I meant to mention to you since you have a good sized herd of cats
that for dewormer, you can buy a bottle of pyrantel pamoate online for cheap. No prescrip needed and it's the same wormer that is used by vets and shelters.
It is banana tasting so no foaming, gagging and dramatics, and lasts a long time, like 2 years.
It's one dose followed by another in 2 weeks, and if desired yet another 2 weeks later again.
It's very, very safe and very effective.
Note it does not contain praziquantel which is needed to treat tapeworm but if that is not needed or a concern then pyrantel is def the affordable way to go.
Take poop samples to vet, they will do a fecal float, if this does not show any parasites, the vet, depending on how familiar he is with you, might go ahead and give you the ponazuril or at least the prescrip for it then you can get it.
It's by far the superior choice for parasites. Fast and effective, somewhat broad spectrum as well.
I'm sorry about Athena, that must have devastated you. I read the thread about what happened, and she clearly had a heart malfunction or more likely a congenital defect since birth.
Anything that caused excitement or stress could have done it, and regardless you would have the guilt, it's what we pet lovers tend to do, beat ourselves up for not being perfect, knowing it all, or predicting the future.
One more thing about the diarrhea, in my cat room where I housed cats and kittens who needed my medical care, I had a small trash can like you would put in a bathroom, small plastic type.
I kept trifectant in it always. and the scooper stayed in the solution, so when I would scoop a box, it was tossed back in the solution, so it was always disinfected before going on to clean another.
Trifectant or accell kill all.
You can do this with a bleach solution too but bleach doesn't remain effective for long at all.
Anyway just a thought, and I suppose when the herd is all healthy then you don't need to worry about that.
But in homes, the more cats you have the greater risk of exposure, and stress levels, which tends to lower immunity a bit.
It is banana tasting so no foaming, gagging and dramatics, and lasts a long time, like 2 years.
It's one dose followed by another in 2 weeks, and if desired yet another 2 weeks later again.
It's very, very safe and very effective.
Note it does not contain praziquantel which is needed to treat tapeworm but if that is not needed or a concern then pyrantel is def the affordable way to go.
Take poop samples to vet, they will do a fecal float, if this does not show any parasites, the vet, depending on how familiar he is with you, might go ahead and give you the ponazuril or at least the prescrip for it then you can get it.
It's by far the superior choice for parasites. Fast and effective, somewhat broad spectrum as well.
I'm sorry about Athena, that must have devastated you. I read the thread about what happened, and she clearly had a heart malfunction or more likely a congenital defect since birth.
Anything that caused excitement or stress could have done it, and regardless you would have the guilt, it's what we pet lovers tend to do, beat ourselves up for not being perfect, knowing it all, or predicting the future.
One more thing about the diarrhea, in my cat room where I housed cats and kittens who needed my medical care, I had a small trash can like you would put in a bathroom, small plastic type.
I kept trifectant in it always. and the scooper stayed in the solution, so when I would scoop a box, it was tossed back in the solution, so it was always disinfected before going on to clean another.
Trifectant or accell kill all.
You can do this with a bleach solution too but bleach doesn't remain effective for long at all.
Anyway just a thought, and I suppose when the herd is all healthy then you don't need to worry about that.
But in homes, the more cats you have the greater risk of exposure, and stress levels, which tends to lower immunity a bit.