|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
08-29-2007, 09:19 PM | #1 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California
Posts: 3,025
| Ugh! Wobie has Worms! I just found three little worm segments in his poop. I'm pretty sure its tapeworms. He's never had any signs of worms before, and I would know because I pick up all of his poop and give it a close look to keep tabs on his health. I don't even know how this happened, because I thought he was up to date on all that stuff. He was at the vet all day today for his neuter, could he have picked it up there? Or is it too soon for him to be showing symptoms if he just picked it up today?I've also heard that stress can make dormant worm eggs hatch and become apparent, and this has certainly has been a stressful day for him. Is that a possibility? Or is it just a coincidence that these worms appear the night he comes home from a day at the vet? I'll go back to the vet tomorrow...the last place I want to go after barely bringing home my baby this evening. This day has been emotional enough already.
__________________ Anna and Wobie |
Welcome Guest! | |
08-29-2007, 09:27 PM | #2 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2007 Location: Michigan
Posts: 71
| Oh no! I hope everything turns out ok. |
08-29-2007, 09:44 PM | #3 |
Loves Hannah & Gracie Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: washington
Posts: 1,752
| They get tapeworms from ingesting a flea. And I don't think that any of the heart worm meds prevent tapeworms. You will have to get a special treatment. Good luck. |
08-29-2007, 09:47 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: DFW, Texas
Posts: 11,003
| Tapeworms look like little white rice segments. Dogs normally get tapeworms from fleas, but can also get them from eating feces or being exposed to feces with tapeworms in it. He wouldn't have gotten them just today and already have segments in his poop. A tapeworm is actually one long worm that attaches itself in the intestines - it can grow several feet in length if left long enough (in people and larger dogs anyway). The little pieces you see are segments of the tapeworm. The big tapeworm is made up of segments and the segments break off to become their own little tapeworms. They can be easily cleared up with a pill now and one again in three weeks. There isn't really a preventative for tapeworms that I know of - all the other preventatives and intestinal dewormers don't usually take care of tapeworms. You have to get a special pill to kill the tapeworms.
__________________ ~Magnifique Yorkies~ Purchasing from backyard breeders, pet shops, and puppymills perpetuates the suffering of other dogs. Educate yourself and buy from reputable breeders or rescue. |
08-29-2007, 10:10 PM | #5 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California
Posts: 3,025
| I think that must be the way it happened, one of my outside dogs has fleas that just won't go away. I never find any on him, but he definitely could have ingested one.
__________________ Anna and Wobie |
08-29-2007, 10:16 PM | #6 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California
Posts: 3,025
| Yeah, I wasn't sure how it would work that symptoms could appear within just 12 hours or so, but I figured that those nasty things can grow pretty quick. I guess its just a coincidence.
__________________ Anna and Wobie |
08-29-2007, 10:17 PM | #7 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California
Posts: 3,025
| Thanks everyone for the well-wishes too. I'll be at the vet tomorrow.
__________________ Anna and Wobie |
08-30-2007, 12:35 AM | #8 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Earlysville
Posts: 976
| Yikes, I didn't know I was supposed to be looking at Maxwell's poop. I thought all the worm issues were covered in the monthly pill -- you YTers are so clever. Hope the tapeworm issue gets resolved for you. Sounds like you got good advice. |
08-30-2007, 03:46 AM | #10 |
Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida
Posts: 14,495
| All you need to do is take the meds(not you the baby), and it will kill the worms. No need to worry.
__________________ Susan, Piper ,Harley & Suiki |
08-30-2007, 04:03 AM | #11 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida
Posts: 8,577
| tapes Fortunately, tape worms are not as hard on the dogs health as hooks, round and most other worms...my vet said some have them for months before the owner finds them and the dog is not sick or weakened...but good to get rid of them of course... |
08-30-2007, 04:05 AM | #12 |
Aubrey's Mom Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Georgia
Posts: 9,369
| Oh, no!!! With mine, I wouldn't have to bring them inbc they give me a pill to give to them. They just have to know the weight. |
08-30-2007, 04:16 AM | #13 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alabama
Posts: 1,523
| Get some Drontel or Droncit pills from your vet. you will need to get an initial dose and give a second dose in two weeks. it will kill the worms. Just a word of warning though, I hope you have a strong stomache. Let me explain, I haven't seen any from Cody but he gets droncit every three weeks as a precaution because the fleas are so horrible here, my cat also gets a dose every three weeks, well she was recently given a double dose because of her weight gain, after about two hours of getting the pills .....she passed them, thank God they were dead but they were passed. It was shocking!!!!! I had seen the segments coming from her and gave her the regular doses and didn't see anything again for a while but with this second dose....OMG......she's cleaned out that's for sure! Sorry so long and gross we have been dealing with flea problems and tapeworms all summer long!
__________________ Mommy of Cody,Gracie,Bella,2labs,1cat, 2 skinkids one Angel Baby Boy 8/8/09 I carried you under my heart for 20 weeks and will carry you in my heart forever |
08-30-2007, 05:03 AM | #14 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 1,054
| Hallee had tapework a few weeks ago. Vet said the get it from ingesting a flea, one flea will do it. Vet gave us one little pill. We had to treat both dogs even though we only saw it in Hallee's poo. Be careful because we humans can get it from our pets. Be sure to wash your hands ect. Oh, it is not prevented with heartguard.
__________________ Heather - Mamma to Gracie & Hallee |
08-30-2007, 06:01 AM | #15 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 10,534
| oh no! I would call your vet and see what they say! I don't blame you for not wanting to go back there tomorrow either! Poor Wobie won't want to go back there tomorrow either!
__________________ “Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.” ― Dean Koontz |
Bookmarks |
|
|
Thread Tools | |
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart