My cat goes outdoors daily, and usually returns with a crusty white thing attached to the fur in the thigh region. He is a bit thinner than any neutered cat I've seen before, thought maybe because he's so active. Today I pulled a live tapeworm off of him. It was moist and squirming, but again, not near the anus. He has no fleas or other visible parasites. He eats mice and only God knows what else outside. Could he just have come into contact with a live parasite and would it just be a wasted vet trip? Or should he get checked out? I'm just at a loss because they aren't in his stool, nor are they around the anus, just caught in the fur on his backside.
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My cats that hunted mice would get tapeworms. I would find the segments anywhere on the backend, not necessarily near the anus. The do move around. And they are so creepy. When they dry up while they are attached to the cats fur they look like grains of white rice. They ingest the tapeworm eggs from the mice they catch. Cats can also get tapeworms from fleas. So, yes a trip to the Vet would probably be a wonderful idea. I am sure kitty would thank you.
I should have mentioned, that if you are seeing tapeworm segments, your cat has a lot of tapeworms. The 1st time I took my cat in to be wormed, she had over a dozen 12 to 15 inch worms.
Yes, the worms are coming from your cat. They can move on their own. They are attempting to infect another host.
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