OMG it's WORMS

[Maddie23]

Please help. It's 8 p.m. where I live and a small town where there isn't an emergency vet clinic. There is a vet on call at my vet's office.

I just took my Maddie out to poop, when she did there were 3 WORMS that were alive on it. Looked likes long grains of rice only flatter. I about to FREAK OUT!!!!! She takes Sentinal monthly. Do I need to get her on a wormer ASAP or can it wait until Monday a.m.??????

Please help I am seriously freaked out not to mention grossed out. Where do these worms even come from? She doesn't eat poo, only around other dogs when groomed, doesn't go to a dog park, only exposure to outside other than my fenced back yard (that another dog has never been in) is when we walk in the neighborhood.

[apartmentgirL]

I recently took Taz to the vet for the same problem. Just go to your vet and tell them what you saw in his poop. They should give you some meds for it. 2 pills to be exact. He has tapeworms, and he most likely got it from digesting a flea. Hope this helps.

[RachelandSadie]

you can breathe a sigh of relief because as far as i know whether hook, round, or tape worms it can wait until Monday. they will simply give a dewormer that will kill and help her pass all the worms. if it's coming out in the stool that's a good thing and the dewormer will help. puppies have worms all the time when they are born and it's nothing to run off to the ER about. so don't worry have a decent weekend. pick up all poop in the yard and house and spay a little bleach water on fecal areas or use surface cleaners in the house. go to the vet first thing Monday to get the meds an get rid of them. good luck it'll all be fine.

wanted to add that all puppies can get worms from their mother at birth. worms can come from the ground even when fecal matter isn't present. i believe i read once that certain worms like hook or round can actually crawl into your feet somehow from contam. water and ground and travel through the body to your intestines. they reproduce and grow there. but still don't fret. worms are a fairly common and normal thing and are easily treated and removed. just clean up the messes and the yard. let us know how it goes on Monday.

[Lizzie07]

You might not want her to sleep in your bed, if that is where she normally sleeps. The worms can come out on their own, especially when the dog is still.

[AllDogBoots]

Isn't Sentinol supposed to prevent worms?

[Ute White]

Take a stool sample with you when you go to see the vet. And yes, don't let her sleep in your bed and make sure everybody washes their hands after handling the pup. Good luck.

[Maddie23]

Originally Posted by Lizzie07

You might not want her to sleep in your bed, if that is where she normally sleeps. The worms can come out on their own, especially when the dog is still.

ewww, ewww, and more ewww!!!!!!!!!

thanks for everyone's quick responses. what is really freaking me out is that she is not a puppy. she is 2 1/2 years old. she was at the vet in April and had a fecal that came back clear. I have an older thread on here from May about a worm. There was what looked like a worm in her water bowl. I took it to the vet along with another stool sample. Stool sample came back clear. One vet who just looked at the "worm" in a clear bottle said it "looked" like a hookworm. HEAD vet at the clinic put the "worm" on a slide and cut it apart and said it was a fiber. Now its WORMS!!!!! Truly the "worm" in May didn't really look like these, it was longer and skinnier, these today were short and fatter and flatter on one end. EEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

At 2 1/2, and being on monthly Sentinel, isn't this odd???

I will report back on Monday what the vet says. I did take pictures of the poo with worms to show him. My gosh, I'm weird.

[Ringo1]

I remember how grossed out I was when my little Maltese had worms as a puppy. Even though I didn't know that the worms would come out when they were still (Lizzie07 just confirmed my worst fears) . . I would NOT let him sleep in my bed until I knew they were gone. I was just too grossed out; worms just freak me out.

Poor little guy didn't realize why he couldn't sleep in my bed for a few days; but as I remember . . it didn't take much to get rid of them.

So I know how squicked out you are right now! Heck, I didn't even want to pet him for a few days and it's not like they were coming out his head!

I laugh now but wasn't too happy at the time either.

This too shall pass! Ha!

[BanditSocks2]

Hoping it's a quick weekend until you can see your vet for the dewormer!!! Hope your lil one feels better soon Did the vet do a fecal before you began the Sentinal?

