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Well I wanted to run something by you good gals see what you thought as I do value your knowledge. Tweety has been eating like a little horse, and she is in really good spirits not a bit unwell .but she hasnt been wormed for a while .So I went to the pet store and found a worming med .its called Pro-Pet Roundworm...Liquid De Wormer and a Dr jeff Weber is on the front of the bottle ..the ingreds are 250mgs Piperazine base and Piperazine citrate..Ther ius a warning about side effects but I expect all meds have that .What do you think, i am loathe to go to the vet as she may not have them , she freaks out so much .thanks a lot
Reading thru' this interesting thread as Diego and I lounge the day away..lol.
My 2 cents worth...I remember when you first got Tweety..and know she is an inside/outside girl. And a resident of CA. Think FL has you beat in terms of flea population..lol..not sure, but my point is this...our kitties definitely need treatment if they enjoy the outdoors. Case closed.
Diego has been on Revolution since his first visit to vet. He does not like to feel it on his neck (if I target the neck usually get it in the vicinity..lol)..but other than that...no big deal. I have to be stealthy, and use both hands,.but have routine down pat now. It is much easier as Jade says if you could get dh to hold while you apply or vice versa...
My vet says Revolution is the best for Diego...covers more than fleas..forget what all now. He has never had a bad reaction...and if I see a flea...treat him every 3 wks. The only time he has been checked for worms was this week when he needed surgery ...and vet did a thorough exam.
Last word...the critters that bite our cats bring disease/can cause worms as has been mentioned, etc...I figure it is the least I can do for Diego. (((^.^)))
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My 2 cents worth...I remember when you first got Tweety..and know she is an inside/outside girl. And a resident of CA. Think FL has you beat in terms of flea population..lol..not sure, but my point is this...our kitties definitely need treatment if they enjoy the outdoors. Case closed.
Diego has been on Revolution since his first visit to vet. He does not like to feel it on his neck (if I target the neck usually get it in the vicinity..lol)..but other than that...no big deal. I have to be stealthy, and use both hands,.but have routine down pat now. It is much easier as Jade says if you could get dh to hold while you apply or vice versa...
My vet says Revolution is the best for Diego...covers more than fleas..forget what all now. He has never had a bad reaction...and if I see a flea...treat him every 3 wks. The only time he has been checked for worms was this week when he needed surgery ...and vet did a thorough exam.
Last word...the critters that bite our cats bring disease/can cause worms as has been mentioned, etc...I figure it is the least I can do for Diego. (((^.^)))
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You really have to bite the bullet, Margy and get some Frontline or Advantage on Tweety because with her being outdoors, fleas are a fact of life. It simply is what it is. Jade hates having it applied too, believe me. But there are two of us which helps a lot. I couldn't apply that stuff on my own because her fur needs to be parted with a flea comb to get to her skin. Your husband won't help?? Sorry to be such a nag about this and I won't say another word about it after this because I'm not sure what I would if I didn't have help.
And just double checking, but you understand the Diatomaceous Earth is NOT to go ON Tweety, right? :)
Furballsmom...Great post! The whole thing. Interesting about the Nematodes. We have a lot of tall grass in the shade...and a heat wave right now :(
And just double checking, but you understand the Diatomaceous Earth is NOT to go ON Tweety, right? :)
Furballsmom...Great post! The whole thing. Interesting about the Nematodes. We have a lot of tall grass in the shade...and a heat wave right now :(
Thanks Furballs I am going to get some of the earth'as I went online and found some info there, my Tweety is itching/scratching more , its only end of Jan but we have hot weather about 85 today and I see all the bugs starting to move .. so I will try the dia- earth stuff will I get it in petsmart?.
Something I know that will help is to control the critters in the environment. Mine is an indoor only cat, so once I got rid of them, they were gone for good and we haven't been bothered by the varmints since. I carefully followed directions for using diatomaceous earth. Even though I had read something about using it on the animal itself, I had the good sense to NOT do that. After all, if I'm supposed to use a dust mask while applying, then the animals shouldn't be breathing the stuff into their lungs either. I have no carpeting, but I place the stuff in strategic places where fleas could hide, like inside the stuffed furniture crevices. After washing the cat bedding, I placed it UNDER the clean bedding. I placed some under the refrigerator. It's a small apartment unit one on rollers. And, I placed some under my shoe rack. I have since cleaned up the stuff under the shoe rack and under the pet bedding. I am unconcerned with the stuff inside of the furniture, since it isn't bothering anyone. No one would be the wiser that I ever applied the stuff.
Okay, that's for inside. And, it will work against other insects as well. It dries out their bodies very quickly and is effective for all the stages of a an insect's life.
