Is That a Tapeworm?

Tapeworms are spread by fleas and infected rodents

You go to clean the litterbox and notice small, white wiggly things on your cat’s fresh stool. Or you are grooming your cat and find small, dried, rice-like objects around your cat’s anus. These observations suggest that your cat has tapeworms. The white things are freshly passed tapeworm segments containing packets of eggs, and the dried rice-looking things are dried segments.

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