My 6 year old cat is leaving a trail of something behind her where ever she lays. They are very small and resemble sesame seeds! (flat, beige in color, about the same size as a sesame seed) She is an indoor cat, eats dry cat food, and does not get people food. I have no idea what this could be, if it is harmful to her or my young children. Please help me.

Really you should take her to a vet. It may be something simple like a skin allergy/condition that can be treated. Then again, it may be lice. This time of the year, the little creepy crawlies make it inside your house in countless ways and may have attached themselves to poozer

Hopefully you have already went to the vet or found an answer somewhere else, I see this post was a while ago. But, I think your cat has tape worm. I have a kitten and I noticed the EXACT same things you did, looked like sesame seeds or small pieces of rice wherever my cat slept. He is also indoor so I didnt think much of it. But I noticed them more and more so finally I took him to the vet and brought some of the "seeds" with me. They told me that it was dried up tapeworm segments and they were coming from his butt. So I got him a shot and its supossed to clear it up no problem, the vet said though to get another one in 90 days to be sure. It confused me that he had tape worm, because I was under the assumption that he would have lost weight because the worm would be eating everything he ate, but my kitty was actually gaining weight. He is only 6 months old and I adopted him from the humane society so the Vet told me he probably has had the worms since I got him and most likely got it from fleas, which he hasnt had since I've owned him, so it must have been pre-existing. Sorry for the long response, I just went through this though and I want to make sure your cat gets better. Good luck

Also, if it is tapeworm I was told that there was almost no way that it was harmful to me. The vet even went so far as to say "unless you plan on eating out of his litter box, you will be fine"

I have no idea, but it could be lice or an allergic reaction. Try 2 take her 2 the vet.

Hi, I am brand new here, had the same problem with my beautiful tuxedo cat, Norton. I took him to the vet and he said it was a tapeworm, and I, like you, could not believe this because he was so big and fat. Vet gave the cat a shot, and recommended if that didn't cure the problem, recommended tapeworm tabs from Petmeds.com. In less than 2 mos, they still were there, ordered the tabs, only gave him one and he has been "wormfree" for 8mos. Can't remember the cost, but can verify that it does work. Norton's only response to the ordeal was to run and hide to try to get away from the taste!! good luck

Tapeworm is usually transmitted to cats through fleas. At the local Humane Society, they told me that their cats easily may have fleas (and therefore tapeworms), but they're not hard to treat.

The flea part is pretty easy now that they have medication for it.

I googled for tapeworm and cat and found:
http://www.sniksnak.com/cathealth/tapeworms.html

Oohh that's serious tapeworm right there...our kitten had it when we got him, but they gave him a Droncit injection and it cleared it right up. The vet said we can drag in fleas on our shoes from outside, and if there are kids, who especially love running & playing outside, they probably have a higher chance of bringing in fleas, which the cat probably found and ate, giving it tapeworm. Nasty creatures.