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I have two kittens, both under 1 year old. One of the kittens came home with worms last year (even after 2 de-wormings at the shelter he came from) , so he was de-wormed again, twice.
Then I still had some issues with diahrreah several weeks later so I gave them another dose of de-wormer. Every time the de-wormer was given by the vet and was Pyrantel. Never over-counter.
The last time I de-wormed them was around Christmas time.
Since then, I haven't seen any issues and both kittens poop hardened up and they've ben eating and pooping normally for at least 2 months now.
Came home today from work and my youngest kitten puked on the floor, and the puke was clear/pinkish liquid with lots of adult live roundworms moving around and squirming in it. Totally disgusting.
Also this kitten has puked a couple times in the past 2 months when he ate something he shouldn't have (rubber balloon, hair tie, etc) and I never saw any indications of worm re-infection in his puke until today.
I was SUPER-diligent about cleaning the litterbox back when they got worms before, and especially so after each de-worming.
They do not go outside and the only other cats they came in contact with were extremely brief nose-touches, no butt licking or getting in their litterbox etc.
Just wondering how an indoor cat with no exposure to any other cats would have gotten re-infected again 2 months later?
Then I still had some issues with diahrreah several weeks later so I gave them another dose of de-wormer. Every time the de-wormer was given by the vet and was Pyrantel. Never over-counter.
The last time I de-wormed them was around Christmas time.
Since then, I haven't seen any issues and both kittens poop hardened up and they've ben eating and pooping normally for at least 2 months now.
Came home today from work and my youngest kitten puked on the floor, and the puke was clear/pinkish liquid with lots of adult live roundworms moving around and squirming in it. Totally disgusting.
Also this kitten has puked a couple times in the past 2 months when he ate something he shouldn't have (rubber balloon, hair tie, etc) and I never saw any indications of worm re-infection in his puke until today.
I was SUPER-diligent about cleaning the litterbox back when they got worms before, and especially so after each de-worming.
They do not go outside and the only other cats they came in contact with were extremely brief nose-touches, no butt licking or getting in their litterbox etc.
Just wondering how an indoor cat with no exposure to any other cats would have gotten re-infected again 2 months later?