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| 399.1 | See your Vet!!! | DONJON::SCHREINER | danger zone | Thu Nov 20 1986 16:17 | 10 |
| Your best bet for worming pills is to see your vet. He can prescribe
the correct doseage for your cats. You must know the weight of
the cat, that is how they figure out doseage.
It might also be a good idea to bring in a "sample" so the vet can
determine exactly what type of worms they have.
purrs
cin
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| 399.2 | do the right thing | VAXWRK::DUDLEY | | Thu Nov 20 1986 16:35 | 6 |
| I'd like to strongly reinforce .1. It's been iterated in
this file many times and no doubt your vet will agree.
I haven't seen a cat care book/publication yet that advices
de-worming with over-the-counter medication.
Donna
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| 399.3 | Ask the Vet | PUZZLE::CORDESJA | | Thu Nov 20 1986 17:03 | 7 |
| I would like to second (or third?) that motion. There are so many
different types of worms, why medicate for all of them if it's not
necessary? The safest way to handle this is to take the vet a stool
sample and have him analyze it and prescribe something.
Jo Ann
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| 399.4 | Let the vet do it | VAXWRK::SKALTSIS | Deb | Thu Nov 20 1986 17:45 | 10 |
| I forth the idea of asking the vet. In fact, you may want to let
the vet do the dewormin for you as I just did with my new cat Alex.
(The vet charged me $6 for the fecal sample exam, and told me to
bring the cat in the next morning after fasting her. When I picked
her up that evening, there was no extra charge for the hospitalization
or the pills that I need to give her in 10 days. And incidently,
those pills from the vet are tiny)
Deb
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| 399.5 | Always a Vet | INK::KALLIS | Support Hallowe'en | Thu Nov 20 1986 19:51 | 14 |
| I "fifth" the idea. I will add that when I was young it was
fashionable to have (human) children's tonsils and adeniods removed,
whether they were diseased or healthy.
It is still fashionable to "worm" animals in some quarters. Make
certain that they need to be wormed; if they do, _use a vet_!
In addition to other problems, some "worm medicines" (which are
actually mild poisons) change potency over time, so even if the
over-the-counter medicines show weight dosages, you can't be sure
they're fresh.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 399.6 | Vet your vet | USHS01::MCALLISTER | TARDIS Sales and Service Co. | Fri Nov 21 1986 11:14 | 6 |
| Add my vote for the vet. One type of horror story vets like to
tell concerns the type of pills given for tapeworms. It's is some
sort of acidic compound and if it doesn't get all the way down the
throat, it can cause very serious damage.
Dave
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