can my cats and dogs get any types of worms from FLEAS?
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at
2:30 am
ok, i have a big problem. my cat and dog have fleas. i am tring to get rid of some of my cats that are causing fleas in my home but some i really love and wan’t to keep. heres the main prob. relateing to my biggest problem ( fleas ), my mom said that my dogs and cats can get TAPE WORMS from fleas! is that true?
she also told me that us humens can also get worms? i am totally freaked out and tring to give my pets away to family that will take care of them snd lov them so that they dont get infected!!!! but i dont know if this is totaly true!!!!!!!!!!omg help please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tagged with: dogs and cats • Fleas • mom • pets • tape worms
Certain types of tapeworms are contracted when a flea is eaten. Your dog/cat may ingest a flea when grooming. The likelihood of you eating a flea is pretty low. There are other worms that you can "catch" from contact with an animal that is passing infective eggs in the feces: round worms and hook worms…toxoplasmosis with cats.
Yes they can get tapeworms from fleas:
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_tapeworm.html
Why give your pets away? Treat them and your home for fleas. Frontline plus or a similar product from your vet (not over-the-counter flea meds) will get rid of the problem.
My dog had a flea when she was a puppy, then later she had thrown up tape-worms and there was tapeworms coming out of her behind! i didnt no what it was at first and i was scared when i first discovered she had them! So yeah, they could have a tapeworm from fleas.