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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2006Everybody must get wormed
There was a tapeworm segment (still alive) in Eli's (black) fur, so it was easy to see. So the whole clowder is getting Drontal shortly. I can't bear the thought of infested cats! I hope eliminating the worms makes them all feel better and eat less. ouch, good luck, Pat. Yup, I can't stand flea or wormed infested pets. Hope everybody becomes clean soon. Lily & her mama  SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > There was a tapeworm segment (still alive) in Eli's (black) fur, so it was > easy to see. So the whole clowder is getting Drontal shortly. I can't bear > the thought of infested cats! I hope eliminating the worms makes them all > feel better and eat less. > There was a tapeworm segment (still alive) in Eli's (black) fur, so it was > easy to see. So the whole clowder is getting Drontal shortly. I can't bear > the thought of infested cats! I hope eliminating the worms makes them all > feel better and eat less. The good news is that the treatment is very effective! But expensive. Good luck. Sherry << who now has a Bob Dylan earworm ... "They'll worm you when when you're tryin' to be so good....they'll worm ya just like they said they would..." Sherry >> There was a tapeworm segment (still alive) in Eli's (black) fur, so >> it was easy to see. So the whole clowder is getting Drontal shortly. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Sherry I wonder if you can get tablets for earworms. ;o) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Sherry << who now has a Bob Dylan earworm ... "They'll worm you when > when you're tryin' to be so good....they'll worm ya just like they said > they would..." LOL!!! That was my first thought, too. Joyce, who can think of worse songs to have in her head On Tue 11 Jul 2006 10:49:00a, wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes (news:1152629339.996848.157980@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com): > The good news is that the treatment is very effective! But > expensive. Good luck. Yeah, why are two simple pills so expensive? You'd think with the number that they likely sell, they'd come down in price. Just silly the amount of money some pet drugs sell for, especially if you only need one or two doses. LIke Depo shots - I know that steroids are cheap (at least in pill form), why are the shots so much? Like $20, plus a vet visit fee. Silliness. I guess if they were readily available, and we didn't have to visit the vet for them, vets would go out of business for lack of profits, so I support them in that way because we NEED them to be there. But the price of drugs is just outrageous. SignatureCheryl >There was a tapeworm segment (still alive) in Eli's (black) fur, so it was >easy to see. So the whole clowder is getting Drontal shortly. I can't bear >the thought of infested cats! I hope eliminating the worms makes them all >feel better and eat less. I feel for you - Tessie had a tapeworm after she was spayed at the animal shelter. Ick... fortunately the special tapeworm medicine took care of it exactly as advertised - one tablet and no more 'passengers'... btw the instructions said that you ONLY have to give it to the obviously infected cat/s... if they're not shedding eggs they don't have a tapeworm. And if they do it's VERY obvious... >>There was a tapeworm segment (still alive) in Eli's (black) fur, so it was >>easy to see. So the whole clowder is getting Drontal shortly. I can't bear [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >it to the obviously infected cat/s... if they're not shedding eggs >they don't have a tapeworm. And if they do it's VERY obvious... Cats don't catch a tapeworm by eating the eggs, icky as they are - it takes an active flea infestation for the things to get to the next stage of their lifecycle, and then the cat catches it by eating an infected FLEA... we didn't have fleas in the house so there was no way for them to perpetuate themselves once Tessie was medicated. I did go around and THOROUGHLY clean the whole house and all the cats bedding though, just on general principles. >>fortunately the special tapeworm medicine took >>care of it exactly as advertised - one tablet and no more [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > around and THOROUGHLY clean the whole house and all the cats bedding > though, just on general principles. I think these cats all have them because they shared the same fleas for a while. So they're all getting the medicine. It's not just for tapes, it kills a lot of other worms too (or so says TED). Seems like worming is a good idea on general principles, too. And there won't be any more fleas in here after the next treatment with Advantage. I'm quitting Frontline because of what Matthew said, and also because two weeks after treatment, Baby Eyes' flea-allergy-irritated skin isn't much better. Could the fleas might have mutated and become resistant to Frontline? It's still years away from the "use by" date. > 'passengers'... btw the instructions said that you ONLY have to give > it to the obviously infected cat/s... if they're not shedding eggs > they don't have a tapeworm. And if they do it's VERY obvious... Well I'm not in the habit of looking closely at feline anuses ;) this time it happened by accident, when Eli happened to stroll across my chest and the light hit just right on his backside. At least doing them all I will be sure of knocking out most if not all of whatever worms they might share. > There was a tapeworm segment (still alive) in Eli's (black) fur, so it > was easy to see. So the whole clowder is getting Drontal shortly. I > can't bear the thought of infested cats! I hope eliminating the worms > makes them all feel better and eat less. Okay, but now I have an earworm. Oh, well, if you have to channel somebody, Dylan is a pretty good one. Well, they'll stone ya when you're trying to be so good, They'll stone ya just a-like they said they would. They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to go home. Then they'll stone ya when you're there all alone. But I would not feel so all alone, Everybody must get stoned. Chak SignatureTen decimal places of pi are sufficient to give the circumference of the earth to a fraction of an inch, and thirty decimal places would give the circumference of the visible universe to a quantity imperceptible to the most powerful microscope. --Simon Newcombe > There was a tapeworm segment (still alive) in Eli's (black) fur, so > it was easy to see. So the whole clowder is getting Drontal shortly. > I can't bear the thought of infested cats! I hope eliminating the > worms makes them all feel better and eat less. Purrs for their health. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > There was a tapeworm segment (still alive) in Eli's (black) fur, so it was > easy to see. So the whole clowder is getting Drontal shortly. I can't bear > the thought of infested cats! I hope eliminating the worms makes them all > feel better and eat less. Purrs, Polonca and Soncek > There was a tapeworm segment (still alive) in Eli's (black) fur, so it was > easy to see. So the whole clowder is getting Drontal shortly. I can't bear > the thought of infested cats! I hope eliminating the worms makes them all > feel better and eat less. Hope it goes well for all. SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe |
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