I got my cat from outside around October, she looked a healthy weight. By December she was a pudgy and fluffy with a very nice coat from the good eating ^_^ I began to notice around March/April that she was losing weight. I then discovered she & a cat I already had, had contracted worms soon after. I’m still unsure if she got them from my neighbors cat(long story) or she had them all along & passed them to my other cat. Either way she’s lost a significant amount of weight. Once I discovered the worms (coming from her behind), I inspected my other cat’s bedding and discovered they both had them. I got them both shots to kill them. She weighed at 6.6lbs & they said she appeared to be just under a year. When I took her to another vet a month or so later to receive the rest of her shots and more deworming meds she was 6.2lbs I’m not worried about my other cat. He’s 12lbs of steel and eats like a horse. I’m starting to notice SOME weight gain but she’s still so far off from what she was when I first got her. She’s very playful, has 24/7 ninja battles with her brother and climbs on top of everything dangerous. Very loving & eats just fine. But when I look at old pictures I get so worried it’s something more to her weight loss since I can’t exactly pin point when she got the worms and when the weight loss began I had a friend tell me when her cat contracted worms it took very long for the weight to become normal again. Could this be the issue ? What more can I do to rule out other issues since she’s a virtually a normal cat ? Also what could I do to encourage more weight gain.

Worms with my cat Max has been an off and on thing. She never has any symptoms that she has worms, I’ll just see her walking and see a little piece of a worm on her behind. Only way she acts off is she gets obnoxiously loud and will meow for hours on end. She can have worms for two weeks and then all trace of them disappear for months at a time. I’ve never gotten her any medicine for it because I don’t know what’s best to get her for Tapeworms, and I can’t exactly afford a vet visit right now. I’m at a loss as to what to do about it. I’ve tried all home treatments I can and it just continues the same as always for the past two years. Currently is the first time in 10 months that she has had worms again. If someone can point towards the best dewormer for all worms for a 9-10 pound cat that would be so appreciated.

My 12 y.o. male cat has recently lost a significant amount of weight (from 15 lbs. to 9 lbs) He had become severely matted, so at the Vet's advice, I got him a lion cut. He loves it, but now I can notice a very bloated stomach. He eats well, now, but has a tendancy to vomit in the morning before eating (just bile). He was exposed to fleas about a year ago, but didn't show any behaviors at that time. Could he have tapeworms?

Lethargy. Weight loss no visible works at anus. Does have visible fleas especially at neck and mouth. The cat is 4-5 months old. Does this sound like taped worm? Tummy isNotbloatetdt

My neighbor died almost three years ago and the family members who moved in put both of her cats outside 24/7 with the option to go into the garage in cold weather. One is 11 years old and the other 5 years old. I've known both since they were kittens, the younger is not feral but doesn't let you pet it unless it's very hungry. The older has tapeworm (I handler her regularly). I give her flea treatment and dewormer, but since she is always outside (and since I can't get my hands on the younger cat) I don't know what to do to deworm and put flea treatment on the younger animal other than to set a trap on a neighbor's property. Can a cat die if tapeworm goes untreated? Can I justify to local animal control getting a trap for the younger animal to be treated? The family to my knowledge relies on a neighbor to feed the cats, but ultimately I do.

My female cat never goes a month without tapeworms. She has had shots, drontal for cats for her weight. Pumpkin seed in her food daily for weeks, nothing helps. I used drontal, 3 weeks later another dose for her weight and still worms crawling out of her butt. I have now ordered DE to use in her food. She is treated for fleas and also my house. I'm just lost about what else to do

My cat is being treated for tape worms. My vet gave my pet a shot for it, and I am doing my best to clean the home and make sure we stay worm-free, disinfecting the litter box, washing the cat's bedding, vacuuming the home and more. There are dried out proglottids still attached to the cat's rear end. They look like tan-colored seeds. I have tried cleaning the cat off with dander-reducing pet wipes and baby wipes, but those old segments are stuck hard to my cat, really firmly attached to the fur. How do you recommend removing this material? I am worried about my cat getting re-infected. Please advice! I want to be thorough, but as gentle as I can.