cats with worms-does anyone know if theres more chance of my cat getting worms by eating wet food ie usual?

Question

cans rather than just eating dry complete food-thanx

Answer 1

What kind of food your cat eats has no bearing on whether it will get worms or not. Your cat will pick up worm eggs from other animal's faeces, from the grass, and you may also bring them into your cat on your shoes (so an indoor cat can still get worms). Worms can cause poor growth or weight loss in kittens and adults, and may also cause vomiting, diarrhoea or problems in the lungs depending on where they live. There is also a risk of children catching worms from putting dirty fingers in mouths - it may just cause digestive upsets but rarely worms can cause huge problems in for example the liver or eyes by travelling through the body.

Veterinary recommendations are that you worm your cat 4 times a year with a veterinary product - these will be far stronger than anything you can buy in the petshop. Most vets are happy to answer any questions you have about worms.

Answer 2

No, it doesn't. Pet food manufacturers use cooking and rendering processes, parasites won't survive that. What DOES give cats worms is eating birds and rodents, who have the worms in their bodies. The cat ingests those and gets worms. Or the cat swallows a flea that's carrying the tapeworm larvae (fleas are part of tapeworm life cycles). But commercially made foods are not going to be carrying parasites.

Answer 3

Pretty much impossible to pick up worms from dried food, but with wet food, especially meat derivatives, it is like us humans eating raw meat, which is why we can get tape worms... You should always worm your cats anyway. They can also pick up wors from drinking from ponds and puddles.go to the vets and askfor drontal. This should do the trick. Always a good precaution!

Answer 4

Cats do not get worms from their food. They get them from sniffing the feces of animals that have worms (for most types) or by eating fleas or mouse chipmunk or rabbit intestines (for tapeworms).

Your cat could expereince other kinds of stomache upset from wet food depending on the type and how sensitive your cat is.

Answer 5

no it cant because to get worms it needs to be around bad bacteria ie always out and about doin its own thing and eating dirty food from bins.
dont worry bout it ur cat wont get worms!!!!

Answer 6

the food has nothing to do with worms,get a dewormer from the vet and do this twice a year, depends on the kind of worms ask your vet

Answer 7

I don't think cats get worms from eating food. Good luck.

Answer 8

worms are caused by many thingss but cat food is not one of them,Look these up,
Hookworms
Roundworms - persistent infestation
Tapeworms in Cats
Ringworm
Worm eggs
Ringworm
Roundworms
Tapeworms
Tapeworm eggs

Answer 9

Canned/dry food has nothing to do with intestinal parasites.

Answer 10

All mammals have worms.