Tall grass, damp grass, and especially damp lawn in the shade is where fleas lie in wait for their next victim to pass by. It is suggested by stuff I read online to apply nematodes to the dampest areas where your pets spend their time. Obviously, in the summer, it is very likely to be the damp shady places, since the pets do the same things we do and go there to relax and cool off. Nematodes eat fleas. I'm not sure about the adults, but they do eat the eggs and larvae. The fewer that can hatch and reproduce the better.
I learned about this stuff when I did online research on chemical free flea control.
This is also how I learned why we had the fleas during the first heat wave the year we moved into this apartment, even though, this cat is an indoor only cat. Fleas actually wait for such a moment to hatch, because it is the ideal time to find hosts. The person who had this apartment before was a bit of a weirdo. She insisted that some strange biting insect was biting her and her cat but it couldn't be fleas. I knew it was, but she didn't want to believe me. She was ESL, but that wasn't the problem. She was also supposedly superior to all these dumb Americans she got stuck living and surrounded by. She even thought it was the responsibility of the landlord to spray her apartment. The last thing I wanted was more toxins in my apartment, so I did my research. I learned a lot about the flea's life cycle, besides the obvious egg, larvae, pupae, adult that most insects have. That's when I learned about how the eggs can lie dormant and out of sight until the first heat wave of the year. If I'm so dumb, why did I get rid of them from my apartment completely and the cat and I haven't been bothered since?
Okay, that's for inside. And, it will work against other insects as well. It dries out their bodies very quickly and is effective for all the stages of a an insect's life.
Tall grass, damp grass, and especially damp lawn in the shade is where fleas lie in wait for their next victim to pass by. It is suggested by stuff I read online to apply nematodes to the dampest areas where your pets spend their time. Obviously, in the summer, it is very likely to be the damp shady places, since the pets do the same things we do and go there to relax and cool off. Nematodes eat fleas. I'm not sure about the adults, but they do eat the eggs and larvae. The fewer that can hatch and reproduce the better.
I learned about this stuff when I did online research on chemical free flea control.
This is also how I learned why we had the fleas during the first heat wave the year we moved into this apartment, even though, this cat is an indoor only cat. Fleas actually wait for such a moment to hatch, because it is the ideal time to find hosts. The person who had this apartment before was a bit of a weirdo. She insisted that some strange biting insect was biting her and her cat but it couldn't be fleas. I knew it was, but she didn't want to believe me. She was ESL, but that wasn't the problem. She was also supposedly superior to all these dumb Americans she got stuck living and surrounded by. She even thought it was the responsibility of the landlord to spray her apartment. The last thing I wanted was more toxins in my apartment, so I did my research. I learned a lot about the flea's life cycle, besides the obvious egg, larvae, pupae, adult that most insects have. That's when I learned about how the eggs can lie dormant and out of sight until the first heat wave of the year. If I'm so dumb, why did I get rid of them from my apartment completely and the cat and I haven't been bothered since?
Instead of putting up a new thread would you tell me which is the best way you know if a cat gets fleas, I am not aware of any on Tweety but when I first got her, the Vet put front line on her neck and I continued , she hated it , it was a continual battle and she didn't seem well.So whats the best way to treat fleas or scratching .
function, no fiction - humane doctors make us crazy...
Just arrived from one and the fellow has such a bad handwriting than the receptionists had been doing requests for faecal test instead of prolactin blood tests
I was wondering why in hell was he wanting a 3 sample one test - the one I learned with my cats is supposed to detect Giardia- since I have no claims related to and no bloody in my own poo :-)
Just arrived from one and the fellow has such a bad handwriting than the receptionists had been doing requests for faecal test instead of prolactin blood tests
I was wondering why in hell was he wanting a 3 sample one test - the one I learned with my cats is supposed to detect Giardia- since I have no claims related to and no bloody in my own poo :-)
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Ok, in a nutshell (lol) OTC worming meds are a waste of time since you don't know what kind of worm Tweety has, if any. You've bought a Roundworm med when she could have Hookworms or Tapeworms. Only a vet can tell what type of worm you are dealing with by looking at a fecal sample under a microscope, then giving a pill or shot to target that particular worm.
Now what you can do, is call your vet and see if they'll accept a fecal sample that You will collect and bring in, leaving Tweety out of the visit.
I know something about Tapeworms as Jade had them. If Tweety has a particular spot she likes to sleep, put down a white towel to see if you find any little orange balls later. This is indicative of Tapeworms. The *segments* fall out while kitty is sleeping, but this is not the entire worm, just a segment of it.
Ugh, first post was better.