What are the parasites in cats

The parasites on cats are: fleas, lice, ticks, mites, roundworms.

1. Fleas

If the cat scratches its body, restless, and pulls away the cat's hair, you can see black dots at the root of the hair, and the black dots will turn red when you put them in the water, which means that the cat is suffering from fleas, and the black dots are the feces of fleas, and the main component is the cat's blood, so it will melt in the water.

Fleas can suck cat blood, which not only makes cats feel itchy, but also causes anemia in cats. It should be noted that if the cat has fleas, do not grab the fleas with your hands and strangle them with your fingernails, so that the tapeworm eggs in the flea's body will splash out and stick to your hands or clothes, thus infecting taeniasis.

2. Lice

Lice are parasitic on the cat's body surface, clinging to **, flesh-colored or white, and need to be carefully identified to be recognized. Lice move more slowly than fleas, but they are harder to catch than fleas because they cling to **. Lice can cause inflammation in cats, and in severe cases, they can cause hair loss and ringworm.

3. Ticks

Ticks are more likely to be parasitic in dogs, but they can also be parasitic in cats. If you find that the cat is parasitic with ticks, you need to go to the pet hospital for treatment, if you insist on catching the tick, the tick's mouthparts will remain in the cat's body and cause harm.

4. Mites

Mites that live on cats can be divided into two types: scabies mites and ear mites. Scabies mites are parasitic in the skin of cats, mainly in the face, eyelids, and neck of cats, and the affected part is violently itchy, dehaired, red, rash-like nodules, yellow scabs on the surface, and in severe cases, thickening, cracking, and sometimes secondary bacterial infection and suppuration at the lesion site.

Ear mites parasitize in the cat's ears, making the cat's ears itchy and scratching, the diseased cat's ear is oily and has brown-black dirt, which will emit a foul smell, and cats with severe ear mites will cause otitis media and even ear hematoma.

5. Ascaris

Ascaris is the most common parasite in the gastrointestinal tract in cats. Although roundworms do not suck blood, they consume large amounts of nutrients, causing growth retardation in young animals and making it easy to infect humans.

Common ectoparasites are lice, fleas, ticks, and mites.

The endoparasites are roundworms, hookworms, tapeworms, whipworms, heartworms, coccidia, trichomoniasis, these.

The chance of domestic cats being infected with parasites is very small, and regular deworming is enough to prevent it

The parasites on cats mainly include fleas, lice, ticks, mites, etc., which are often attached to the roots of cat hair, so the owner must regularly deworm the cat in vitro and pay attention to hygiene. The parasites on the cat's body mainly include fleas, lice, ticks, mites, etc., which are often attached to the root of the cat's hair, so the owner must regularly deworm the cat in vitro, usually clean and care for the cat's hair, and keep the cat's living environment clean and hygienic.

Fleas: If the cat often scratches its body and is restless, the black dots can be seen at the root of the cat's hair, and the black dots are put in water to turn red, indicating that the fleas are dyed, and the black dots are the feces of the fleas, and the main component is blood. In addition to making cats itch, severe fleas can also cause anemia in cats.

Lice: Lice are on the cat's body surface and are flesh-colored or white, so you need to distinguish them carefully. Lice move slower than fleas, but they are close to cats** so they are difficult to catch, and in severe cases, they can cause hair loss or cat moss.

Ticks: Ticks do not jump or fly, and can only crawl on their hosts. When it bites the cat, it will cling to the cat's body until it is full of blood.

Ticks prefer to stay in warm, hidden areas such as claw cracks, ears, and armpits. However, once a cat is infected with a tick, various parts of the body can become a shelter for the tick.

Mites: There are two types of mites that parasitize cats, one is scabies mites and the other is ear mites. Scabies mites parasitize in the skin of cats, mainly in the eyelids, neck, and face of cats, and the affected parts are violently itchy, dehaired, red, rash-like nodules, and yellow crusts on the surface.

Ear mites parasitize in cats' ears, making cats' ears itchy and scratching, and there are greasy brown-black dirt in the ears, which will emit a foul smell, and cats with severe ear mites will cause otitis media or ear congestion.