But some new parents will ask: My cat never goes out, does it need to be dewormed?
I want to say no!
Cats don’t go out, but we have to go out every day. The eggs may be brought home by us inadvertently, so it is very important to deworm the cat owner regularly. necessary!
Since some intestinal parasites (such as roundworms) are eaten or transmitted by other organisms (such as fleas, mosquitoes, etc.),
kittens in the same litter love each other licking, so kittens must be dewormed regularly.
Adult cats use scent as a guide to socialize, meet friends, and
It is inevitable to touch the secretions or excrement left by other cats on the grass with their tongues, which will infect parasites worms, so adult cats should also be dewormed regularly.
Common endoparasites include: roundworms, tapeworms, coccidia, hookworms, trichomoniasis, giardia, scorchworms and heartworms Wait.
External parasites mainly include: Demodex mites, scabies mites, ear itching mites, fleas and lice.
How do we deworm cats?
Internal deworming:
Oral, usually once every 2-3 months. If you often feed cats with raw meat, it is recommended to feed them once a month.
Recommended:
Hiller, Bayer
In vitro deworming:
Drop the medicine on the skin, usually once a month.
Recommended:
Flein
Internal and external deworming :
Most of them are mainly drops, which can be dropped on the skin, usually once a month.
Recommended:
Big Love
Continue Here is a summary of some of the most commonly used anthelmintics on the market.
1. Flein Drops (>8 weeks)
Main ingredients: Fepreronil/Methoprene.
How to use: Apply to the back of the neck.
Safety concerns: Feprelonil is controversial.
(Fipronil, also known as fipronil, is a kind of pesticide. Although it can effectively expel ectoparasites,
But some research experiments have confirmed that fipronil will cause the , the ecological environment is harmful, and it is also a carcinogen. my country has banned the use of fipronil in agriculture. But long-term use still poses a great safety hazard to cats.)
Price: 186r/3pcs, after volume: 101r/3pcs.
2. Love Walker (>9 weeks)
Main ingredients: Cacloprid/Mo Pucktin.
How to use: Apply to the skin on the back of the neck (repel Demodex).
Security hazard: the main harm is less and the most expensive on the market.
Price: Weight 4kg: 308r/3pcs, after coupon: 119r/3pcs; weight 4-8kg: 368r/3pcs, after coupon: 139r/3pcs.
3. Helena (>6 weeks)
Main ingredients: milbe oxime quinone.
How to use: Oral.
(In the official manual, although it is not clearly stated that Hailemiao can kill ear mites and scabies mites,
Milbe oxime is a broad-spectrum anti-parasitic macrolide. Insects have a good repellent effect on internal and external parasites, and are also a good medicine to kill ear mites and scabies.
So if your master is being tortured by ear mites, Haile Miao is a good cost-effective choice)
Price: Weight 2-8kg: 58.8r/capsule, after coupons: 28.8r/capsules; within 2kg of kittens: 50r/capsules, after coupons: 19.9r/capsules .
4. BRAIN (>7 weeks)
Main ingredients: acetaminophen Bacteriocin / quinone / fipronil / methoprene.
How to use: Apply to the back of the neck (repels ticks and tapeworms).
Safety Hazards: Toxicity similar to or greater than that of Fluorine.
Price: Weight 2.5kg: 228r/3, after coupon: 158r/3; weight 2.5-7.5kg: 320r/3, after coupon: 200r/3.
5. Bayer Chongqing (>3 weeks and weight 1kg)
Main ingredients: pyrantel pamoate/quinone.
How to use: Take orally, one tablet per 4kg. (Treatment of nematode and tapeworm infection, it can effectively kill tapeworms, roundworms and hookworms in the body)
Hazardous safety: lactating female cats can be used, but pregnant female cats cannot.
Deworming time: kittens are 3 weeks old and weigh more than 1kg, once every 2 weeks until 2-3 weeks after weaning; once every 3 months for adult cats.
Price: 86r/2 capsules, after coupon: 52r/2 capsules.
6. Big pet (>6 weeks)
The big pet cat version is divided into:
1. Each tube contains 0.25ml, selamectin 15mg is recommended for the pink box version of <=2.5KG kittens;
2. Each tube contains 0.75ml, Selamectin 45mg is recommended as a blue box version for 2.6-7.5KG adult cats.
The two versions only have different contents, and the ingredients are the same. It is not recommended to buy a blue box for kittens and reuse them, because the deworming medicine will lose its efficacy soon after it is opened.
Main ingredients: selamectin.
How to use: Apply to the back of the neck. (Wide range of deworming: seven kinds of parasites + expelling ear mites and scabies mites)
Hazardous safety: Big pet is very gentle, with less than 1% of adverse reactions
Deworming time : The frequency of use is once a month for 28 days, and the effect will not be affected by taking a bath after using it for 2 hours.
Price: Adult cat: 298r/3, after coupon: 158r/3; kitten: 198r/3, after coupon: 98r/3.
7, Buddy Bow Lejing D800
Main ingredients: sulfonamide Dimethylpyrimidine.
How to use: Oral. For dogs and cats, take 1 tablet every 8KG, and take half a tablet below 4KG. (Treatment and Prevention of Toxoplasma and Coccidia)
Hazardous Safety: Use with caution in dogs and cats with renal insufficiency.
Deworming time: once a day for 3-5 days for treatment, 2 days for prevention, and once every 3 months for prevention.
Price: 35r/4 capsules, after coupon: 18-19.9r/4 capsules.
8. Remy High One Clear (>3 months)
Main ingredients: Albendazole.
How to use: Oral, take 1/2 tablet for body weight <5kg; 1 tablet for 5kg; 2 tablets for 10kg, and so on. (Used for killing nematodes, tapeworms, flukes, etc.)
Hazardous safety: female cats are not available for the first 45 days of pregnancy.
Deworming time: Dogs and cats take it for the first time when they are 3 months old, and then take it once a month.
Price: 15.8r/4 pieces, after coupon: 7r/4 pieces.
About deworming, what else should owners pay attention to?
1. Routine kittens should be dewormed for the first time in 50 days and vaccinated for the first time in 60 days. For the first deworming, it is recommended to deworm them internally rather than externally, or the same way both inside and out. drive.
2. After the first deworming, do an external drive every month and an internal drive every three months.
3. It is best to carry out the internal and external deworming at an interval of one week, with a minimum interval of 3-5 days in the middle, and it is generally used in the next month to ensure that there is deworming every month.
4. The newly purchased cat needs to be kept for 3-5 days before the first deworming.
5. Generally, within one week before and after vaccination, do not use deworming drugs to avoid adverse reactions.
The cat itself is a clean lover, and the surrounding environment should not be dirty. The dark and dirty environment is a breeding ground for parasites.
So cleaning, basking in the sun, the area that cats like to stay in is the area where the focus is on cleaning.
In addition to cleaning sofas and corners, it is also necessary to regularly disinfect cat supplies such as cat litter
, cat climbing frame, cat litter box, cat scratching board, cat bowl and so on.
Cleaning the litter box:
Shoveling the litter box once a day in the morning and evening, and don’t forget to clean the litter box For the cat litter scattered on the ground, thoroughly clean the cat litter box once a week, discard the old cat litter and replace it with new cat litter.
Cleaning the cat litter:
First remove the cat fur by hand But, remove the parasites, use a vacuum cleaner to suck out mites and even fleas and eggs, add some white vinegar to wash the cat litter, and put it in the sun to dry.
In addition, everyone is particularly concerned about the issue of checking the authenticity of deworming drugs.
In fact, veterinary drugs all require batch numbers.
For example: on the back of the adult cat pet box, you can see the [Imported Veterinary Drug Registration Certificate Number] (2019) Foreign Veterinary Drug Certificate No. 15, which is the batch number.
Checking the authenticity of veterinary drugs is actually very simple, you only need to download an APP: National Veterinary Drug Comprehensive Inquiry.
Before you decide to buy or not, at least know the batch number and check it out, which can help you avoid many pitfalls.
And this operation is also very simple, open the veterinary drug information network, enter the product batch number provided by the merchant, and that’s it.
We also remind parents not to give cats anthelmintics for human use, because anthelmintics are toxic and should be weighed according to body weight. eat.
It is not easy to control the dosage of medicine used by people, it is best to follow the doctor’s advice to give them.
