My cat missed tapeworm meds. Can I give a second dose later?

Hello and welcome to Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. As long as the worming tablet was in for about 30min then you don't need to give a second tablet. However a 2nd tablet, as long as it is one designed for cats, won't cause a problem. They have very high safety margins. Best of luck with your kittens!

No, it's not too early to give Twinkie another dose; however pyrantel pamoate does not kill tapeworms. Praziquantel does, and that available by prescription from your vet. Unfortunately it's illegal for use to prescribe any drugs or give dosage instructions without seeing the cat in person. You will need to take her to a vet to get praziquantel, and they can give you the dose and schedule. Best of luck.

Hello, thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. Cats should be treated with an initial dose (based on the label instructions) and then again after 3 weeks. DO NOT give multiple doses in a day. Cats get tapeworms by ingested fleas that are infected with the tapeworm larvae so be sure to get the fleas under control.

You can re-dose him. It is a very safe medication. But, if you didn't see any trace of the pill in the vomit I would suspect he kept it down. It would have been better to give it a few days after his anethesia. The anesthesia along with the medicine probably upset his stomach. For future reference, any time you give an oral pill to a cat it is best to "chase" the pill with a small amount of water to ensure swallowing. Hope this helps!

Poor Timmy! If he also vomited up the tablet, you will have to give him an additional deworming treatment. I would wait until tomorrow to give him another one, and give it to him with some food, such as boiled white meat chicken (no bones or skin). Tapeworms can travel into the cat's stomach, which is why you would have seen him vomit one. It sounds like he has a heavy burden of worms. He will likely need another treatment with the deworming tablet three weeks after first deworming treatment (the ones that stays down and isn't vomited up) to kill all the worms. I hope this helps.

Unless your vet gave you specific instructions, the dewormers are different medications and do not interact, so they can be given at the same time. The only reason to separate the dewormers would be if there is a large worm infestation and the deworming is likely to cause diarrhea. To be on the safe side, you could wait 2 days after the roundworm medication to give the tapeworm medication. I have included links below to the most common roundworm and tapeworm dewormers. http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&S=0&C=0&A=1862 http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&S=0&C=0&A=531 Good luck! I hope that was helpful. Thanks for using PetCoach.

Arya will have to eat the full dose in order to kill the tapeworms. Tapeworms can be a little more difficult to detect than other types of parasites unless you actually see them in the stool or around the rectum. You will need to repeat the medication and make sure that it is labeled for the Dipylidium species since it’s the most common in cats. You may also call your veterinarian as they will carry medications to kill that particular species. Most of the time cats will be dewormed once and then repeated 2 to 4 weeks later to make sure there are no parasites left. You may consider having her stool checked for the eggs but this may not always reveal an infestation. I hope this helps.