Panacur, Strongid, Albon or all 3?

You should definitely check with a vet. Those meds need to be dosed out carefully according to the age and weight of the kitten.

Call your vet back and ask them why they have prescribed these medications. Your vet needs to explain the reason they are prescribing anything for your pet each and every time they send home a prescription. If they are busy and forget, then they should be more than happy to tell you over the phone or, if you remember, before you leave the office after your appointment. If your vet is reluctant to explain why any medication is being prescribed or makes a regular habit of not explaining it to you before you leave your appointment then you really need to find a better vet. All of these drugs are most commonly used to treat intestinal parasites and some of the parasites they are used to treat can potentially be spread to humans. So yes, it is something you need to be concerned with as your vet should have gone over not only the medications but also sanitary precautions (such as picking up feces every day, etc) to protect your family from any parasite threat. Albon and panacur are commonly used as prophylactic dewormers in young puppies when there is no fecal sample to check or a vet has a strong reason to suspect worms even with a negative fecal. Metronidazole on the other hand I have never seen used when the vet did not suspect a problem (I have seen it used plenty of times when there was clearly a problem such as persistent vomiting or diarrhea but the vet was unable to track down a precise cause). Metronidazole and albon are commonly given daily or twice daily for one to two weeks (metronidazole may even be prescribed for considerably longer depending on what the vet is attempting to treat) but panacur is rarely given for more than three consecutive days. And while there may be certain conditions that would warrant the use of all three consecutively it is very uncommon that a vet would prescribe all three at the same time unless there was a serious parasite load that involved multiple parasites (and if that is the case with your pup your vet is being very negligent in failing to mention said infection to you during your appointment).

I foster as well, and I have used these three together before with no problems on 2 month old kittens. They were found in an abandoned house and had worms, giardia and coccidia, so they ended up on a dose of strongid and panacur, albon for two weeks and metronidazole for one week. I do believe it was hard on them, as they were also getting baths for their ringworm, but by the end of the first week they had improved so much that the hard times were worth it - they all are about 6 months now and have very happy homes :) Good luck with yours!

You already dewormed with Strongid which is your basic puppy/kitten dewormer and should get rid of roundworms and hookworms.

Giardia and coccidia are both protozoa that like to cause diarrhea, so unless your kittens are having a problem with diarrhea, it is probably okay to wait until their vet visit and see what the results of their fecal end up being.

In the future, you may want to deworm with Panacur first, since it is effective against roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, taenia, and giardia.

Panacur Kitten

The Pyrantel was probably OK but I would not worm them with anymore wormer. Roundworms will give them the runs which will clear up once their diet has improved and the worms are gone. Don't over do it with the wormers or meds right now.

I've had several cats with roundworms that had exactly what you describe when I found them. You can have them tested when you see the vet. Bring fresh BM with you.