I think my kitten has worms..I just picked it up today off the street.....?

Question

It's been farting a lot so a lot of gas, and hasn't eaten anything so far (dry food) I don't have any wet food..and I'm afraid to give it milk because it might have diarrhea and it has pooped once. What are the symptoms of worms, and does my cat match any of them? Wer'e going to go to the Vet on Monday.

Answer 1

For any stray cat picked up off the street, the following steps should be taken immediately:

1) Get rid of fleas - I don't care what you may or may not think, a stray cat HAS FLEAS. If the kitten is 7 weeks old or younger Frontline and Advantage are not safe yet, so get a flea and tick spray, spray it lightly on a towel and wrap the kitten up like a burrito in it for 2-3 minutes twice a day. Get a tissue and soak it in the spray, and lightly daub it around the face and ears. Do this every day until you can put the cat on a white piece of paper, fluff up the hair, and find no black flecks on the paper (flea poop).

2) ALL kittens and all puppies are BORN WITH ROUNDWORMS - there is a product called Nemix you can get from the petstore to deworm for roundworms. Do it immediately.

3) Hydration and nutrition - while you're at the pet store, get a product called Nutri-Cal. It is a paste in a tube that contains sugars, vitamins, and minerals for the kitten to absorb to make energy. Use a small syringe to give the kitten 1-2 mL 3-4 times a day. Use another syringe or eye dropper to give 1 mL of water 4 to 5 times a day. Continue this until the kitten gains strength and is willing to eat.

4) Common feline diseases - even with all this, please keep in mind that there are thousands of diseases that prey on young, unvaccinated, uncared for cats. Test the kitten for feline leukemia and feline immunodeficiency virus, and have your vet look at a fecal sample to determine if it has any other parasitic infections that need treatment.

Answer 2

I also just got a kitten off the street a few months ago. He had worms, and we knew because he was "dropping" things that looked like grains of rices. Other than that, he seemed fine.
My vet said worms would not make him feel bad.

(Please note I am talking about bowl worms and not stomach worms!)

My cat may have just not shown any symptoms, or with your kitty, it may be a more serious problem. Poor little kitty! But yes do NOT give it milk- it could make it worse! You may want to try some kind of cooked meat - just a tiny bit - to give it some energy.

Answer 3

Almost all kittens and puppies have worms - ask any vet. They will always ask for a stool sample and de-worm for precaution. If the kitten appears younger than 6 weeks (type of cat that normally would have green or yellow eyes and the eyes still seem grayish blue & the baby is tiny).....go to Petsmart or large Pet store and get kitten milk or at the least kitten soft food (Iams or Eukanuba). Eye dropper milk gentlly....the kitten may not know how to eat solids - it may be ferral.

Answer 4

chances are your kittens has worms because all kittens have worms. I would go to the vet on monday and they'll give your kitten worming medicine and if you want the first set of shots you can go ahead and do that depending on the age. In the mean time since you kitten wont eat hard food, put hard food in a bowl and add hot water to it, wait a little bit until the food softens up and drain the water and then see if it'll eat the mushed up food.

Answer 5

When your cat or kitten has worms, it is the result of coming into contact with a parasite (usually a flea) that has entered your cat's body.Roundworms are the most common source of worms in kittens and tapeworms are the most common source of worms in adult cats. Roundworms get into the kittens through mother's milk and into mother usually by way of contaminated soil. A kitten with roundworms will have a pot bellied appearance. Roundworms themselves look like spaghetti noodles and can be present in stool or vomit. They are easily treatable with oral medication.Tapeworms in adult cats are usually the result of the cat ingesting a flea (with the tapeworm inside it) during a normal self grooming session. Outdoor cats can also get tapeworms by eating prey such as raw meat and raw fish. Tapeworms are about 1 cm or 1/4 inch long. You may see them moving around the fur around your cat's anus. Tapeworms that have left the cat's anus and have dried up, look like grains of rice and can be spotted in places where your cat sleeps. Due to the fact that the worms usually came from fleas if your cat has tapeworms it also probably has fleas. Therefore it needs BOTH deworming and flea medication to stop the cycle. Make sure your vet checks for both scenarios

Answer 6

Definately a NO on milk, you have the right idea. The vet can treat the worms very easily, take in a poop sample to them, just stick it in a zip lock baggie and put it in a paper bag in the refrigerator to keep it soft. They do a smear on a microscope slide to check for what type of worms to treat.

Answer 7

Just see the vet Monday. It need vaccines and worming. The vet will do all that then.

Answer 8

Yeah I would just go to the vet and see what the vet says... Maybe the cat is just scared and thats may be why he's not eating........

Answer 9

The vet will tell you on monday. Good Luck!

Answer 10

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