Worms and Feral Kitten

The feral kitten I adopted around six weeks ago had a host of issues,
round worms being one of them. She was given three cycles of worm
medicine but her poops are starting to become runny again and I found a
hardened white rice-like looking-thing around her anus a couple of days
ago. I still have quite a bit of worm medicine left over. Is it okay to
give her another round of worm medicine or should I call the vet?
Otherwise, she's fine. Spunky, eating well, going to the bathroom
regularly.

Noreen

Hi Noreen,

Call the vet, this sounds like tape worms. The regular round
worm medication doesn't get rid of tape worms, so you'll need
to get something different for that. One of my rescue kittens
had it and they just gave him 1 pill. Didn't cause him any
obvious problems.

Debbie Berry



Noreen Cooper wrote:

The feral kitten I adopted around six weeks ago had a host of issues,
round worms being one of them. She was given three cycles of worm
medicine but her poops are starting to become runny again and I found a
hardened white rice-like looking-thing around her anus a couple of days
ago. I still have quite a bit of worm medicine left over. Is it okay to
give her another round of worm medicine or should I call the vet?
Otherwise, she's fine. Spunky, eating well, going to the bathroom
regularly.

Noreen

Hi Noreen,

Call the vet, this sounds like tape worms. The regular round
worm medication doesn't get rid of tape worms, so you'll need
to get something different for that. One of my rescue kittens
had it and they just gave him 1 pill. Didn't cause him any
obvious problems.

Debbie Berry



Noreen Cooper wrote:

The feral kitten I adopted around six weeks ago had a host of issues,
round worms being one of them. She was given three cycles of worm
medicine but her poops are starting to become runny again and I found a
hardened white rice-like looking-thing around her anus a couple of days
ago. I still have quite a bit of worm medicine left over. Is it okay to
give her another round of worm medicine or should I call the vet?
Otherwise, she's fine. Spunky, eating well, going to the bathroom
regularly.

Noreen

Hi Noreen,

Call the vet, this sounds like tape worms. The regular round
worm medication doesn't get rid of tape worms, so you'll need
to get something different for that. One of my rescue kittens
had it and they just gave him 1 pill. Didn't cause him any
obvious problems.

Debbie Berry



Noreen Cooper wrote:

The feral kitten I adopted around six weeks ago had a host of issues,
round worms being one of them. She was given three cycles of worm
medicine but her poops are starting to become runny again and I found a
hardened white rice-like looking-thing around her anus a couple of days
ago. I still have quite a bit of worm medicine left over. Is it okay to
give her another round of worm medicine or should I call the vet?
Otherwise, she's fine. Spunky, eating well, going to the bathroom
regularly.

Noreen

Take a fresh stool sample to your vet. What you describe is tapeworm,
which requires another medication. But the kitten may have other
problems such as good old coccidia, which requires yet another
medication and which can kill.

We generally check more than once, to rule out new nasties rearing their
heads when one nasty is erradicated. And sometimes that first check
overlooks coccidia.

Sharon Talbert
Friends of Campus (feral) Cats
www.campuscats.org

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Noreen Cooper wrote:

The feral kitten I adopted around six weeks ago had a host of issues,
round worms being one of them. She was given three cycles of worm
medicine but her poops are starting to become runny again and I found a
hardened white rice-like looking-thing around her anus a couple of days
ago. I still have quite a bit of worm medicine left over. Is it okay to
give her another round of worm medicine or should I call the vet?
Otherwise, she's fine. Spunky, eating well, going to the bathroom
regularly.

Noreen

Take a fresh stool sample to your vet. What you describe is tapeworm,
which requires another medication. But the kitten may have other
problems such as good old coccidia, which requires yet another
medication and which can kill.

We generally check more than once, to rule out new nasties rearing their
heads when one nasty is erradicated. And sometimes that first check
overlooks coccidia.

Sharon Talbert
Friends of Campus (feral) Cats
www.campuscats.org

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Noreen Cooper wrote:

The feral kitten I adopted around six weeks ago had a host of issues,
round worms being one of them. She was given three cycles of worm
medicine but her poops are starting to become runny again and I found a
hardened white rice-like looking-thing around her anus a couple of days
ago. I still have quite a bit of worm medicine left over. Is it okay to
give her another round of worm medicine or should I call the vet?
Otherwise, she's fine. Spunky, eating well, going to the bathroom
regularly.

Noreen

Take a fresh stool sample to your vet. What you describe is tapeworm,
which requires another medication. But the kitten may have other
problems such as good old coccidia, which requires yet another
medication and which can kill.

We generally check more than once, to rule out new nasties rearing their
heads when one nasty is erradicated. And sometimes that first check
overlooks coccidia.

Sharon Talbert
Friends of Campus (feral) Cats
www.campuscats.org

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Noreen Cooper wrote:

The feral kitten I adopted around six weeks ago had a host of issues,
round worms being one of them. She was given three cycles of worm
medicine but her poops are starting to become runny again and I found a
hardened white rice-like looking-thing around her anus a couple of days
ago. I still have quite a bit of worm medicine left over. Is it okay to
give her another round of worm medicine or should I call the vet?
Otherwise, she's fine. Spunky, eating well, going to the bathroom
regularly.

Noreen

Debra Berry wrote:

: Call the vet, this sounds like tape worms. The regular round
: worm medication doesn't get rid of tape worms, so you'll need
: to get something different for that. One of my rescue kittens
: had it and they just gave him 1 pill. Didn't cause him any
: obvious problems.

She did have tape worms and the vet gave her a shot to get rid of them.
So does that mean the shot may not have worked after all? This was about
six weeks ago. I thought the shot for tape worms was supposed to be more
effective than the pills.

Noreen

Debra Berry wrote:

: Call the vet, this sounds like tape worms. The regular round
: worm medication doesn't get rid of tape worms, so you'll need
: to get something different for that. One of my rescue kittens
: had it and they just gave him 1 pill. Didn't cause him any
: obvious problems.

She did have tape worms and the vet gave her a shot to get rid of them.
So does that mean the shot may not have worked after all? This was about
six weeks ago. I thought the shot for tape worms was supposed to be more
effective than the pills.

Noreen

Debra Berry wrote:

: Call the vet, this sounds like tape worms. The regular round
: worm medication doesn't get rid of tape worms, so you'll need
: to get something different for that. One of my rescue kittens
: had it and they just gave him 1 pill. Didn't cause him any
: obvious problems.

She did have tape worms and the vet gave her a shot to get rid of them.
So does that mean the shot may not have worked after all? This was about
six weeks ago. I thought the shot for tape worms was supposed to be more
effective than the pills.

Noreen