We have a huge issue with flea infestations in our kittens we take in. Just this week we have 5 tiny kittens just over 1 pound, too small for drontol but they have tapeworms. One just died after passing a huge tapeworm. Does anyone have a protocol they can share regarding worming in kittens? 

Thanks,

Long and short, using Profender for tapeworms has been a game changer for my fosters, kittens included.… note this is off-label use for kittens.

Several years ago i was losing kittens at a pretty high rate - particularly once they hit the 4-8w mark. The shelter was calling it panleuk, but to me the symptoms didn't quite match up. Not to sound morbid, panleuk-like symptoms were there, but they were surviving beyond the 8-12 hour window. These kittens were living for several days with panleuk-like symptoms.

The aha moment came when one actually vomited worms. The shelter was opposed to using dewormers on kittens under 2m/2-3#, so I started working with my own vet for a solution to losing these babies.

One of the vet techs in particular took up my case and found Profender. Using the risk/reward approach, we started first using it on the symptomatic cases. Within 1-2 days the kittens would improve, then thrive.

I am now with a tnr group. We use Profender preventatively at about 4wks - esp if we know there are fleas, has been no history of care/deworming.

To note, we have found Centragard is not the same as Profender - you will not get the same results.

Also, in older "found" kittens (and cats) it works better than Nexgard combo. If you have a tapeworm problem, Profender will do the heavy lifting. We have not had any problems using it alongside capstar for initial flea control.

Feel free to contact me to talk further/get dosing instructions.  All the best. 

We have a huge issue with flea infestations in our kittens we take in. Just this week we have 5 tiny kittens just over 1 pound, too small for drontol but they have tapeworms. One just died after passing a huge tapeworm. Does anyone have a protocol they can share regarding worming in kittens? 

Thanks,

We have a huge issue with flea infestations in our kittens we take in. Just this week we have 5 tiny kittens just over 1 pound, too small for drontol but they have tapeworms. One just died after passing a huge tapeworm. Does anyone have a protocol they can share regarding worming in kittens? 

Thanks,

I would love more information on your dosing levels, thank you.

shillcatlvr@gmail.com 

We have a huge issue with flea infestations in our kittens we take in. Just this week we have 5 tiny kittens just over 1 pound, too small for drontol but they have tapeworms. One just died after passing a huge tapeworm. Does anyone have a protocol they can share regarding worming in kittens? 

Thanks,

Our veterinarian indicated that 1/8 to 1/4 of a pros quantum tablet was OK to give a kitten whose belly was filled with tapeworms

I would love more information on your dosing levels, thank you.

shillcatlvr@gmail.com 

We have a huge issue with flea infestations in our kittens we take in. Just this week we have 5 tiny kittens just over 1 pound, too small for drontol but they have tapeworms. One just died after passing a huge tapeworm. Does anyone have a protocol they can share regarding worming in kittens? 

Thanks,

We have a huge issue with flea infestations in our kittens we take in. Just this week we have 5 tiny kittens just over 1 pound, too small for drontol but they have tapeworms. One just died after passing a huge tapeworm. Does anyone have a protocol they can share regarding worming in kittens? 

Thanks,