Being on my lap is it's choice. I do not handle the cat or carry it - it
jumps or walks on to my lap. Also, it is not used to being handled, and it
has not been de-clawed. So it could be a less pleasant experience than
taking a domesticated cat to the vet.

Anyway, if I do decide to restrain it & take it to the vet - since I do not
have a cat carrier, presumably I could try to entice it into a bag of some
sort, tie the opening once I do so,and use this to transport it to & from
the vet?

Alternatively, I could just decide to call the vet & ask him/her to sell me
various worm meds without looking at the cat.

What I am probably going to do, anyway, unless I find evidence of cat
fatalities - is buy off the shelf worm meds & put them in the cat's food.

Thanks,

Gerard


"Dave F" wrote in message
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You said in your first post the cat was on your lap on your couch, and now
you say you can't catch him??

Please do the right thing and take the poor cat to the vet so the worms
living in it's body are killed off. The cost will be minimal. have ti
spayed/neutered too or there will absolutely be more feral cats soon.

Dave


"Gerard Anthony Gold" wrote in message
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It's a feral cat & lives outside, so I'm really not equipped with gear or
experience to capture it & take it to the vet - besides which, I don't
really want to pay for a vet.

I think I'm just going to buy roundworm & whatever other cat medication
is available off the shelf in the pet section of a department/grocery
store & mix that with it's food every time. If my stuff does not fix at
least the visible problems, I guess I'm going to have to disconnect my
1-year friendship with this cat.

Matthew, thanks for the suggestions.

Gerard

"Matthew" wrote in message
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First what you have and what your cat has are two different things.
If your cat has that he needs a pill from a VET
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapeworm
http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/ca..._problems.html
you have something else and probably required a doctor visit to
determinethe cause. You could have something as simple as a
chigger"Gerard Anthony Gold" wrote in
... Hello, I have been
feeding & petting this feral cat. It has these little (lessthan an inch
long) white, thin worm-looking things in its anus. I kind ofguessed they
could be worms, but since I did not see any movement, I lostthat rain of
thought. Recently, when I sit on the couch, the cat has beengetting on
to my lap & grooming & sleeping. Yesterday, I noticed a large sore on
my lower thigh. Today, one of thesethings dropped on to my sofa and
started crawling on it with thisexpansion-contraction motion, so I'm
pretty sure it's a worm or a maggot. Isuspect one of these things has
got into me using the skin-penetrationroute. What can I get off the
shelf (I've got a 2-office visit limitation on myhealth plan, so I'd
rather avoid using the second so early in the year) tokill this worm
off before it does any critical organ damage? Thanks, Gerard