Deworming | What Is It? | How Do You Do It? | All About Deworming |

 

Today, we are going to be discussing everything to do with deworming. Your questions will probably be answered in this post (so read through it!).

Deworming is basically medicine for parasites that may be in your cat's stomach. Internal parasites are worms, so you must get your cat dewormed to remove them.

Deworming is essential if your cat suffers from a hair fall problem. Also, if your cat has blood in its stool, it must get dewormed immediately. 

There are two kinds of worms which affect cats. In kittens, most of the time, roundworms are found. They are transferred to them by their mother. When the mother feeds, bacteria transfer, and so they are affected. Whereas tapeworms are mainly found in adult cats. When cats groom themselves (by licking their body), fleas, parasites, and germs can enter them. These then turn into tapeworms. If your cat has chicken, dry or raw food, then it needs to get deworming done.

What problems occur if you don't get deworming done? I have already mentioned that it can cause hair fall and bloody diarrhoea. Overall it will affect your cat's health. If parasites inside your cat are increasing and you not getting deworming done, your pet could possibly die.

I have made a post about why cats eat grass (click here to read). In this article, I mentioned that cats may eat grass to remove these worms by vomiting/littering.

Usually, it is said that when a kitten is of 4 weeks to about 8 weeks, deworming should be done twice or thrice, and when a kitten is 2.5/3 months old, deworming should be done again. With adult felines (about 6 months to a year senior), deworming should be done at 2 to 3 months. If we talk about cats older than a year, deworming should be done after every 3/4 months. If worms begin to develop again because of fleas, deworming should be done early.

A common question is, what tablet should we be using? I will suggest you consult your vet. This is very important because giving a heavy dose can cause death.

You should not give food to your cat 4 hours before & after getting deworming done.

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