how much does it cost to get your cat treated for tapeworm?

cats get tapeworms from one of two places. either by swallowing a flea or eating some sort of critter (like a rabbit or mouse). If you treat your cat for tapes and either of these two things happen after he has been treated he can easily get reinfected. so it is good to deworm your cat a couple times a year at least pending on how much he hunts. where i work it is not very expensive to deworm a cat. we just need to know how much the cat weights and alot of times we dont even make the people bring the cat in to see the dr. we just dispense the pills which usually cost about 5 bucks per pill and most cats never need more than 2 pills unless they are really fat. so you are looking at a range from 10 to 20 bucks id say at most. Def worth it ! and get the stuff from your vet cause it isnt that expensive and it works versus some walmart brand that doesnt.

Hope this helps.

They get a pill based on weight - expect between 1 and 1 1/2 tablet per cat. One dose now, one in two weeks. It is a largish sort of pill (for a cat). Unless you're good at giving pills, you may want to have a vet tech do the deed for you. You do need to treat both cats, as tapeworm is transmitted through fleas, and through feces. If they share a litter box, they will share the worms as well. After you treat them, dump their litter boxes, scrub them with bleach, and then refill with clean litter. Do it again after the second treatment. This will kill any worms or eggs left in the box, and will prevent them from re-infesting themselves. Even indoor cats can get flea bites. We bring them in on our shoes and clothes, and they can come in through screens. It only takes one flea (an infested one obviously) to give tapeworm to a cat, so consider picking up some Advantage for them at the vet.

Cost me $30 for Drontal from the vet. Didn't even need an exam because she was up to date.

Flea prevention will prevent your pet from getting tapeworms because tapeworms actually have to go through part of their lifecycle inside the flea before they can infect other animals.

My vet did not recommend coming back for 5 months. In fact, they thought it was unnecessary when I wanted the fecal test done because tapeworms do not show up in a normal fecal float, but she was due for her fecal test anyway. And even though she most definitely had tapes, it did not show up in the test, just like they told me it wouldn't.

Actually treating Tapeworm is pretty easy... First off, you want to give the cat a flea treatment of some sort. For my cats we got flea colars that were all natural oils instead of chemicals to kill the fleas. We also gave them the medicine you can buy otc for tapeworm at the pet store and kept their litter boxes pristine for the time it said on the medicine box. Months later, no tape worms.

(Tape worms are visible in their poo. If you can see what looks like little grains of rice around their buttocks or in their poo itself, then they have tapeworm.)

From the vets? About $12.

not expensive at all. spca in philadelphia cost 10 dollars for me. very cheap. do not buy over the counter medicine. it is ineffective 9 out of 10 times and it is dangerous for your pet. go to the local spca. that is the cheapest it will get and it works and wont hurt your kitty