Leech

planetX

So I've just confirmed that the thing I found halfway up the wall of my sitting room was a leech. It can only have been brought in by my cat. Horrified doesn't even start to cover it:eek:
Just used Frontline, wonder if it works on leeches.... Did anyone even know we have leeches in Ireland, and have you ever found one on your pet???
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dvet

Well frontline certainly isn't licensed to kill leeches/slugs etc - it would probably just leave any leeches present nicely flea/tick free!!

They certainly don't LIVE on animals -are you sure it's really a leech you're thinking of? How big was it? it hardly just 'hitched a lift' into the house on your cat's back, I can't see too many cats allowing a leech/slug to crawl on their back! And I would think that if your cat carried it in in its mouth that it would be already dead... ??

planetX

I presume it came in while feeding off the cat, and then dropped off in my sitting room. It was definitely a leech, the size of a slug but pointier, with a sucky mouth. And it was sitting on my wall. I flushed it down the loo, but they live in water don't they. Have to check it hasn't come back up, I could cry.:(

As an aside, my long-haired cat does exactly what was said - allows slugs to hitch a lift on her fluffy tail. I find them on her all the time

dvet

Wow, placid cat!! I'm not sure what you could do to stop that really!

also.... yeeeeeeeeeeeuck! I can see why you're horrified!! :eek: