Cat worming

[kylesmybaby]

Can you please recommend a good cat wormer that can be out on the back of the neck. Think it will be easier than the tablet. Thank you

advocate is an all in one wormer/ flea treatment in spot on form, for tablets milbemax is good what i do for tablets is sit the cat on my lap facing away from me, raise the head so the throat is straight, open mouth with one hand and pop tablet in with other hand then gently keep the cats mouth closed till it swallows, if the cat licks its lips it has definitely swallowed the tablet

Advocate only does round worm. Profender does round and tapeworm, but not fleas. Broadline does roundworm, tapeworm, fleas and ticks.??

I use Profender and then Frontline for fleas.

I use Profender and Advocate as my vet doesn't stock Broadline unfortunately.

Thank you. Im really happy with advantage for fleas. So just want one for worms.

Can you please recommend one that I can buy online without a prescription. Advocate looks great as I can use the flea treatment but I think I need the presciotion for that. Also would like a spot on type. Thanks

There isn't a spot on worm treatment that you can buy without prescription. The best non- prescription cat wormer is drontal, but it is a tablet.

I'll confess to always using the vet for meds myself. They price things pretty reasonably all told and I have just a feeling that buying meds with them impacts back on other charges. (We live in a very mixed income area and they're extremely sensitive to costs.) Being a regular client certainly seems to smooth things in terms of slipping Seniorboy into the appointment schedule at short notice if nothing else.

I just like to know that I've bought something that's in-date and works (they're ultra careful about stock rotation at my own practice) and while a pill may seem cheaper in the short term, it can turn out to be an expensive addition to the skirting board when he spits it out. (Or most of it - you're never quite sure if some of the contents have gone into the system if there's been any sort of mouthing of it.) Seniorboy is pill-phobic - can see one coming at 50 paces - so a spot on is pretty well essential in our household.

That's only us though - I'm sure that there are cats around who will take a pill happily enough, it's just that I've never had one. Dogs are so much easier!

i am known as the wormer queen at the rescue centre in nine years i havent met a cat thats beaten me to getting a tablet down their throat, one cat though hes the record holder so far six times the tablet went down and came back out before he finally gave in and swallowed it lol