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We have an adult feline of 14 years that has been around the world, with more certificates than shall be allowed. This includes Australia, where they do not have the rabies disease. After several stays at this location, we arrived to leave our cat in a frantic attempt to leave town. The gentleman at the reception encountered us with a "deworming procedure for our cat". Miffed at this , I refused. He accepted the cat none the less. Another 6 months gone by, with several more stays, we just tried to book the cat minutes before departing to Los Angeles on a medical emergency. The gentleman that we had grown to know and really like, tried the same procedure on us. "I'm sorry, I see that your cat needs the "deworming procedure". Frantic I replied, I need to leave town now! The reply was, "No worries, we can have our vet provide the procedure for you while you are gone". They seem to pull this every time we are desperate to leave our pet. After calling our feline vet of 30 years yet again about this procedure, we have been informed that this seems to be a questionable procedure that the facility and the vet are performing. Our cat is an indoor cat.
WebMD: Most veterinarians recommend that adult cats be dewormed only when there is specific evidence of an infestation. A microscopic stool examination is the most effective way of making an exact diagnosis and choosing the best deworming agent.
It is not advisable to deworm a cat who is suffering from some unexplained illness that is assumed to be caused by worms. All dewormers are poison-meant to poison the worm, but not the cat. Cats who are debilitated by another disease may be too weak to resist the toxic effects of the deworming agent.
http://pets.webmd.com/cats/deworming-cat
I think your cats will be much better off if you do not deworm them. I am in rescue and have never heard of deworming regularly, especially not twice a year and not even once a year. At the shelter where I work, we deworm kitties who are brought in new, and we do not deworm them again unless they are exposed to another cat that is known to have worms.
http://www.vcahospitals.com/main/pet-health-information/article/animal-health/roundworm-infection-in-cats/336
The CDC does not display any recommendations for annual feline deworming.
In conclusion, if the facility requires this procedure, so be it.
We recommend checking with your personal vet, then get a second opinion.
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