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.
Or maybe you could just be Buffy, he'll see your amazing heart, and he'll fall in love with you.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
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?
-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.
Jesse - Jan 06, 2018 1:17:02 pm PST #20786 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So maybe I did the right thing after all????
WindSparrow - Jan 06, 2018 1:20:35 pm PST #20787 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Round worms are another flea-bourne possibility.