Are There any Other Recommendations for Outdoor Cats?

We do advise annual fecal examinations for intestinal parasites, as well as routine dewormings. We recommend regular flea and tick prevention for all outdoor cats such as Bravecto Plus. This spot-on product not only kills fleas and ticks but also prevents mites and the most common intestinal parasites that cats acquire from eating prey that may cause zoonotic disease. It has been found that “cat scratch disease”, which is a skin infection people develop after a cat scratch, is actually caused when flea dirt (dried blood particles in the coat of an animal with fleas) is injected under the skin from the cat’s nail.

Fleas are also a source of tapeworms in cats and dogs. Tick bites can transfer a number of infectious diseases, including Hemobartonella, which causes anemia in cats.