I recently took in a cat that needed a good home and have some questions about health issues::?

FIrst of all, humans and animals do not normally have worms in our bodies. We and animals have normal bacterias in our bodies, but not worms. Seeing a worm in her urine is probably a sign of tapeworm. Tapeworm will break off in segments and exit the body that way. They come out of the intestinal tract. If you need to get meds for her, get the ones that your vet prescribes for you, this is the real stuff, not the weak ineffective stuff sold over the counter.

You say you are looking for a vet in your area….do you not already have a vet for the cat you say you already have? If you are going to take on the responsibility of a pet, you really need to be prepared for it before you bring it into your home.

The plug in hormone devices would be ineffective because the cat is an adult, those are designed to work on kittens and puppies.

Instead of sectioning her off, just let her be. She will hide for a few days, but she will likely come out at night when everyone is sleeping to eat and drink. This is the only way she will be able to freely explore her new home. She will come out completely when she is ready, it will happen all at once. You will just see her sitting out in the open one day and she will have acclimated herself.

Get her to a vet…..look in the phone book or google vets in your area. Vets are not strangers who poke and prod at animals just for the fun of it. They are specially trained people who have the best interest of the animal at heart.

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Take her to the vet. They can prescribe the correct dosage of worming medicines. And for the relaxing hormone/ smell things. The shelter where I adopted both of my cats from recently uses them and has them on their wishlist of things to be donated... So i'm guessing they must do something.

Hi honey, if I were you it would pay you best to make time to take your cat to the vet to get him and/ or her checked out by a professional to make sure everything's okay with your new pet. With your other cat, I would also suggest to try putting them both in a room together and briefly study how they both interact with each other.

Stress is bad for cats. Stressed cats don't eat or drink at all at first, and then start to take in nutrition/fluids slowly as the threat level is perceived to drop. Cats who lose too much weight (about 2 pounds) can actually get very sick. A normal mass for an adult cat is 7-10 pounds for a female, and 9-13 pounds for a male. You're going to need to get separate food bowls and waterers for each cat.

Oh Yes, Feliway works wonders, but it's expensive at Petsmart, about $45 for 1 diffuser with 1 refill.

On Ebay you can the refills in lots for about $15 each refill (versus $45), but you need to get the actual plug-ins. Sometimes you can get the plugins with the refills, but it's rare. Plus you don't have time to wait for an auction to end + shipping and mail time.

Pay the money at Petsmart. You'll need a diffuser for every 500 square feet (or portion) of your house (so for example if you have a 1200 Ft^2 house, you'll need 3)

The refills work for 30 days but take 24 hours to start being effective.

I have 4 cats, and believe me, from experience, Feliway does wonders for kitty stress and violence.

You should NEVER NEVER bring a new cat into the house with another cat and just let it roam loose.

NEVER.

Cats hate change, and they are TERRITORIAL, meaning they will defend what is theirs.

A new cat should be kept in ONE room of the house for 7-10days before meeting (face to face) any other animals in the house. This way although their smell goes thru the house, alerting the cat whose territory it is, and they have time to acclimatize to the fact that each other is present.

They will continue to "fight" for about 6 months after that, deciding between themselves what parts of the house belong to who. Hissing, growling and generally mouthing off to each other is NORMAL. ONLY if they physically get into it (read teeth and claws) should you intervene.

And you would throw water on them in such a case, because if you try to physically pull them apart, it's a guaruntee you'll be needing stitches and antibiotics.

You'll also need 2 more litter boxes.

Rule for cat boxes is "#cats + 1", so 2 cats = 3 boxes. Some cats claim a litterbox as territory and won't allow another cat to use the box. If you only have 1 box in such a case, someone has to pee/poo on the floor, and you don't want to go there. In fact, another stress indicator is peeing outside the box -- if the cat whose territory you changed is mad at you about bringing another cat into their house, they can tell you that by peeing outside the box. Feliway helps that too.

"Humans and cats naturally have worms in their bodies" ????

ROFLMAO, that's gotta be the dumbest thing I've heard today!!!

If your new cat has worms, you need to make a vet appointment ASAP to get rid of them. Humans NEVER have worms when they are healthy, and cats don't either. DO NOT look up "the other vet" -- they don't exist. Just take it to YOUR vet, and say you got the cat from a friend. They will do a thorough exam of the new cat, treat whatever they find is wrong, and it's going to cost you LOTS... up to $400, depending on what they find.

If your cat has worms, its possible it has fleas and earmites and needs vaccinations, and could even have FIV, FeLV, or some other bad disease like a kidney problem or diabetes.

How do you know that your "friend" just didn't want to pay the vet bills anymore and foisted this cat on you?

You won't, until you get them certified healthy.

Plus, for example -- if the cat has fleas, now YOUR HOUSE has fleas, and they're quite difficult to get rid of.

Ear mites are CONTAGIOUS, both to your other cat, and YOU. If you didn't shut the new cat in a room of their own, you opened up yourself, your family, your other cat, and the house itself to any and all diseases/pests that the new cat has.

Worms ARE CONTAGIOUS. You or your other cat can get them from the new animal. If they are shedding worms from their butt (it gets caught in the fur and drops RANDOMLY), they can be ingested with other things, and BAM, you or your other cat then has worms too!!

Good luck!

You can't just go "get meds" for her - you need to take her to the vet to get the correct medicine and dosage. Vets aren't evil - they're there to help. They won't subject her to any undue stress.

My question is do u take care of ur own cat before u take care of another cat does ur pussycat stank if sooooo let that cat GO!!!!!!!!!