The worms are tape worms. Often an animal lives with tape worms with no deleterious effect to the animal. They go through a period of shedding the segments, the adult is much larger. I know of one Reptile keeper who wormed his very expensive King Cobra. It killed the snake. On necropsy it was found that the very large tapeworm it had was the cause of death, when it died.
The moral is that tapeworms, indeed many parasites, know that they depend on their host organism to live. It is well known among vet parisitologists that worms will wax and wane with the supply of fresh grass, out of a survival instinct for their host. This does not mean worms are good, it just means that if there are no other overwhelming disease symptoms, then this cat is probably not suffering. Also fleas carry tape worms, so if there are ANY fleas in this cats life, worming it will do no good, they will simply reinfest to the point of balance they are at now. There are natural wormers, I have used some on my dogs, but I do not know if they are ok for cats. For dogs I use a small amount of Apple Cider Vinegar on the food for one week, wait ten days and repeat. Garnet On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 17:09, Kehoe wrote: > Is there a cheap natural way to deworm cats? My son has a beautiful black > tomcat that has worms. Flat white ones<yuck>. They do not have the money > to take him to a vet. Colloidal silver in the drinking water does not seem > to help. The cat acts like it has a serious hairball and tries to cough it > up. It is really gross. Any info on this would be appreciated. > > Carol > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
