Does anyone know about dog tapeworms?
i posted this question before and a lot of people just yelled at me to take her to the vet….. yes, of course i am taking her to the vet, i just wanted to educate myself a little bit first.
i just adopted my dog from miami animal shelter 2 days ago. They where going to put her to sleep because she’d been there for almost a month. Now she’s with us! and we love her.
when i got her they said she had kennel cough so i’ve been treating her for that for a day and a half but i was a bit skeptical when i noticed her coughs didn’t sound dry and one time she even coughed up a little saliva. she is also soo skinny which we attributed to her being a stray and possibly not eating much in the shelter. But today when i was walking her i saw 2 fat little worms in her poop. I had thought she might have worms before but now i know. Also, they told me she was about 2 years old and she’s had a healthy appetite since she’s been here.
my questions are…. 1) what immediately should i do, other than calling the vet?
2) what is the treatment?
3) is it an easy or difficult parisite to get rid of?
4) i’m assuming i should stop giving her the kennel cough meds right?
5) how long does it take to treat?
6) and lastly… are those tapeworms hurting her?? 
i know a little bit about parasites being a ecosystem science and biology major but i don’t really know if she’s in pain or how she feels… any dog owners know???
thanks Luna and I appreciate it
what is your problem? i just wanted to know about how to make my dog comfortable maybe by someone who’s had this problem before. You just said tape worms are this round worms are that… i’ve already looked up all the dog parasites and from what i’ve seen and the research i’ve done i’m fairly certain it’s tapeworms. you’re just a bully and a jerk
yes they looked like grains of rice that were moving so i’m sorry if i called them worms prematurely, and 1. is what else to do other than call my vet because i already know to do that and i’m going to as soon as they open
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1) Call vet, as you said. Keep her butt clean of them if she has draggers.
2) One pill administered
3) Easy
4) No
5) A few days
6) It’s not causing pain, but it’s not healthy. They are robbing nutrients and hurting her overall health.
It can have negative long-term effects, so don’t wait.Treatment is quick, inexpensive. Preventing it is important, too. They get them from fleas. Get a good flea treatment like Sentinel or Frontline.
Go to petsmart and get puppy dewormer and treat her. They have dewormer thaqt works for several types of worms. You need to take her to the vet to get shots and also get her heart worm preventative.I think she might be young enough that she does not need the test but you should protect her from that.
The kennel cough is common my dog had it and I bought him at a pet store. Continue the treatment and deworm her. I do that with my dogs and if you have other dogs deworm them all. You can buy the deworming, I buy wormXplus…(pyrantel pamoate/praziquNTEL) Just keep in mind that woukd not protect or prevent from heart worms and those are fatal. You are on time to prevent that because your dog is young do not wait for that or vaccinations:)
"my questions are…. 1) what immediately should i do, other than calling the vet?"
Yes, we just made that up. And no one yelled at you. We all told you that to properly identify and treat her, you need to take her, or at the very least a fecal sample to the vet. Specific worms require different treatments, and your major aside, she may be infected with parasites you CAN’T see in addition to what you think you’ve correctly identified. Tapeworms look like little grains of rice, not fat little worms
This could actually be whipworms. Whipworms can be seen in the stool when the infestation has already caused some energy or weight loss in the dog. There isn’t really anything you can do yourself to fix it without taking her to the vet. They will probably do an exam on the poop if worms are suspected. Symtoms for worms are: diarrhea, perhaps with blood in the stool; weight loss; dry hair; general poor appearance; and vomiting, perhaps with worms in the vomit. Stop giving her that medicine unless you know it’s actually that haha.
Okay, you are taking her to the vet but you want to know right now what you can do so I’ll give you my take on it. The worms you saw were round worms, not tape worms but there is a good chance she also has tape worms if she’s had fleas, which is on the cards.
Before you take the dog into the vet you can go to any vet practice and buy a good quality all wormer in one tablet that will take care of all worms. You need to know the weight of your dog to buy the correct dose.
You don’t need to buy 1/2 a dozen products, just one " DRONTAL". It’s good quality all wormer and it will take care of the round worms and the tapes and other types of intestinal worms.
The vet or vet tech will sell you a couple of Drontal tablets and you dose your dog according to the instructions and your worm problems will be over.
You will of course have to repeat the worming again in 3 months. Thereafter probably every 6 months will be fine and keep your dog worm free.
When you take your dog to the vet you can discuss flea preventative and heartworm tablets. But for your present problem the Drontal will do it for you.
Keep treating her for kennel cough until you take her in to see the vet.