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Can my dog get tapeworms from eating cat poop?

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Your cat can host internal parasites that your dog can acquire by eating the cat's feces. Cats can carry roundworms, hookworms, whipworms and tapeworms, and their eggs may wind up in the cats' feces. When your dog eats your cat's poop, he ingests the worm's eggs and becomes infected.


What happens if your dog eats cat poop?

What Happens If a Dog Eats Cat Poop? There is a slight risk your pup may have picked up a disease, illness, or parasite after consuming cat poop. In most cases, eating cat feces will only be likely to cause some bad breath, and perhaps mild, self-limiting gastrointestinal upset such as vomiting or diarrhea.

Can dogs get sick from cat poop?

While many dogs eat cat poop, and they're fine, eating any poop carries the potential for the dog to contract harmful bacteria and parasites. Some of these bacteria, like salmonella, for example, can be transmitted to humans. Furthermore, dogs can contract several different species of internal parasites from cat poop.

How did my dog get tapeworms?

During grooming, or in response to a flea bite, a dog inadvertently ingests the tapeworm infected flea. As the flea is digested in the dog's intestine, the tapeworm egg is released, it hatches, and then anchors itself to the intestinal lining, therefore completing the life cycle.

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