Seeking a Good Vet in the Bronx

Worms with kittens can be an emergency. I foster kittens for a local rescue group and had a kitten that was so infected with worms (probably since birth) that he ended up staying 3 days at the vet to the tune of $1,080.00. You can get pills for worms at the pet store and find directions on how to pill a cat online.

Hi you could try looking for worm meds. in the pet section of the grocery store or just call your local vets. Thats what I did when I got a new puppy with worms. I think it cost me 10 dollars, but all I had to do was give them the pup's est. weight and age and they had two doses of worm med for me to pick up. Good luck

sould be treated quickly because the worms are taking he nutrients the kitten needs to grow and thrive. I live upstate so can't help but all the vets I know can quickly treat worms so unless you have a friend with a good suggestion look in the phone book and try one. A.

I dont know a good vet , but i didnt know about this untill my pediatrion told us and its kind of disterbing we had a puppy and no matter what ( we took him to the vet to get de wormed and bought stuff from pet stores and they didnt take if a child steppes on one of the worms or were a worm was or if you do yous can get them!!! we had to get rid of our puppy because of it. good luck and be careful.

They NEED to be treated right away! Have you seen the worms??? Ughh. Get to a vet ASAP to have them taken care of and you can take your time finding a vet that works for you later. Get that poor kitty help!

i dont know any vets in the bronx, but worms are not an emergency. they do need to be treated because they will make your kittens sick in the long run...they wont gain weight, they may vomit, the worms will take their nutrients...., but if you need a week or two to find a vet, they will be ok. you could just go to a petco clinic to get the worms treated and then find yourself a regular vet after the fact. the vet will need a stool sample to diagnose the type of worm and then provide a medication. if one has them, chances are they both do since worms are contagious amongst cats.

good luck! where did you get the kittens from? if a shelter, the shelter may be able to provide meds for the worms or at least recommend a vet they trust.

D.

i'm a vet tech, but not near the bronx so sorry can't help with that... but i can tell you that for the kitten they are probably not an emergency - but the reason they should be treated asap is that it can be hazardous to your family members, especially young children. And especially if its round or hook worms.
But you don't want to wait too long for the sake of the kitten too, because kittens with worms don't thrive quite as well and if they're very young it can potentially get very dangerous... it also depends on what kind of worms too but if you're seeing them that means there are a good number in there already.

DEFINITELY don't get the over the counter petstore or grocery store products... for 2 reasons - first, from my personal experience at my job, they generally don't work!! So its a huge waste of money and is a false security that they're gone when they're not. But secondly, some of those treatments use some questionable methods of treatment that aren't always safe and use more chemicals than they need to!! (especially on kittens!)

So my advise - i don't think you need to find an emergency clinic immediately, but definitely in the next few days find a good vet to take your kittens to! And get BOTH kittens dewormed - if they're sharing a litter pan they may be sharing the worms too!!

A great vet in the bronx is Dr. Birchman at the Armory Dog & Cat Hospital on Kingsbridge Road. You can look up the number online. We live in Manhattan and still take our dogs up to see him. Sometimes the wait is long as they take walk-ins - I strongly suggest making an appointment.