My baby has worms!

casper · Member Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Posts: 52

I'm completely devasted and grossed out. I had him dewormed when I first got him and he tested negative. So he's caught it somehow in the last two months.

I'm thinking of no longer letting him go outside and making him a completely indoor dog - thoughts?? Good or bad?

nern · Moderator Joined: 14 Mar 2004 Posts: 5042 Location: NY

I don't think its necessary to keep him strickly indoors but thats really up to you. What kind of worms does he have?

casper · Member Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Posts: 52

how else do you think he got it?? i haven't been to the vet yet (in an hr) but from the research I've done on the internet, I think he has round worms.

It's really upsetting because he's been dewormed. I really don't want him to catch it ever again.

I'm very distraught about the whole situation because he JUST got neutered on friday and now has to deal with this too....

I was thinking of buying drugs online to treat him myself to save on money. What do you think??

Aqueous · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:49 pm Post subject:

nern · Moderator Joined: 14 Mar 2004 Posts: 5042 Location: NY

I think its best to go to the vet or if you have had this problem previously you can probably just pick up the meds without bringing the dog with you. Maybe you can just worm him or have his stool checked every 4 - 6 months to prevent this from happening in the future. My vet actually recommends worming mine 4 times per year. I would talk to your vet and see what she/he recommends for prevention.
My kitten has roundworms as well even though he was dewormed twice over the past two months sometimes it takes several treatments to completely get rid of the worms.

WinniPoo · Member Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 75

We just went through this a few months ago with our older dog, when he tested positive for round worm, I was also grossed out and could not believe this happened because he was up to date on all of his shots, come to find out instead of treating him with the monthly heartworm pill (which also protects him against round worm) we opted to give him the injection (which DOES NOT protect him against round worm, something I didn't know till it happened to us) we have gone back to the pills once a month. You should check with you vet to make sure his heart worm also protects against other worms. The treatment was simple, he was given some meds and it cleared up. Good Luck

puttin510 · Super Senior Member Plus Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 2748

What do they look like, if they look like rice then its tapeworm. Those rice like worms are just the babies. Take him for a shot or dewormer, orally. Tapeworm is gotten by injesting a flea.

Trixiepoo · Member Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 292

Sorry I have never had this experiance but i hope he gets better Sad

4Dogsihave · Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 4:36 am Post subject:

We worm our dogs about 4 times a year, unfortunatly its not something that when wormed once they will never get them. Or having all their shots. Its a regular maintance thing you have to do with dogs. They can get them from so many different things. I dont think keeping your dog inside is the solution just regular checks for worms and regular worming.