Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: mrs P on March 05, 2012, 21:19:15 PM
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hi eveyone, so we got our new cat smithy (short haired burmese) he came from a rescue centre on saturday this morning he threw up his breakfast and also quite a few worms after to be fair they were not moving so i asume are dead, i spoke to the lady who we got him from and she said he was wormed on saturday before we got there, does anyone know answers to these questions please as im a lot worried
can we get worms? (smithy is a loving 1 year old and has been sleeping next to us on our bed)
also if we can what on earth do i do?
thanks everyone xxxx
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Hi Mrs P.
Yes dead worms will come out one way or another - looks like the rescue did a good job.
Cats need to be wormed every 3-4 months if they go out at all, less if they remain indoors.
People may occasionally pick up worms from animals, but transferrence directly from cats to humans is uncommon but not impossible. Your pharmacist can advise you on medication if you suspect you have a parasitic infection.
Pinworm is common in children. Tapeworm is transferred by the accidental digestion of fleas.
Those wiley Australians have done a good article - scroll down to the bottom, there's the information you want at the bottom.
http://www.cat-world.com.au/internal-parasites-in-cats
Don't worry, treatment for fleas and worms becomes routine after a while. ;)
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:thanks:
he seems better no more sicking ;D xxx