foster dog has worms

They are those kind that look like rice, I guess, but some of them are bigger than rice. I am getting wormer from the foster coordinator today and I picked up the poop in the yard as soon as she did it. Can my dogs get them from her? How are they transmitted? I assume by dogs eating or licking feces or the behind of the infected dog?

 

That sounds like tapeworm segments. They usually get them from fleas, but sometimes from eating rodents like mice or rabbits. It depends on the type of tapeworm.

The greatest risk to your other dogs would be from infected fleas the dog may still be harboring. I don't think the segments themselves can cause infection if a dog eats them directly. The eggs have to go through a different host first.

 

Hi:
Here is a good worm website! Gosh, that sounds gross! Is there such a thing as a "Good worm web site" LOL LOL

 

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/worms.htm
oops, forgot to post the good worm web site. Check out above!

 

Yucky!! I gave her Droncit which the foster people gave me. They also gave me a couple medications for my dogs, but I am going to wait and watch them and see if anything shows up in their stool. I have picked up every stool of the foster dog's as soon as she is done going and have checked her and my dogs all over for fleas. She had Frontline applied on August 11 as well.

In theory, an animal with a strong immune system should be able to clear a worm infestation on their own. I also read that garlic aids in killing worms and my dogs are already on garlic. I think I am also going to buy some raw pumpkin seeds as well, as a preventive measure.

From what I just read about Droncit, it is only needed once and the dead worms are not expelled in the stool. They are broken down within the body. Can any of you vet tech people comment on whether Droncit is a good drug?

Here is a photo of our Emma May. She LOVES to chew on bones.

 

Very cute pup.
Droncit is a single dose treatment....unless the source is still present, i.e if the tapes are from fleas and there are still fleas present after giving Droncit then you may need to re-dose but if the pup has Frontline on then that shouldnt be a problem.

 

I was worried about fleas because she cuddled up to another shelter dog in PetCo on Saturday that DOES have fleas. I rubbed her down with diatomaceous earth when I got her home, and I have checked her all over and I can't find any on her. I can't see any on my dogs, either. The previous foster mommy says she "Frontlined the heck out of her" because she is determined to NOT get fleas in her house. But the dog stayed the last week at a daycare/boarding facility because the foster mommy had some very, very sick kittens she had to nurse and didn't have time for a pup that wasn't housebroken in addition to her other foster dog. So I guess the pup could have picked up the worms there?

She had diarhhea (on my shoe - ick) at PetCo on Saturday but I have given her some raw pumpkin twice and started her on raw chicken and she seems solid (but squishy) now. I didn't see any worms in her stool this morning, but she went in a bush so it was hard to find, LOL.

I actually had to go outside in a towel this morning because the dogs were making so much noise playing I thought the neighbors were going to have a cow. I had to herd them inside and put the pup on one side of the gate and Nala on the other so Nala - otherwise known in our house today as "Miss Barky-pants Play-with-me Play-with-me Play-with-me" - would stop pestering the poor thing.

She is crated today. I wish I could leave her out, but I don't trust her housebreaking yet. Other than that she is quite good. She seems to know which toys and chews are for doggies and which are people things and she leaves the people things alone. Good doggy!

 

Frontline is effective for a month so the pup should still be covered, to be honest I think the easiest way to look for tapeworm is usually on the hair close to and around the rectum, theres usually a couple of 'hangers on' (sorry, that sounded really gross :shock: ).

 

What a cutie!