A tapeworm is a type of parasite that lives in the intestines of animals. Taeniasis is a parasite infection caused by tapeworms found in beef (Taenia saginata), pork (Taenia solium), and Asian ...

Your cat may not show any symptoms of tapeworms, but in some cases, there may be vomiting and weight loss. Hookworms look like shorter spaghetti noodles, measuring about two inches long.

Prepare yourself. The gross out factor of this one is beyond puke level: Doctors In Napa, California, found a tapeworm in a man’s brain that nearly killed him.

Hi Biscuit, I need some help. We have three cats. I just went to clean the litter box, and I found poop that is covered in tapeworms (it looks like little grains of white rice that are moving).

Almost all cats get infested with these parasites at some time in life, usually when they are kittens. Other worms that can affect cats include hookworms, heartworms, whipworms, and tapeworms.