Cats suffering from blood in poop, diarrhea, vomiting for the past month. Vets keep telling me there's nothing wrong, all of their treatment suggestions haven't worked. Can't keep spending money on vets, please advise. Cat poop discussion inside!
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posted by schroedinger
on Dec 8, 2012 -
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[Grossness warning] I accidentally ate food that was tainted with a small amount of feces. I am concerned about parasites. How do I take care of the fallout, and what are my best human deworming options? Everything I can find on this topic (information and, annoyingly, worming tablets too) seems to be geared towards deworming dogs, cats, and horses.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 16, 2012 -
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My two kittens have ear mites, for which they were treated today at the vet, by the vet, with Revolution. They also received their first vaccines today. This evening, one of them coughed up a two inch thin, worm-like thing which scared the crap out of me as it coiled up around itself. Is the worm perhaps die-off from the Revolution?
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posted by DeltaForce
on Jun 13, 2011 -
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After my six-year-old read
What's Eating You?, a kid's book about parasites, we had the question: Which animal has the most recursive number of parasites, and how many levels deep can it go?
posted by ShooBoo
on Apr 10, 2011 -
4 answers
ParasiteFilter: Could I have tapeworms hiding in my body 10 years later? Grossish details inside.
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 12, 2010 -
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I am seeking science-based answers (i.e., not dubious factoids passed along from one food blogger to the next) to the following questions: When making gravlax, 1) at what temperature and for how long must it be frozen in order to kill parasites, and 2) what is the risk of consuming gravlax that has never been frozen, both in terms of likelihood of getting parasites and what they'll do to you.
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posted by HotToddy
on Jan 20, 2010 -
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CuteANDGrossFilter: kittens zooming around the house + mushy poop stuck to tail area & feet + newly-discovered roundworm (re)infestation + carpet = OMG what do I do now to make sure it's really clean in here?
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posted by amtho
on Jan 7, 2010 -
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I'm itchy at night. I'm worried that my apartment is infested with some sort of parasite. I'm moving in the next few days. How should I proceed?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 28, 2009 -
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I was thinking of hiking in New England for three weeks this May. Was that is, until everyone started pitching in with scare stories of blackflies and other insects. Am I going to die?
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posted by godawful
on Apr 25, 2007 -
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I'm looking for titles of any movies
[besides Alien] that feature
parasites attacking pets, humans or other animals. I can't recall any names but I definitely recall seeing hilarious ones from the 50's as a kid. Bonus for ones that are old [but still rentable from Netflix], cheesy and gross [in a somewhat humorous way]
posted by special-k
on Apr 25, 2007 -
47 answers
Is human pregnancy symbiotic or parasitic? Contribute to this heated debate among my coworkers.
posted by archimago
on Feb 17, 2006 -
24 answers
