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my Boxer has worms
Ctgwen" wrote in message
... My dog Sara has hook worms and is being treated with panacur. She lost alot of weight from them (she is a rescue) and even tho she's been treated for aobut a week now, she is still very skinny and has a bit of diarreha. She is about 40 pounds or a little more. How much would you recommend feeding her to get the weight back on and how often? I am also going to take her back to get checked, but wanted to hear other opinions too. Thanks - Gwen BTW, I am new to this newsgroup. I own a corgi mix, a mini dachshund and the boxer. I am soon going to be looking for a rescue doberman! Gwen its perfectly normal for a dog to drop alot of weight with a heavy hookworm infestation. Sometimes we are able to catch the Boxers in the early stages of hookworm but oftentimes not. Its not until the diarrhea, lack of appetite and/or weightloss begins that we know there's a problem. We've had dogs with heavy hookworm problems test negative over and over on a fecal exam which is why the problem can get out of hand so quickly. Finish the Panacur, keep feeding like you normally would then go back in 2 weeks (some vets say 3-4) for a retreatment of Panacur or Strongid. Its always best to retreat as a precautionary measure. -- Tara |
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Ctgwen" wrote in message
... My dog Sara has hook worms and is being treated with panacur. She lost alot of weight from them (she is a rescue) and even tho she's been treated for aobut a week now, she is still very skinny and has a bit of diarreha. She is about 40 pounds or a little more. How much would you recommend feeding her to get the weight back on and how often? I am also going to take her back to get checked, but wanted to hear other opinions too. Thanks - Gwen BTW, I am new to this newsgroup. I own a corgi mix, a mini dachshund and the boxer. I am soon going to be looking for a rescue doberman! Gwen its perfectly normal for a dog to drop alot of weight with a heavy hookworm infestation. Sometimes we are able to catch the Boxers in the early stages of hookworm but oftentimes not. Its not until the diarrhea, lack of appetite and/or weightloss begins that we know there's a problem. We've had dogs with heavy hookworm problems test negative over and over on a fecal exam which is why the problem can get out of hand so quickly. Finish the Panacur, keep feeding like you normally would then go back in 2 weeks (some vets say 3-4) for a retreatment of Panacur or Strongid. Its always best to retreat as a precautionary measure. -- Tara |
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It's frightening how quickly a worm infestation builds up. We worm Murphy every 3 months with a product that treats 4 types of worms - can't remember them all, might be tapeworm, hookworm, whipworm and something else (roundworm?). I don't think we have heartworm here. Normally there's never any evidence of worms. However when we did it a few weeks ago, she passed a large mass of worms (the size of her normal stool but it was all worms) a day or two later. That's in less than 3 months ... no wonder it can kill puppies! Rachel (New Zealand) |
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It's frightening how quickly a worm infestation builds up. We worm Murphy every 3 months with a product that treats 4 types of worms - can't remember them all, might be tapeworm, hookworm, whipworm and something else (roundworm?). I don't think we have heartworm here. Normally there's never any evidence of worms. However when we did it a few weeks ago, she passed a large mass of worms (the size of her normal stool but it was all worms) a day or two later. That's in less than 3 months ... no wonder it can kill puppies! Rachel (New Zealand) |
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