The danger of infection by parasites for cats is so great that even those pets that do not practically leave the apartment all risk getting helminths. Eggs of these creatures are found on the sidewalk, in the park on the foliage, you can bring them home with shoes or clothes. A small kitten is able to get sick in the womb of his mother, or by feeding on her infected milk.
Worm glands in kittens are the main signs of infection
The clinical signs of this problem are the following: vomiting , general weakness in the patient, the hair becomes dull, and the baby begins to lag behind in development. The animal suffers from bloating, constipation, diarrhea usual and with blood, parasites can be found, both in feces and in vomit masses. If the worms are not treated, then they can kill your pet.
How to withdraw the worm from the kitten?
The question of what to give a kitten from worms is helped by anthelmintic drugs. These are quite potent means with which one can not joke. Use these medications can be no earlier than 3 weeks of age. It is compulsory to carry out such prophylaxis ten days before the next vaccination. If the infection was particularly severe, then re-treatment is recommended.
The most effective remedies for worms for kittens:
Cats are infected with two main types of worms - nematodes and cestodes. Preparations from them come, as with one working component, and complex, allowing to destroy parasites practically at all stages of development. Good indicators have a tool Prazitel, which is able to treat nematode-cestodial invasion in infants and adult cats.
The medicine Pirentel works against roundworms and has a soft effect. He does not kill parasites, but only immobilizes them, enabling the animal to get rid of the infection along with feces. But the bandworm does not excrete the drug Pirantel, so you need to know exactly what kind of worms you are doing cat treatment.
There are other means that have long been used by veterinarians against worms - Dirofen, Profender, Panakur, Trontsil K and others. Overdosing can kill a baby, so if you have worms to the kitten and you have little idea what to do, contact the veterinarian. He accurately calculates the dosage and chooses the right kind of medication.