We have excellent medications these days. Like I said, if your cat's an outdoor cat, we're going to want them on medication once a month....
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Intestinal parasites are commonly known as worms....
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This is a very important question. The answer is yes, although it isn't common in America....
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There are some that can spread to people....
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Hypertension, kidney disease, thyroid disease, and diabetes can all be related....
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Yes. So intestinal parasites can be passed on to people. Immediately my mind goes to ... Okay, say an animal, a cat, in this case, has roundworms....
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Definitely one of the biggest ways would be to give flea and tick preventatives all year round.
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You have to be careful with that. You don't want to grab things out of your cabinet, even if the issue is similar to an old problem....
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Intestinal parasites are anything that is living in the intestines of your cats or other animals that are not supposed to be there....
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There can be many different signs. Normally, there will be loose stool, potential vomiting or not eating very well....
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Yeah, they can. It's tough because where are they going to get it?...
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The most common types of parasites - roundworms and hookworms - are pretty ubiquitous in the environment. You can find them almost anywhere....
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Most of them can. Having a cat on an effective flea prevention, will work against the tapeworm burden that they can have....
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It’s not likely that your indoor cat will pick them up, but we have found cats that have lived in households for up to two years, and they bring in...
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Not commonly. There can certainly be reactions to something you put on your cat....
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There's a lot of genetic influence in the typical allergies we see. It's just something that's passed down, from cat to cat....
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We can, with reasonable confidence, prevent most parasites....
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They can because fleas get in the house. They can potentially get tapeworms from getting fleas....
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Many times it's from either ingesting fleas that have the tapeworm eggs, or from being in a litter box that has otherwise been contaminated by a ca...
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I'm almost scared to say yes. But with domestic cats and the most common parasites that we see, yeah. I'm going to say yes....