I have a 17 pound black rescue cat (4 years old, neutered). He has tapeworms. I have spent so much in past cat and dog vet expenses, I am now strapped. I purchased Tradewinds tapeworm medicine and followed the instructions. My cat (Moose) is still licking himself all the time (I understand that is a symptom of worms), as well as eating excessively. It has been a week, and I wonder if I can give him another dosage? The instructions just suggest that you worm them every 3 months to keep on top of the problem. they don’t mention if it is safe or unsafe to worm them prior to that time.
Thanks so much!
Suzi
I checked with Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins on this because I had never heard of licking as being a symptom of a cat having worms, and she concurred that neither of Moose’s behaviors are symptoms of any kind of worms. She said to change his food because he clearly has an allergy. She and I both hope that Moose is eating wet food only and if he isn’t eating canned food you need to read THE CAT BIBLE or Dr. Hodgkins’ book YOUR CAT so you can learn about nutrition and also learn how parasites actually occur. Tapeworms, if he has them, won’t hurt him so it drops to low priority but these worms come directly from fleas. Keeping poor Moose flea-free would be a better approach than giving an over-the-counter dewormer (which are typically not good products in animals) every 3 months!
Tracie
