how to kill tape worms for dogs
Saturday, July 4th, 2009 at
9:47 am
i have a 3 month old dog and its got tape worms just wondering how to get ried of them.
Tagged with: old dog • tape worms
You need to go see the vet and get wormers, pet store wormers are a waste of money, they are not very effective, best to get the from the vet.
You can get medicine from your vet or go to a local pet store and purchase Panacur. Panacur kills all 4 common worms, tape, whip, hook and round. You buy and dose according to the weight of the dog.
TAPEWORMS:
HOW DO WE GET RID OF THEM?
Tapeworms are killed by different medications (Our hospital uses one called “DRONCIT” (brand name of “ Praziquantel”) which is administered by injection or tablet. The tapeworm is killed and digested with the pet’s food. It is not passed in the stool later.
CAN PEOPLE GET THEM?
Theoretically, yes, people can get them but they must be infected the same way dogs and cats are: by swallowing an infected flea.
WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?
There is no other way for a pet to get tapeworms except from fleas.
Many people who had thought their pet could not possibly have fleas find out about the infestation this way. The tapeworm segment breaks open releasing its eggs. A larval flea consumes the egg along with the flea dirt that it normally eats. As the larval flea matures, so does the baby tapeworm. When a grooming dog or cat licks the flea and swallows it, the dead flea is digested in the dog’s stomach releasing the baby tapeworm. The tapeworm is passed to its new home in the dog or cat’s small intestine where it attaches and lives its life.
This parasite does not harm the pet in any way as there are plenty of nutrients passing by to serve both the host and its tapeworm (tapeworms require very little nutrients.) Still, high performance dogs, who need every Calorie working for them, may show a decrease in performance because of a tapeworm infection.
Well they say feed a fever and starve a tape worm. Just don’t feed your dog for a few months and this should take care of the tape worms. Please note, this may kill your dog, but at least the tape worm problem will be taken care of.
Take him to the vet. I am not being sarcastic my dog had the same problem the vet will give you some pills that will get rid of the worms. Some things you will want to know though. First the pills $40 to $50 for two of them. Second if you don’t avoid the behavior that gave him the worms it won’t help. He will just get the worms again. If you have other animals in the house they need to not have worms because they can get it that way. Second feeding dogs table scraps of any kind will give them worms. The vet can tell you all this.