They can be sometimes....
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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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They can last for quite some time, especially if they go undetected and they're not treated.
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The best thing you can do is to clean the litter boxes at least once a day to lessen the fecal exposure of other cats....
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Make sure that you are regularly checking your cat's stool and that you don't see any signs of loose stool or worms, because cats sharing a litter ...
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Cats don't always read books; they are good at adjusting to things and hiding things....
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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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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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Definitely one of the biggest ways would be to give flea and tick preventatives all year round.
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Many times they can be. Roundworms and hookworms look like long pieces of spaghetti, for a lack of better description....
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So there's no true prevention....
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It depends on your cat and how tolerable it is....
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When it comes to the tools we use - X-ray and ultrasound - it’s a matter of hoping that the cat is cooperative enough with you to lay still....
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You will not have any signs for quite a long time....
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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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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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Yes, we do see that in cats. I will say that the overwhelming majority of itchiness in cats is related to an underlying organic skin condition....
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They can because fleas get in the house. They can potentially get tapeworms from getting fleas....
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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....