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Pic Tape Worm?

15 years ago

Would a kitten throw up a tape worm? He has an appt this afternoon w/the vet but this is what the "thing" looked like that he yakked up this morning:

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User
15 years ago
It does look kind of like a tape worm, and cats can throw them up. Don't forget to bring your specimen with you when you take your cat to the vet's office. Good luck!
mazer415
15 years ago
Good catch. Make certain your cat gets on some good flea control as well as his worming pill. Good luck
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shaun
Original Author
15 years ago
Yep it was a tape worm. Vet confirmed. Vet gave kitty Drontal and needs to give it again in 21 days and then in another 21 days the last dose. Then I had to take the other two animals in to be treated too.

Got Revolution for everyone too.

Big problem - the older cat wont take a pill so I crushed the pill up in her food. Now she wont eat her food. How am I going to get this medicine into this cat? They all need to be on the same schedule w/meds.

Any suggestions? And hurry!! The vet closes at 7 and I may need to go buy another pill ($35) for her and put it down her throat if she wont eat this food.
shaun
Original Author
15 years ago
Ended up taking older kitty back to vet and they gave her the pill with some injector type instrument that shoots the pill down her throat.

All's well in Florida now.
sephia
15 years ago
In the past what I have done to get a pill down my cats is to open a can of either sardines or tuna fish and drain out the liquid. I use a pill crusher and put the powder in the liquid. It might take 2 cans of liquid to mask the flavor of the pill, but my cats end up slurping it right up.
trekaren
15 years ago
We had them before - you can spot the signs on their anus or on their favorite bed spot. The signs will look just like sesame seeds.
cindyxeus
15 years ago
any time one is having a problem getting a "pill" down your cat or dog get a measuring syringe dispenser, put the pill in it, add a little water, shake it up and squirt it down the animals throat. This works especially well for animals that just won't swallow a pill or let you in far enough to push it down.
lisa11310
15 years ago
ok is it just me seeing shadows? the first pic looks like this worm has ears eyes nose and a mouth?????
shaun
Original Author
15 years ago
lisa ! ahahaha! I thought I saw a little mouth - it looks like an alien. I didn't "doctor" it up though. This is just as it was except I first wiped it up and threw it in the garbage and then I thought, "ummm wait a minute, what *was* that thing?"

So I took it out of the garbage to get a picture and take it to the vets.
Elly_NJ
15 years ago
It's a happy worm!
shaun
Original Author
15 years ago
Yes I think it's smiling!
chuck Plowman
11 months ago
This came out of my Dog ,every everyone talks like it only comes out of cat's, ?
Ninapearl
11 months ago
rest assured (or rest uneasy), dogs CAN get tapeworms and these can also be passed to humans. if your dog has passed a tapeworm, you need to get him to the vet ASAP for treatment!

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