Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: tez2384 on October 06, 2007, 13:12:52 PM
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I have just spoken to someone from cats protection about my 2 kittens they were wormed last week but still have worms so they advised me to do them again with drontal before i go and order them would you be able to tell me how many tablets i would need for two 11 week ld kittens? :shy:
As without buying them i dont think it says the doage for kittens
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The drontal dose is 1 tablet per 4kg of animal. When the boys were 10 weeks old the vet gave them 1/2 a Drontal each so they must have weighed about 2kg. I'd see how much they weigh if you're worried 1/2 a tab might be too much.
You can get them online for about £1.50 ish but with the postal strike it's probably better to go to your vets and buy one. Won't be more than a few pounds even with the vets inflated prices!
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1 ways 2kgs and the other weighs just over 1kg as she was the runt and as she is infested with worms will not put on any weight.
The vets said that they wont give me the tablets without giving them a full check up first,
Guess they want more money :rofl:
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More likely they want to check and see if there are other factors contributing to the problem of small size and tummy probs. If you have given the two rounds of worming meds with no effect it would be irresponsible for the vet to prescribe more without first seeing the kittens. Be glad you have a conscientious vet
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The vets said that they wont give me the tablets without giving them a full check up first,
Guess they want more money :rofl:
Most vets wont charge you for a check up when you are first buying worming tablets.
I personally would not give worming tablets to such young kittens without them seeing a vet !
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alos just thought, Have you flead them with something from your vet - they will neeed to be flead aswell as this might be why they still have worms
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They were flead with frontline last week aswell,
My vet is pretty useless may sound as though she is just conscientious but she isnt really,
She has already seen the kittens once which was last week before they were flea and worm treated everytime you phone her for advise on ANY thing and i mean anything she says she needs to see them,
My older cat kitty had diarohea i knew it was due to change of diet so i called her to ask what would be best to feed her and she said she would need to see her first.
Considering the consultation fee is £38 a time it adds up to alot of money and i cant change vets as have no transport.
They came from cats protection which is why i called them for advice, They both seem fine other than the worms (i have seen the worms which is how i know they still have them)
Thats my rant over :rofl:
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If they were seem last week i cannot understand why the vet would want to see them again.
I would change vets as it does seem as he/she is trying to make money out of you
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They are useless vets,
Im going to change to the same vets as my mother in law uses because she has offered to take them there for me when they need too go (obviously ill go too)
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A 3 day course of panacur may be better for the little one. Which worms have they got?
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I honestly dont know, All i saw was white things that look like bits of rice coming out of there bums :sick: :sick:
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I honestly dont know, All i saw was white things that look like bits of rice coming out of there bums :sick: :sick:
Where these little white things alive ? ( :sick:)
It could just be the dead ones passing through them
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I honestly dont know, All i saw was white things that look like bits of rice coming out of there bums :sick: :sick:
Where these little white things alive ? ( :sick:)
It could just be the dead ones passing through them
Im not sure couldnt see any movement or anything and tiggy went for a poo straight after i saw it coming out :sick: would there still be dead ones a week after they were wormed? :sick:
Sorry for such a disgusting topic :sick:
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Sounds like tapeworm so panacur wouldnt be the best thing for the job. Half a drontal it is ;D
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Ill have great fun getting it down there necks lol
Thanks for the advise
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A small squirt of water helps things go down ;) or a blob of cheese/butter on the nose
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I think ill try a blob of dairylea as the love it! :rofl: