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- From: young@serum.kodak.com (Rich Young)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Re: Confused about worms...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.212109.809@pixel.kodak.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 21:21:09 GMT
- References: <athos-181192092852@athos.apple.com>
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- In article <athos-181192092852@athos.apple.com> athos@apple.com (Rick Eames) writes:
-
- >We took our kitty in to get the "worm shot" about a month ago. Today I
- >looked at his bottom and indeed there were those small little worms there.
- >
- >Where do these stupid things come from?? What should I be doing
- >differently?
-
- It sounds (from your description) like these are tapeworms. You
- need to know that a wide variety of "prey" animals, such as birds,
- carry tapeworms, so if your cat is an outdoor cat and hunts, he
- could be easily reinfected with his next self-caught meal.
-
- Fleas also carry one of the forms of the parasite, so if you have a
- flea problem, reinfestation is likely even if your cat is an indoor
- cat. Well, OK, if your CAT has a flea problem, that is. :*)
-
- Of course, the other possibilities include failure of the shot to
- eradicate the parasites completely, or reinfestation from another
- cat during mutual grooming.
-
- Take another stool sample for analysis and try to eliminate any
- possible sources of reinfestation before you take him in for his
- next treatment.
-
-
- -Rich Young (These are not Kodak's opinions.)
-