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Name: Layne [ Original Post ] Our niehgbors have a straycat they are feeding that has worms.well thy keep cat food outside and our cat keeps going over to eat ot of its dish. well we now have the worms. i went to the vet and picked up treatment for the cat. my question is wht do I need to do inthe house to make sure we dont get infected. I have washed the bedding. Are the pillows ok or do I need to wash them and what about that matress? please help. ↓

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Name: page_e | Date: Nov 28th, 2006 9:25 PM

Just make sure you worm and fla your cat. are you friendly with your niehgbors? can you get them to go to the vets? or at lest get them to treat their cat? ↑

Name: atomic snowflake | Date: Nov 28th, 2006 9:49 PM

Worms are spread by contact with contaminated poo. As long as you're careful with handwashing andkeeping the kitchen benches clean (which I'm sure you do anyway *LOL*), then you will be fine. There's no need to be worrying about all surfaces, carpets, bedding etc. ↑

Name: Layne | Date: Nov 29th, 2006 2:05 AM

Oh I thought I had to do bedding. oops guess I did a bit of unecessary cleaning today. Oh well needed to be done anyway. Thanks A.S. ↑

Name: Layne | Date: Nov 29th, 2006 2:06 AM

oh all have been wormed and fleaed too. ↑

Name: atomic snowflake | Date: Nov 29th, 2006 12:11 PM

Yeah, that's okay. When I got the kitten he was full of fleas so I've had to sort out the problem as well. It's best to worm cats every three months. You can buy drops that go on the back of their neck instead of making them take a worming tablet :-) Makes life a lot easier :-) ↑

Name: Layne | Date: Nov 30th, 2006 4:12 AM

Ok now another question are the fleas and worms connected some how. I notice you say to deworm and flea? also A.S. when you said you put the med on the back of the cats neck are you talking about frountline? we did get that at the vet and treated the dog too. ↑

Name: atomic snowflake | Date: Nov 30th, 2006 11:06 AM

Yeah, Frontline is the one! The vet did tell me that there is one type of worm that can be transmitted by fleas - I can't remember which one it is though. I was quite surprised to hear that - he said that it was important to deworm and deflea regularly. Nasty, naughty parasites *LOL* ↑

Name: lindalu | Date: Nov 30th, 2006 4:00 PM

Atomic the worm is a Tapeworm. ↑

Name: atomic snowflake | Date: Nov 30th, 2006 8:14 PM

Is that it? YUCK :-( ↑