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Posted by Martisimo on January 24, 2003 at 07:36:01:
In Reply to: nasty worms, need help fast :( posted by ginevive on January 24, 2003 at 06:30:09:
Really, it's not bad at all,...just gross. You have nothing to worry about. Worms are very common, especially since who knows what his life was like before being at the SPCA. He was probably wormed there (because worms are just that common), you could probably check his records to make sure, but if an animal has a lot of worms they will often need a follow up dose to get completely rid of them. The SPCA just assumed that one dose took care of it, which it usually does.
Saving the worms was a good idea. They're probably round worms, but take them to your vet so he/she can confirm. You don't have to wait until his appointment, you could drop your vet's office by with your bag of goodies and go ahead and purchase an appropriate wormer and take it home to give your kitty.
The worms won't be transmitted to you, unless you have some pretty gross habits that I don't want to know about ;) If you have other cats, they could get them, or if you have a dog that likes to get snacks out of the litterbox. And I don't think worms are the reason he's crying at night. The worms are painless, except I guess maybe when he was throwing them up. The yowling could just be lonliness, or maybe it's just the way he is.
:This is bad; yesterday morning I woke up, found that my kitty had gotten sick on the floor. Inside the vomit were 2 worms, about 2 inches long each, peach-colored. I was revolted but saved them in a freezer bag for the vet's next week. I am presuming Inky has worms... we got him from the spca about a month ago, he was supposedly healthy and got his leukemia shots. he is about 5 yrs. old and neutered. I am horrified at the prospect of worms; can they be transmitted to us humans? I found only conflicting info on the Net. I am taking him to the vets this week but until then, is there anything i can do? incidentally, every night he is meowing loudly and we cound not figure out why, but now we know. what treatment can i expect, and any other info on this gruesome discovery? another thing, we live in the country; he could have feasably came in contact with mice in the house, he is an Indoor only cat, but mice are around. :( :( :( Unless he had the mice before we got him (he was picked up as a stray, and we adopted him about 48 hours later.)