Parasites are a type of disease that needs to be strictly prevented for cats and humans themselves. Cats are infected with parasites, which are milder, which produces itchy on the surface of the skin and have small symptoms. If systemic infections are infected, it will cause multiple complications. At the same time, humans are also one of the hosts for parasites. In the news, cats are often infected with parasites and are often infected with people.
There are many species of parasites in cats, common ones include: roundworms, stripworms, hookworms and toxoplasma gondii. Once a cat is infected with these parasites, the cat's fur color will become worse, lose weight, get diarrhea, and have a big stomach. In severe cases, it will vomit out larvae. Of course, some parasite symptoms at the beginning are easily confused with the symptoms of other diseases, and we need to identify them. We can observe and judge from the following two aspects.
Method 1: Check the parasite symptoms
to see if your cat has some common symptoms of worm virus. Such as unhealthy fur, pale gums, lethargy, and reduced appetite. More obvious symptoms include bloody stools, diarrhea, vomiting, bloated abdomen, or licking the anus and rubbing the anus on the floor. Kittens often have hookworms brought from cat mothers. Hookworms are invisible to the naked eye and can only be identified under a microscope. Symptoms of kittens include pale complexion, weight loss and anemia.
Method 2: Check the parasite
1, see if your cat has any noodles-like stuff in its feces or vomit. They may be white or brown. Contrary to their name, these are usually roundworms.
2. Use gloves and tools when checking cat feces. Move the feces and find out if there is anything like millet grains. They may also be like small sesame seeds. This is a tapeworm, which may be stationary or squirm.
3. Check the cat's anus. If there is indeed a tapeworm, a small number of rice-like worms may remain on the hair around the anus.
4. Check your cat's bedding or other sleeping places for parasites. Tapeworms, in particular, will crawl from cat's anus to bedding. Tapeworms and roundworms may be squirming or may have dried up. How to prevent and control
parasites?
First of all, don't let cats go free. There are many dangers for cats go free, such as accidents, infectious diseases, loss, etc. The most common one is probably infection with parasites. Cats can be infected with fleas on the grass, and fleas are the hosts of tapeworms. Through fleas, cats can be infected with tapeworms. Not just tapeworms, cats can also be infected with toxoplasma gondii through soil. Toxoplasma gondii can be transmitted to pregnant women, causing miscarriage to pregnant women.
Secondly, the owner's home environment should be clean, such as not to pile up too much useless debris together to avoid dust from accumulating and becoming a breeding ground for fleas. Remove the carpet to prevent fleas from laying eggs there. Also, furniture should be washed and disinfected frequently; sofas, bed sheets and some fabrics should be washed and disinfected. Don't let go of the walls, prevent ticks.
In addition to these, the prevention of the cat itself is also very important. Cats use topical medications to deworm every three months. The best effect of topical drugs is the most effective, because the drops are penetrating the sebaceous glands through the potion to remove insects throughout the body, and they should be directly dripped on the skin. Droping on the hair is ineffective.