Can I crush Drontal for cats?

Can I crush Drontal for cats?

Key Information Combination oral dewormer that treats roundworms, hookworms, and tapeworms. Can be given with or without food; tablets may be crushed or mixed with food. Do not withhold food after dosing.

How do you know if drontal is working?

How quickly does Drontal work? Drontal starts working as soon as it is ingested. Worms, if present, may or may not appear in the droppings for up to 48 hours after treatment.

Can you give a 9 week old kitten Drontal?

My 9 week old kitten had an anti inflammatory injection, her first vaccine and we gave her a drontal worming tablet but we may have given her the wrong dose of wormer, she is now extremely lethargic, her pupils are dilated and she is very shakey.

What to do if your cat overdoses on Drontal?

The symptoms really sound like toxicity due to flea treatments. If dogs are treated with a spot on treatment and then the cat rubs on them, this can cause toxicity. It’s really tough to know how to advise you. If you absolutely can’t get to a vet then really, all you can do is to keep her as quiet as possible and hope for the best.

What happens if you give a kitten praziquantel?

They have not had any flea treatments but have both had their first vaccines and lola had an anti-inflammatory injection because of a sore left leg. The side effects of an overdose of praziquantel in cats are usually gastrointestinal – vomiting, diarrhea, and not wanting to eat. At really high doses, you can see weakness and wobbliness.

Can a 1kg Kitten have too much dewormer?

If this is the case, then it is possible that the cat had too much. The normal dose of pyrantel for a 1kg kitten would be 20mg, so Lola would have had more than 10x the recommended dose. It’s tough to know how to advise you though. I can’t say I have ever seen a kitten have these type of symptoms from an overdose of dewormer.

Are there any side effects for cats with Drontal?

Eighty-three of 85 cats treated with the recommended dosages of Drontal ® Tablets in a clinical field study did not exhibit any drug related side effects. A temporary loss of appetite was reported for one cat and transient loose stools were observed in a second cat.

How many mg of Drontal to give a 9 week old cat?

A toxic dose for a cat is 50-100 mg/kg. On average, a 9 week old cat will weigh just over 2 lbs which is 1 kg. So, she would have received 20mg/kg which is not even half of the dose that could cause serious symptoms. For pyrantel, you need 7 times the recommended dose to see clinical signs.

The symptoms really sound like toxicity due to flea treatments. If dogs are treated with a spot on treatment and then the cat rubs on them, this can cause toxicity. It’s really tough to know how to advise you. If you absolutely can’t get to a vet then really, all you can do is to keep her as quiet as possible and hope for the best.

How does Drontal work for roundworms in cats?

Drontal® (praziquantel/pyrantel pamoate) tablets will remove Tapeworms (Dipylidium caninum, Taenia taeniaeformis), Hookworms (Ancylostoma tubaeforme), and Large Roundworms (Toxocara cati) in cats and kittens. The presence of tapeworms is indicated by the observance of tapeworm segments passed in the cat’s feces.