Cats have weak constitutions and parasitic infections are a great threat to their health. After many people bring their cats home, they don’t know when to deworm them and whether there is anything they need to pay attention to when deworming them. The editor has compiled the time for deworming kittens and the precautions for deworming kittens, which parents can use as a reference.

Kitten deworming time: Generally speaking, when the kitten is 45 to 60 days after birth, we can deworm the cat by ourselves. We can go to the pharmacy to buy deworming medicine. , you can also choose to go to a regular hospital and let a pet doctor handle it.

The first three dewormings for cats are once a month. If you can't go out after being fed for a long time, just once every three months will be enough. I often go out and come into contact with stray cats, soil, etc., but I still deworm once a month.

Precautions for deworming kittens: The cat should take a bath before external deworming. After it is completely dry, apply the deworming medicine on the back of the cat’s neck where it cannot be licked. Do not bathe the cat again until it expires. For internal deworming of cats, the cat should wait 3 to 4 hours after eating food and fast for 5 or 6 hours after feeding the deworming medicine to ensure the effectiveness of the medicine.

It should be noted that if the mother cat itself has infectious parasites in her body, the kittens she gives birth to may also have them. Therefore, we must deworm kittens in time and prevent contact with sources of infection.

We must pay attention when deworming kittens. Because cats are different in age or weight, the specific dosage is also different. Therefore, we should strictly follow the doctor’s advice and not overuse. .

When giving medicine to kittens, we should also pay attention to testing whether the cat has an overreaction to the medicine in advance. If there is an overreaction, you need to take the medicine under the specific instructions of the doctor.

Because some intestinal parasites, such as roundworms, may be eaten or spread by other organisms (such as fleas, mosquitoes, etc.), and kittens in the same litter like to lick each other, so kittens must regularly Deworm. Adult cats may use smell as a guide to socialize and meet friends. They will inevitably use their tongues to come into contact with the secretions or excrement left by other dogs on the grass, which may cause them to be infected with parasites.

If parents don’t know how to deworm their kittens, they can first consult experienced friends or professional veterinarians and ask them to help scientifically deworm their cats.