Today we took Chewie on his first vet visit. As soon as the door to the room closed the vet had a thermometer in him and was telling us he had tapeworms. It caught us both by surprise. Once she pulled the thermometer out, she showed us this little white thing and said he should go on medicine and started talking about all sorts of things. I dunno, it just took us by surprise, because he does not have a single symptom. We clean his letterbox regularly, and we haven't seen anything. He hasn't lost any weight, in fact he's gained about 2.5 lbs since we've had him. And he hasn't had fleas. The vet said that it had probably been there before we got him, but still... Then we were told we shouldn't hold him too much, or let him sleep on the bed. He doesn't normally, but occasionally he'll sleep at the foot of the bed. I just am not 100% sure what I should be doing. We couldn't afford to get the treatment today, and I'm just not totally sure what to do. I also kind of feel like it's my fault, like I should have known before hand.