Melanie's Blog When should Cats be dewormed? We recommend starting to deworm cats at around two months old. Firstly, we divide cat deworming into internal and external deworming.
Generally, external deworming is once a month, and internal deworming can be once every 1-3 months according to the specific situation.
In addition, the use of deworming medicine for cats needs to choose the appropriate dose according to the body weight, so as to avoid the poisoning of cats caused by the use of large doses
Symptoms of Parasite Infection in Cats
1. Poor Diet and Weight Loss
If the cat’s food intake is different from normal and is getting thinner and thinner, it is more likely that there are tapeworms or roundworms in the body. The parasites absorb the nutrients that the cat consumes, causing malnutrition, vomiting, and diarrhea. If the parasites become numerous, the cat’s body may expel some of them.
The cat owner can pay attention to the cat’s defecation status during excrement daily, so as to find the problem as soon as possible and solve it in time.
2. Cough, Dyspnea, Fatigue
The initial symptoms of cats infected with heartworm are chronic cough and easy fatigue, which can be easily controlled with timely medication. If it continues to develop to a later stage, the cat will have hyperactive heart palpitations, pleural effusion, body edema, and difficulty breathing.
Long-term laissez-faire may also lead to pulmonary heart disease, threatening the cat’s life. Mosquitoes are the most common host of heartworms. Cats who like outdoor activities in summer can take appropriate mosquito repellent measures.
3. Diarrhea, blood in the Stool, Vomiting
When cats have coccidia, trichomoniasis, and giardia, the most obvious feature is that the defecation is soft and mixed with blood, mucus, or paste. In addition, there may be loss of appetite, depression, vomiting, etc., which need to be timely.
You should deworm your cat against coccidia. It should be noted that most of the broad-spectrum anthelmintics available do not usually contain coccidial, trichomoniasis, and giardia, so cats that are regularly dewormed are still likely to be infected with these parasites.
4. Skin itching, Redness, Scaling
Common external parasites ticks, lice, and mites can cause skin itching, redness, and dander in cats. Mites often parasitize the cat’s ear canal, causing frequent greasy secretions in the cat’s ears. Cats often scratch because of itching. Ear movements and ear mites are not a big problem, but leaving them alone can also lead to otitis media and other problems.
Regularly deworm cats infected with external parasites according to the parasites’ growth cycle and treat them promptly.
5. Cat deworming Cycle
For cats aged 2 to 6 months, perform internal and external expulsion every month. After the cat reaches 6 months, if it does not go out, does not eat raw meat, and does not have a dog at home, deworm it every 3 to 6 months.
