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Yes....By swallowing a flea infected with a tapeworm larvae.
This process begins when tapeworm eggs are swallowed by flea larvae (an immature stage of the flea). Contact between flea larvae and tapeworm eggs is thought to occur most frequently in contaminated bedding or carpet.
Next, the pet chews or licks its skin as a flea bites; the flea is then swallowed. As the flea is digested within the pet's intestine, the tapeworm hatches and anchors itself to the intestinal lining.
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What do flea eggs look like?
Flea eggs look like tiny little balls. When they first come out of a flea, they're white-ish-yellow. But when they're about to hatch, or going to hatch, they turn black.
How can cats that eat dried food get worms?
Cats with fleas scratch and bite the fleas. The cat then swallows flea excrement which contains flea eggs. When flea eggs get inside the intestines of the cat or kitten, the egg makes a worm. Cats or kittens can also ingest the eggs from being outside poking around in dirt or grass, or from licking an infected cats' fur or licking it's rear end. NOTE: More flea eggs live in soil and grass than most people realize. If you have an outdoor, or an indoor-outdoor dog or cat, your yard needs treated at the same time you treat your pet for fleas and worms. NOTE: Flea eggs in flea excrement can survive a long time, even on a cement basement floor. So ALL areas of the house must be treated.
Does flea treatment for cats also kill worms?
No, flea treatments are only designed to kill the infestation of outside parasites. In order to kill worms, a dewormer has to be administered.
Can you get sick from a dog licking your feet?
You could pick up parasites if you lick the ground. All dogs and cats shred flea eggs if outside. Eggs can live in dirt, grass, weeds. You could pick up those eggs, which create worms in the intestinal tract. You can also ingest any germs in the ground you lick.
How does a flea feed its young?
It doesn't. It simply lays its eggs on a living host and leaves the baby fleas to suck the host's blood when they hatch.
Can a flea that has bit a puppy with worms and then bite a human give it worms?
No
What do flea eggs look like in cats fur?
They are white tiny little dots that are in its fur.
Is it normal when a cat has worms for the worm to be pretty long coming out in their stool?
No "normal" per se, but not uncommon. This is caused by the cat injesting flea eggs. Need to put the cat on Frontline or another anti flea medicine
Can flea combs remove flea eggs?
yes
Do cat fleas like only cats?
No, a flea is a flea. There is no "cat flea" or "dog flea". Its just a flea and its just as likely to get a cat or dog.
Can a flea be a carrier of worms to the human?
The tapeworm Dipylidium caninum can be transmitted when a flea is swallowed by pets or humans.
Is it the flea eggs that's more the problem than the fleas itself?
Fleas are the problem, but flea eggs are a problem to get rid of.
