Most cats can pick up several types of intestinal worms during their lifespan, but the most common are roundworms, hookworms and tapeworms.
Can cats get different types of worms?
There are some 8 different types of intestinal worms which can infect your cat, and some can be spread between cats and people. Roundworms and Tapeworms are the most common.
How do I know what kind of worms My cat has?
Types of worms in cats1Roundworms look like cooked spaghetti. ... 2Tapeworm segments look like dried grains of rice or flat white sunflower seeds, and are often moving or crawling around the rectum.3Hookworms look like shorter spaghetti noodles, measuring about two inches long.How to tell if your cat has worms and what to do about it - Insider
Can cats give each other tapeworms?
You can greatly reduce your cat's risk of ever getting tapeworms by using flea control treatments regularly and keeping your cat inside. Tapeworms are not contagious, like a cold, per se, but they are transmittable — through fleas — from animal to animal and in rare cases to humans.
Why does my cat have so many worms?
Why do cats get worms? Cats can pick up worms from a variety of sources, from their mother's milk as kittens, from eating prey such as birds or mice, from having fleas which carry worm larvae, and in the case of lungworm, from contact with slugs or snails.
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