FAQ

Yes, cleaning your home is essential if your cat has tapeworms to help eliminate fleas, the primary source of reinfection.

Yes, you can cuddle your cat if she has tapeworms, but maintain good hygiene since transmission to humans requires ingestion of an infected flea, not direct contact.

Yes, cleaning your house is important to eliminate fleas and prevent re-infection when your cat has tapeworms.

Yes, you can cuddle your cat with tapeworms, as tapeworms are not spread through casual contact and require ingestion of an intermediate host like fleas.

Yes, cleaning your house is important to eliminate fleas and prevent reinfection, as fleas are a primary source of tapeworms in cats.

Indoor cats can get tapeworms by eating infected rodents or consuming raw meat, both of which are sources of tapeworm species like Taenia or Echinococcus.

Tapeworms in cats are treated using anti-parasitic medications like praziquantel, often in a single dose, combined with strict flea and rodent control to prevent reinfection.

You may notice small white, rice-like segments in your cat's feces, near the anus, or on bedding—these are shed proglottids from tapeworms.

Tapeworms in cats are not directly contagious to humans, but humans can rarely become infected by accidentally ingesting infected fleas.

Tapeworms are flat, segmented intestinal parasites that infect cats and absorb nutrients from their host. They often appear as small, white, rice-like segments in a cat's feces or around the anal area.