The biggest thing that you can do is to have all animals in your home on effective flea prevention, making sure they're on that year-round, even du...
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Tapeworm is transmitted by fleas and flea dirt and flea eggs, so we want to keep fleas 100% under control, and therefore your cat will not pick up ...
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Typically, vision testing in cats involves watching them manipulate and move about, holding their heads still and gently bringing a hand up to thei...
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Unfortunately, yeah. Roundworms and hookworms are what we call zoonotic, meaning that they are passable to humans....
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The most common way in cats is from ingestion of fleas....
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I don't know that I could tell you how long one worm on its own would last....
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Proper preventative measures. Again, if you introduce a new cat into the house, have that checked and de-wormed properly....
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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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Fleas and ticks will most certainly not resolve on their own....
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That's a tricky question because I'd usually say that you shouldn't depend on that, don't wait, hoping that will happen....
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Worms are fairly common. Tapeworms are the most common worms we see in cats....
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The best thing to do to prevent tapeworm is to prevent fleas....
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They can be sometimes....
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X-rays... Broken bones, intestinal obstructions, bladder stones, things like that. Those are what I think... Dentistry....
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There are different medications that you can use as prevention, but there are also medications that we use to treat them.
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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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Cats don't always read books; they are good at adjusting to things and hiding things....
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Fleas transmit tapeworms in cats. The cat has to ingest the fleas, so you don't have to have a severe infestation of fleas to have a problem....
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They can definitely become uncomfortable. Some of them do have GI upset accompanied by nausea and diarrhea among other symptoms....