:( Forte just threw up two worms! - Page 2

Heidi n Q · 12-19-2010, 12:22 AM

This is the only OTC de-wormer for cats I would trust though it is for treating Tapeworms.
The active ingredient (23mg praziquantel) is the same vets prescribe in the products called Droncit and Drontal.

Pyrantel Pamoate is used to treat hookworms and roundworms. Anthelmintics and strongid products can also be used, dose-appropriate for the pets' size. I do not know if there are any OTC cat products with PP, anthelmintics or strongid ingredients. My searches turn up a Praziquantel/Pyrantel-Pamoate combined product called Drontal.

My vet gave me Panacur (fenbendazole) to treat my litter of kittens for internal and microscopic (giardia) parasites. I can *find* Panacur/fenbendazole for purchase online, but I notice prices are in 'pounds', not dollars so I'm not sure if we can purchase this product OTC in the US.

Carmel · 12-19-2010, 02:20 AM

I've never had an animal that as picked up worms... that I know of. How do cats pick them when they're indoor only? Does that mean people gave it to them...? Ick. I just don't like thinking about this kind of thing. At all. I imagine most people don't... worms are the type of thing I'd rather have and just, you know, never see...

I hope Forte gets better soon!

paperbacknovel · 12-19-2010, 12:46 PM

Thanks, guys! I have another, secondary worry. Right now the cats have a litterbox in the guest bathroom (specifically, in the bathtub). I was going to move it to the laundry room and then clean out and bleach the bathroom so that our guests could shower in there.

Will it be unsafe for them to use the bathroom (like walk barefoot in it and shower in it) when the cats have had accidents/drippings outside of the box and possibly gotten roundworm eggs or whatever in the tub? Will a bleach solution kill roundworm eggs?

I have to know if I am going to tell the guests that they have to use the downstairs bathroom during the night and our bathroom to shower in.

catloverami · 12-19-2010, 01:13 PM

Roundworms in Cats & Kittens

Life cycle of roundworms, and importance of having your kittens wormed as they can get them from nursing.

Kobster · 12-19-2010, 03:18 PM

Your guests should be fine. Eggs are just eggs and can't hatch outside a host, unlike hookworm eggs which can hatch in soil and burrow into the skin of bare feet! YUCK! Just throughly clean the tub and wash or just replace any bath mats etc.

Susan · 12-19-2010, 05:59 PM

Clean the bathroom as you plan and you'll be fine. Roundworm is transmitted by injesting the roundworm eggs (kids playing in sandboxes and putting their fingers in their mouth, etc.). If your bathroom has been cleaned, your guests will be fine to use it.

paperbacknovel · 12-19-2010, 06:32 PM

Oh good, thanks. I'll just remind them not to lick the floor!

Leivies_Lavish_Cat_Lounge · 12-21-2010, 05:22 PM

Thats HILARIOUS! I never thought about cleaning the litter box during a deworming.... When is the best time to do it? The first dose of dewormer or the second dose 2 weeks later? or is it not even that important?

12-19-2010, 12:22 AM	#11 (permalink)
Heidi n Q Premier Cat Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Monroe, GA Posts: 17,088	This is the only OTC de-wormer for cats I would trust though it is for treating Tapeworms. The active ingredient (23mg praziquantel) is the same vets prescribe in the products called Droncit and Drontal. Pyrantel Pamoate is used to treat hookworms and roundworms. Anthelmintics and strongid products can also be used, dose-appropriate for the pets' size. I do not know if there are any OTC cat products with PP, anthelmintics or strongid ingredients. My searches turn up a Praziquantel/Pyrantel-Pamoate combined product called Drontal. My vet gave me Panacur (fenbendazole) to treat my litter of kittens for internal and microscopic (giardia) parasites. I can find Panacur/fenbendazole for purchase online, but I notice prices are in 'pounds', not dollars so I'm not sure if we can purchase this product OTC in the US. __________________ Spay it forward. (neuter, too!) I have the ability of single-minded determination and focu... Hey look, a cat! =^..^=

12-19-2010, 02:20 AM	#12 (permalink)
Carmel Cool Cat Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 1,212	I've never had an animal that as picked up worms... that I know of. How do cats pick them when they're indoor only? Does that mean people gave it to them...? Ick. I just don't like thinking about this kind of thing. At all. I imagine most people don't... worms are the type of thing I'd rather have and just, you know, never see... I hope Forte gets better soon! __________________

12-19-2010, 03:18 PM	#15 (permalink)
Kobster Cat Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,019	Your guests should be fine. Eggs are just eggs and can't hatch outside a host, unlike hookworm eggs which can hatch in soil and burrow into the skin of bare feet! YUCK! Just throughly clean the tub and wash or just replace any bath mats etc. __________________ Rachael with Thurston, Sully and Ninja and Moxie their canine guardian. Kobie, Mocha, Puzzles and Tyler, Gone but never forgotten

12-19-2010, 05:59 PM	#16 (permalink)
Susan Premier Cat Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,632	Clean the bathroom as you plan and you'll be fine. Roundworm is transmitted by injesting the roundworm eggs (kids playing in sandboxes and putting their fingers in their mouth, etc.). If your bathroom has been cleaned, your guests will be fine to use it. __________________ Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.

12-19-2010, 12:46 PM	#13 (permalink)
paperbacknovel Senior Cat Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 713	Thanks, guys! I have another, secondary worry. Right now the cats have a litterbox in the guest bathroom (specifically, in the bathtub). I was going to move it to the laundry room and then clean out and bleach the bathroom so that our guests could shower in there. Will it be unsafe for them to use the bathroom (like walk barefoot in it and shower in it) when the cats have had accidents/drippings outside of the box and possibly gotten roundworm eggs or whatever in the tub? Will a bleach solution kill roundworm eggs? I have to know if I am going to tell the guests that they have to use the downstairs bathroom during the night and our bathroom to shower in.

12-19-2010, 01:13 PM	#14 (permalink)
catloverami Cat Addict Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cobourg, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,608	Roundworms in Cats & Kittens Life cycle of roundworms, and importance of having your kittens wormed as they can get them from nursing.

12-19-2010, 06:32 PM	#17 (permalink)
paperbacknovel Senior Cat Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 713	Oh good, thanks. I'll just remind them not to lick the floor!

12-21-2010, 05:22 PM	#18 (permalink)
Leivies_Lavish_Cat_Lounge Banned Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Michigan Posts: 24	Thats HILARIOUS! I never thought about cleaning the litter box during a deworming.... When is the best time to do it? The first dose of dewormer or the second dose 2 weeks later? or is it not even that important?

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