Dewormer For Cats: Which Is The Most Effective?

There deworming East essestial for the good health of the cat and it must begin when the kitten is only 21 days old. It is of course necessary to use a product perfectly adapted to the animal, and the best and to speak about it to the veterinarian because one does not buy a dewormer blindly. Let’s see what are the different forms of dewormer for cats and what are the criteria for choice.

Deworming your cat: frequency of treatment

A cat’s digestive tract is exposed daily to risk of infestation with intestinal parasites. Deworming your little feline is therefore essential for the animal but also for the humans who live around it because it can transmit its worms to them. Deworming a cat is therefore a public health issue and the recommended frequency is 2 to 4 times a year.

For example, a cat that spends a lot of time outdoors should be treated once every three months. But even if he never puts his muzzle out, a cat must also benefit from this antiparasitic treatment. It is essential to take care of this because intestinal worms cause various disorders and their health consequences cats and humans (especially children) can be serious.

Choosing a dewormer for cats: selection criteria

There are different kinds of dewormers, some are particularly well suited to kittens, others to pregnant or lactating cats. Only the veterinarian knows which product is best to administer to his little patient. All dewormers sold in France are effective. But deworming involves the purchase of a product perfectly adapted to the animal. To choose the right one, you have to take precautions.

The criteria to consider before buying a dewormer are the following:

• The age of the cat,
• Its weight because the dosage is often dependent on this criterion,
• His lifestyle,
• His state of health, knowing that we treat differently against worms a kitten, an adult cat, an elderly cat, a nursing or pregnant cat, a sick cat,
• The type of worms to eliminate since they can be roundworms or flatworms,
• The importance of intestinal parasite infestation.

A consultation with the veterinarian is recommended so that the master can be advised. Thus his cat will be able to benefit from the most effective dewormer for him.

Treating intestinal parasites in cats: choosing the best dewormer

Dewormer for kittens and cats comes in different forms, the most common of which are:

• THE deworming tablet for internal use, which can be concealed in the cat’s food,
• THE pipette dewormer for external use only,
• THE dewormer in oral solution for internal use, to be given as is or to be integrated into the diet.

Many masters prefer to opt for the one in a pipette rather than in a tablet because the latter is not easy for a cat to swallow, even if it is scored or even if it has a meat taste, a common solution that tends to make it easier to take the treatment. Faced with a recalcitrant kitty, you can of course hide a deworming tablet in its food, but some cats perfectly thwart this type of subterfuge…

It may therefore be preferable to use a deworming pipette which is applied to the neck of the kitty and then penetrates well into the skin. Deposited there, the product cannot be licked off by the cat when it is grooming itself.

As for the formula in oral solution, it seems that cats, and especially kittens, appreciate it. Its administration is simple since it is enough to deposit a few drops of product with the syringe in the mouth of the cat or in its food.

Some people only want to use one deworming without chemicals. It exists in all forms, and in this category, the ingredients are 100% natural. These are dewormers based on plant-based ingredients well known for their vermicidal property, among which we find tansy, certain ferns and even the bark of the pomegranate tree.

So there is something to satisfy everyone while of course meeting the main objective: protect and/or treat the cat against intestinal parasites… It is therefore above all the veterinarian who must rely on it so that the little feline can benefit from the most suitable dewormer. The practitioner adapts the treatment case by casetakes into account the lifestyle of the cat (sedentary or rather adventurous), the action of the product (preventive or curative) and the type of worms to be targeted of course.

Finally, in addition to giving the best vermifuge to his cat, the master must not forget to treat his little companion at the same time against fleas because they transmit parasites, especially when the animal swallows fleas while grooming.