Purdy just vomited on the back stoop and I noticed something wiggling in the vomit. Yuck! I did a search on the web and it sounds to me like it is probably round worms. Anyway, it is a long stringy thing. My cats are both indoor-outdoor cats, so worms are not a big surprise. Red Cat (not Purdy) has had tapeworms a couple of times before, so I was familiar with that, but didn't really know what to look for about round worms. Funny, just last week when I took Red Cat to the vet for other reasons, I asked the vet about a routine treatment for worms, since the cats do hunt. But we decided to wait until we got Red Cat over his other problems.
Now I am beginning to wonder if Red Cat has round worms, too, and if that could be the cause of his other problems! The symptom I've been wrestling with the longest is that Red Cat has been licking his belly until it is bare and almost raw. He's been tested for umpteen things, and it was first treated as a anxiety problem. Then I remembered that we changed brand of food about the time this all started almost a year ago, so we started testing it as a food allergy. But about the time we switched foods again, he started having severe watery bloody diarrhea, so recently we've just been trying to get the diarrhea stopped, and thinking the diarrhea was caused by the switch of foods. (I did get the diarrhea stopped yesterday with Tylan powder.)
Red Cat goes back to the vet for a re-check tomorrow, but I'm wondering if anyone knows if all this belly-licking could have been caused by having worms the whole time.
Now I am beginning to wonder if Red Cat has round worms, too, and if that could be the cause of his other problems! The symptom I've been wrestling with the longest is that Red Cat has been licking his belly until it is bare and almost raw. He's been tested for umpteen things, and it was first treated as a anxiety problem. Then I remembered that we changed brand of food about the time this all started almost a year ago, so we started testing it as a food allergy. But about the time we switched foods again, he started having severe watery bloody diarrhea, so recently we've just been trying to get the diarrhea stopped, and thinking the diarrhea was caused by the switch of foods. (I did get the diarrhea stopped yesterday with Tylan powder.)
Red Cat goes back to the vet for a re-check tomorrow, but I'm wondering if anyone knows if all this belly-licking could have been caused by having worms the whole time.