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12-26-2010, 06:14 AM | #1 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Virginia
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| Worms!! We are having a snow storm here in VA today so I already knew that my female yorkie WAS going to have a mishap so I put pee pads down in the house. Well, she pooped and I noticed skinny worms in it. She had a litter of three puppies 26 days ago. Can I worm her now? What about the pups? I have never seen worms in her poop and wondering where she could have gotten them from. I appreciate any advice...thank you. |
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12-26-2010, 06:26 AM | #2 | |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
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12-26-2010, 06:33 AM | #3 |
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| Thank you....how did she get these? As I have said, she has never had worms. |
12-26-2010, 06:38 AM | #4 |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
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| Parasites are very easy to pick up.....from soil, water, or fleas (tapeworms). Tapeworm meds are very tricky when treating pups. If she is able to go out, she can pick them up. It is best to have a fecal performed on a female prior to breeding and after she is bred, making sure that she is kept in very sanitary conditions. Setting aside an area for her to potty during her gestation period and nursing period...an area where no other dogs can access
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12-26-2010, 06:51 AM | #5 |
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| Also, a stool sample can be normal and the stress of a litter can active larva that live in the tissues and do not cause trouble or show on a smaple...but once they move into the system they need to be removed...contact your vet. Best wishes... |
12-26-2010, 07:03 AM | #6 |
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| Also, there are 2 types of tapeworms and each requiring a different cocktail to attack them. It's also my understanding that is the same for hook worms. I see that you live in VA and it would be my assumption that you would have your female on Heartworm meds; some heartworm meds also cover a spectrum of other parasites.
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12-26-2010, 07:11 AM | #7 |
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| As always, I respect all the advice I get. I thank you all for being there. Yes, she is on heartworm meds. Will take care of this in the AM. Thank you....................Barbara |
12-26-2010, 07:14 AM | #8 | |
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Pat/Yorkierose may have some additional info that may help.
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12-26-2010, 11:05 AM | #9 |
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| If it is tape...and they look like small grains of rice alive...and brown bits of tabacco on the anal area once dried...then I would not be as concerned as other worms. Tapes do the least damage to adults and puppies...of course, you do not want them, but compared to hooks...and I do not ever recall a vet telling me they come out alive in a stool...they are very dangerous to pups and adults. Usually, the stool is a dark red even black with hooks.. IF you take a stool and the vet sees no worms, then it is tapes...they tend to crawl away and die long before most breeders see them, very tiny and will never find once they move off the stool..and that is why people are shocked to find out a dog has them after a negative sample. Your vet will know how to treat the problem... Last edited by YorkieRose; 12-26-2010 at 11:07 AM. |
12-28-2010, 08:53 AM | #10 |
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