If you have found your way to this piece of reading, it is definitely a possibility that you might be concerned about tapeworms in your pet. One of the primary things to find out, if you think your cat may have tapeworms, is in the poop. I have to laugh, but I heard someone once say, “The proof is in the poop”. It’s true. I’m going to share a bit around tapeworm segments, how they appear, why they exist, and how you can locate them. Hopefully, in sharing this info will help you more accurately identify these little buggers and help you assist your cat.
Tapeworm segments are a white color and look like a minute short flat worm when they are elongated. They also bunch into a ball and are less flat. From time to time people mistake them for maggots. The big difference between the two is that maggots notate segment lines, while tapeworm segments do not because the segments are the single segments of the tapeworm itself. Tapeworm segments are also similar in appearance to grains of rice at a short take.
The body of a tapeworm is made up of segments; one after the other. When the segments are attached together, they look like a piece of tape, which is where the name ‘tapeworm’ comes from.
All tapeworm segments have both male and female sex organs and can make tapeworm eggs independently, which is how and why it can be so common to get tapeworms in pets. When the tapeworm continues to steal the food from its host, it passes the nutrients down to every segment and creates new segments at its neck. Mature tapeworm segments are pushed down to the end until they get to the bottom, in which they fall off. When they separate, the only part left is the sex organs. Each one looks like a piece of rice and contains eggs. If the tapeworm eggs are consumed, the cycle starts again in the new pet, which will end in a tapeworm in cats or other animals, including a human. One of the first tapeworm symptoms in cats to look for would be to look at the anal part of your cat to see if you notice any tapeworm segments.
Now don’t lose track that the best way to find tapeworm segments, or to find out if your pet may possibly have tapeworms, is to see your pet’s vet. They are trained to find tapeworms and have the experience needed to promptly identify these tapeworms.
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