Jesse, cats get tapeworms (if that's what it was) from infected fleas. I don't think the worm pieces are contagious. Speaking from experience, they're gross when you realize what they are but nothing a good vacuum cleaner can't take care of.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
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bennett - Jan 06, 2018 12:02:21 pm PST #20776 of 30002
Jesse - Jan 06, 2018 12:04:15 pm PST #20777 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think it was some other kind of worm? But either way, they should be gone soon, fingers crossed.
I made a horrible mistake and walked to the grocery store. I wore 3 pairs of pants, two sweaters, two socks, two hats. I had to call Lyft to go home- the wind was too cold.
Yikes! But thank goodness for Lyft. A coworker offered me a ride home last night, and I was going to say they could just take me to the subway, but by the time we got to her car (which was close!!), I gave it up and took the ride.
amych - Jan 06, 2018 12:14:27 pm PST #20778 of 30002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
If it was visible segments, it was tapeworms -- speaking from too much experience!
Anyway, as others have said, they're relatively harmless and easy to treat, if super icky. Don't beat yourself up.
-t - Jan 06, 2018 12:19:29 pm PST #20779 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So, is the moral of this story "Look at your cat's butt more"?
Dana - Jan 06, 2018 12:20:32 pm PST #20780 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Isn't that really the moral of every story?
Burrell - Jan 06, 2018 12:23:50 pm PST #20781 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Lordy I hope not
amych - Jan 06, 2018 12:25:33 pm PST #20782 of 30002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
That's what they keep trying to hint at, but...
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 06, 2018 12:29:53 pm PST #20783 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Mine seem to helpfully present theirs to my face whenever I'm trying to nuzzle them, so I guess they're vigilant about the potential problem. Yay?
Jesse - Jan 06, 2018 12:46:04 pm PST #20784 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So, is the moral of this story "Look at your cat's butt more"?
I mean, possibly, but I'm going to stick with "Bring a new cat to the vet."
bennett - Jan 06, 2018 1:11:28 pm PST #20785 of 30002
Sadly, I took Fleabie to the vet when I got her but the tapeworms manifested afterwards. Apparently it takes a while between ingesting the infected fleas and the development of the worms. But it depends on the type of worms.