My cat has diarrhea and worms. How to treat a feral cat at home?

Sounds like the first thing I would do is try and deworm all these kitties, as this could very well be the reason for their diarrhea / general GI issues. There are many different oral dewormer products, some of which are pills while others are liquids. If you can't touch them but you are confident that you can feed each one individually (without another cat snagging food), you can sneak Drontal tablets into each of the cat's daily feeding in some wet food. The dose may be slightly different depending on weight - the product is over the counter with the doses written on the back of the bottle. Unfortunately, if this is the not the case and you can't be sure who is getting what, there really is no safe / fool proof way to treat this sort of thing. There are liquid products but you won't be sure if they got it all, or if they will take it at all because of the taste of the product. My suggestion would be to put out humane traps, catch them one by one, and deworm them this way. This would also give you the opportunity to get them to a low - cost spay / neuter facility to be fixed if that is an option. Hope this makes sense.

How lovely of you to rescue Carmen from the streets! I would suspect that it is likely she has worms given she was a stray, and I would see if your local pet store has deworming medications such as Panacur. That is very effective in treated worms, and you will need to treat the kittens for worms as well. If Carmen has them, her kittens will have them as well. It is safe to treat them for worms at six weeks of age. I would still keep the vet appointment for her as she will need a thorough check up even if you find deworming medications in the pet store. She could have tapeworms, which cannot be treated with medications you find OTC. That's because tapeworms require praziquantel to treat, and that's a prescription medication. In addition, you can feed her a bland diet to see if that helps with her diarrhea. Give her a bland diet of boiled white meat chicken (no bones) in small amounts several times a day for a couple of days. Then slowly add back in her normal diet. Good luck, I hope this helps and happy new year!

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! There are different dewormers and which one is used depends on which worm is affecting the patient. I recommend that you have Dusty evaluated by your veterinarian for further assessment and treatment. They may choose to check for parasites and to start medications for diarrhea depending on the results. Good luck! Hoping for a speedy recovery!

I would call off to take Lydia. There are other causes to diarrhea including GI illness, eating something rotten, or a foreign body to name a few, so you can't be sure if her diarrhea is caused by worms or not unless she sees the vet. In addition, diarrhea can cause dehydration and a cat should always see a vet when they have had diarrhea for longer than 24 hours. I would keep the Thursday appointment. I hope this helps!

Given that he has been on the streets, he likely has intestinal worms, and will need a deworming treatment. I would have him seen by a vet first thing tomorrow for a physical exam, blood tests, and urinalysis. It may also be advisable to test him for FIV and FeLV since he's been out on the streets. The vaccines he needs includes FVRCP and rabies. He will also need flea treatments and heartworm treatment, and he should be tested for heartworms before getting the heartworm treatment.

There are many different products for flea and worm treatment, but many have the same ingredients and work just as well as the others; so there's really no superior product amongst them. However, some stores will sell homeopathic products, or products labeled as natural, that are either not effective or far less effective than the medicated products. For this reason, I recommend only getting a product that is recommended by a veterinarian. For more information about treating fleas, please read the short article at the link below: https://www.petcoach.co/article/5-tips-to-get-rid-of-fleas/ When it comes to deworming, it actually depends on the type of worms that you are treating. In order to know this, Toby will have to be tested for worms at a veterinary clinic. Considering one of your cats has long-standing diarrhea, I recommend a visit to your veterinarian sometime soon. Long-term diarrhea is more concerning of an infection, or primary condition of the intestines like IBD. Worms are not a common cause of long-term diarrhea. For more information about worms, please see the link below: https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/internal-parasites-in-cats I hope that helps and Toby gets better soon.

There is a chance that you may be able to determine the type of worm that Sierra has and then treat with appropriate over the counter dewormers. A small, moving piece sounds most like a tapeworm segment, which typically resembles a grain of rice. These worms can be treated with praziquantel ( http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=35698 ) with 2 doses, 3 weeks apart. Other common parasites include roundworms, which resemble spaghetti, and hookworms, which are slightly flatter than spaghetti but can be similar in appearance. Both roundworms and hookworms can be treated with pyrantel pamoate ( http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=1430 ). With any deworming medication, be sure that you are dosing for Sierra's current body weight. If you are truly unsure about the type of worm present, it may be best to take a stool sample to Sierra's vet for a more conclusive diagnosis. I hope that all goes well!