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We got two kittens for Christmas, a boy (Pluto) and a girl (Nagini) from the same litter. They were born 11/1, so are about 9 weeks old.
I just pulled the second tiny rice-like bit off the hair near Pluto's bottom. (The other was yesterday but I didn't think much of it.) I hopped online to do some quick research about worms and it certainly looks to me as though he must have tapeworms. I know that they have not had any shots yet, or been to the vet, as we got them from a woman who took in a pregnant stray.
Obviously they need to be treated, but my question is this: They have their first vet appointment (initial exam and first shots) already made for this coming Friday afternoon. Is it safe to wait till then for treatment? Nagini doesn't seem to be affected, though considering the way that they snuggle and love and clean one another, she probably is, and both seem otherwise healthy - sleeping, playing, eating like horses. Provided we take precautions like handwashing and so forth, is it okay if they don't get diagnosed and treated for another 5 days?
Also, if it is safe for them to wait till Friday, should I bring stool samples with me or will the vet be able to tell from looking/my description? How fresh does a stool sample have to be? If it can be a few days old, it will be easy to get one from each and know which is which, but if it has to be really fresh I don't know for sure that I would be able to do that.
I would ask the vet we've chosen but they're not open on Sundays. There is an emergency vet we could go to if we had to.
I just pulled the second tiny rice-like bit off the hair near Pluto's bottom. (The other was yesterday but I didn't think much of it.) I hopped online to do some quick research about worms and it certainly looks to me as though he must have tapeworms. I know that they have not had any shots yet, or been to the vet, as we got them from a woman who took in a pregnant stray.
Obviously they need to be treated, but my question is this: They have their first vet appointment (initial exam and first shots) already made for this coming Friday afternoon. Is it safe to wait till then for treatment? Nagini doesn't seem to be affected, though considering the way that they snuggle and love and clean one another, she probably is, and both seem otherwise healthy - sleeping, playing, eating like horses. Provided we take precautions like handwashing and so forth, is it okay if they don't get diagnosed and treated for another 5 days?
Also, if it is safe for them to wait till Friday, should I bring stool samples with me or will the vet be able to tell from looking/my description? How fresh does a stool sample have to be? If it can be a few days old, it will be easy to get one from each and know which is which, but if it has to be really fresh I don't know for sure that I would be able to do that.
I would ask the vet we've chosen but they're not open on Sundays. There is an emergency vet we could go to if we had to.