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Hello! My newest kitty, Luna just had her first vet visit a little over three weeks ago on June 3. By that time I had had her for a week and I noticed a few tapeworm segments coming out of her anus. She received a dewormer at her vet visit and all seemed fine since then, until a couple of days ago when I noticed one regular segment and few of the smaller dried segments both on my bed and on her behind. She's also been battling quite a bit of fleas. I'd been combing her everyday, pulling out at least 20-30 every other day or so. I finally was able to give her capstar yesterday and it managed to get the last of them. I combed through and got out about 50, mostly dead. I also noticed a decent decline in flea dirt, probably mostly due to my daily combing.
My main question is how effective should the dewormer have been?
Would it completely kill the tapeworm and she'd just pass it in her feces? Or does it not completely eradicate the egg segments and therefore as long as she still has fleas, it'd be hard to fully break the lifecycle?
I'm hoping that if there's success with getting the last of the fleas (both on her and with the constant cleaning around the house), that could take care of it all. Or would another dewormer need to be given if I start seeing more and more segments?
Thanks for any help you all can give me!
My main question is how effective should the dewormer have been?
Would it completely kill the tapeworm and she'd just pass it in her feces? Or does it not completely eradicate the egg segments and therefore as long as she still has fleas, it'd be hard to fully break the lifecycle?
I'm hoping that if there's success with getting the last of the fleas (both on her and with the constant cleaning around the house), that could take care of it all. Or would another dewormer need to be given if I start seeing more and more segments?
Thanks for any help you all can give me!