I went down stairs and noticed in one of the litter boxes that there was really soft stool almost looked a little like diarrhea. When I looked closer there were white worms all over it and in it. I looked up the signs of roundworm and smokie had all of them. The vomiting, being hungry all the time. I noticed that he was getting a little bony feeling. And when I looked at him from above he looked like his belly was bloated almost. I called my vet immediately, and he said that he's not open today but to try to go to the pet store and get a dewormer there. He said they can help. But if I don't see signs of improvement within 24 hours to bring him in and he can give him stronger stuff. I asked him why he didn't try and give him a dewormer when I first brought him in. He said that he wasn't showing any of the other signs and he was an indoor cat. He said that if he had the worms in his poop when I first brought him in or the second time, that it would have been easier to diagnose. He said that indoor cats rarely get it, but they can. He also said that it was a learning experience for him too. He's only experienced an indoor cat with roundworm once in his 20 years experience. Plus he wasn't showing any of the other signs before.
But he said to try the dewormer right away because he thinks that may have been his problem the whole time. So he doesn't want him sitting and waiting until Monday.
All though I have no idea how he got it. The vet said it's from dirt or ingesting a flea. We don't have fleas here. I have no signs of fleas. None of the cats are scratching. So I'm thinking that maybe we had water leakage in the basement and he licked that up or something. But all my cats are indoor only so I'm scratching my head.
I have him separated in a room so I can check out his poop. He also said that if they've been all using the same litter box I may want to give them all dewormers because I went through the litter box that had the poop in it and they were in the litter box too. I checked the other litter and it seemed clean. So the one that had all the worms in it got tossed out and we put fresh litter in the litter box.
After I eat breakfast I'm on my way to mounds for a liquid dewormer and will let all know what happens.
But he said to try the dewormer right away because he thinks that may have been his problem the whole time. So he doesn't want him sitting and waiting until Monday.
All though I have no idea how he got it. The vet said it's from dirt or ingesting a flea. We don't have fleas here. I have no signs of fleas. None of the cats are scratching. So I'm thinking that maybe we had water leakage in the basement and he licked that up or something. But all my cats are indoor only so I'm scratching my head.
I have him separated in a room so I can check out his poop. He also said that if they've been all using the same litter box I may want to give them all dewormers because I went through the litter box that had the poop in it and they were in the litter box too. I checked the other litter and it seemed clean. So the one that had all the worms in it got tossed out and we put fresh litter in the litter box.
After I eat breakfast I'm on my way to mounds for a liquid dewormer and will let all know what happens.