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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That's a tricky question....
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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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I don't know that I could tell you how long one worm on its own would last....
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That's actually kind of an interesting question....
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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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The most common way in cats is from ingestion of fleas....
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I do believe so....
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Yes and no. It depends on what eye issue we're looking at....
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If you suspect there's an eye issue, have it seen. Make sure of what you're dealing with....
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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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Worms are fairly common. Tapeworms are the most common worms we see in cats....
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There again, it depends on what you're looking for. I hate to be vague, but it's true....
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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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We use medications that help reduce the magnitude of parasites with reasonable confidence....
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That's a tough question. Yes and no....
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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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Cats can get intestinal parasites, and they can be transmitted in utero....
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We can, with reasonable confidence, prevent most parasites....