge his pets have lived to be pretty old, so who knows ?
I have read some previous posts on here and mostly see the same exact answers, such as "OTC meds are poison/the wrong dosage/ineffective/the devil" or the ever so typical "take her to the vet". I know that vets are like demigods on pet sites and stuff, and I really do trust and respect their knowledge, but when you have limited funds, it's difficult to not try more affordable resources FIRST.
Does someone know how an OTC drug for deworming affects the cat?
As of now, my cat seems completely fine. She eats, pees, poops, no diarrhea, no vomit since yesterday (she never vomits), no weight loss, she's generally very playful (in fact, she's running after her little catnip toy thingy at this moment) and she follows us everywhere. Am I over analyzing this? Could it be that my boyfriend didn't describe it right? And that he pointed to a google image that wasn't exactly what he saw? My cat isn't really showing any of the other signs that Dr. Google says.
Have you experienced roundworm in your cat before? How was your cat before and after treatment?
Although I really do want a vet to see her and give her the right medications, my mother (who happens to be very frugal and all up my ass about my own expenses ;P lol) thinks that taking her to the vet is unnecessary and that there are OTC meds you can get at petsmart that are just as effective. Her spouse has apparently experienced this and backs her up on this....to my knowledge his pets have lived to be pretty old, so who knows ?
I have read some previous posts on here and mostly see the same exact answers, such as "OTC meds are poison/the wrong dosage/ineffective/the devil" or the ever so typical "take her to the vet". I know that vets are like demigods on pet sites and stuff, and I really do trust and respect their knowledge, but when you have limited funds, it's difficult to not try more affordable resources FIRST.
Does someone know how an OTC drug for deworming affects the cat?
As of now, my cat seems completely fine. She eats, pees, poops, no diarrhea, no vomit since yesterday (she never vomits), no weight loss, she's generally very playful (in fact, she's running after her little catnip toy thingy at this moment) and she follows us everywhere. Am I over analyzing this? Could it be that my boyfriend didn't describe it right? And that he pointed to a google image that wasn't exactly what he saw? My cat isn't really showing any of the other signs that Dr. Google says.
Have you experienced roundworm in your cat before? How was your cat before and after treatment?