[kalina82]

gross! LOL

sentinel does protect against intestinal parasites but not tape worms. it covers rounds, hooks,and whips.

you can wait until monday to take a stool sample to the vet. make sure you pick up all the poop and clean everything really well. make sure your vacuuming every day to pick up anything that might have "slipped out". LOL

if your too grossed out you can go to the er but keep in mind its going to be a lot more expensive then going to your regular DVM

[Maddie23]

ok, I'm know I'm seriously freaking out and probably sound really stupid, but I'm the person that NO ONE could believe would EVER had a d-o-g in her house, now I have a d-o-g with WORMS!!!

so, my Maddie is laying in my lap and I can't even watch TV because I'm so busy watching her butt to make sure a worm doesn't come out, and lo and behold I look and THERE IS A WORM ON ME!!!!!

that's it, I live in a small town and the nearest emegency vet clinic is probably 50 miles or more away, but my regular vet has a 24 hour answering service. so, I call and the lady connects me to the vet on call (when I told her what happened she was pretty freaked too so she connected me ) I tell him the whole story and he told me I could go to our local TSC to purchase an over-the-counter de-wormer to give her tomorrow and then to bring her in monday a.m. I'm telling him worms are coming out of her BUTT and does it pose a risk to my family, he said not to worry about it. HMMMMMMM, I told him that's easy for him to say, he didn't have a worm that came out out a dog's BUTT on him!!!

So for now, I am going to put an old towel on my lap and let her lay on that. I would rather that than have her lay on the furniture or rug on my tile and then a worm come out on that. At least this way I can wash the towel in HOT water tonight. Luckily for me, she sleeps in her plastic carry crate on my bed at night, so I will just wash her bed in hot water in the a.m. as well.

Does anyone know how long a worm could survive once it "slips" out of her???? EWWWWWWWWWWW

[Ringo1]

Originally Posted by Maddie23

ok, I'm know I'm seriously freaking out and probably sound really stupid, but I'm the person that NO ONE could believe would EVER had a d-o-g in her house, now I have a d-o-g with WORMS!!!

so, my Maddie is laying in my lap and I can't even watch TV because I'm so busy watching her butt to make sure a worm doesn't come out, and lo and behold I look and THERE IS A WORM ON ME!!!!!

that's it, I live in a small town and the nearest emegency vet clinic is probably 50 miles or more away, but my regular vet has a 24 hour answering service. so, I call and the lady connects me to the vet on call (when I told her what happened she was pretty freaked too so she connected me ) I tell him the whole story and he told me I could go to our local TSC to purchase an over-the-counter de-wormer to give her tomorrow and then to bring her in monday a.m. I'm telling him worms are coming out of her BUTT and does it pose a risk to my family, he said not to worry about it. HMMMMMMM, I told him that's easy for him to say, he didn't have a worm that came out out a dog's BUTT on him!!!

So for now, I am going to put an old towel on my lap and let her lay on that. I would rather that than have her lay on the furniture or rug on my tile and then a worm come out on that. At least this way I can wash the towel in HOT water tonight. Luckily for me, she sleeps in her plastic carry crate on my bed at night, so I will just wash her bed in hot water in the a.m. as well.

Does anyone know how long a worm could survive once it "slips" out of her???? EWWWWWWWWWWW

And I know this is so not funny but you are seriously cracking me up. I don't know how long they survive.

I would definitely have her sleeping in the crate and probably NOTon my bed tonight.

[orlnurse]

Once the worm comes out, it dries up then looks like a grain of uncooked rice. I don't think they survive long once they are out because there is no host. The worms tend to come out when the dog is still which is most likely when they are sleeping. You'll probably see some on her bedding in the morning. This happened to me about a month ago and I rushed both pups to the vet even though only one had symptoms. Now I know even though its really gross, its not an emergency. Even though they are on a preventative, its a fluke that they ingest the one contaminated flea. Max was treated with Drontal Plus; 1 tablet and then 1 more tablet in exactly 3 weeks.

[RachelandSadie]

they will do drontal or pancur. pancur is sprinkled on the food. there are other ones that also are liquid dewormers. it's ok i know it's disgusting, but just clean and clean and u'll make it to Monday. ewwwwwwwwww tho. gross.

[dwerten]

Originally Posted by Maddie23

ok, I'm know I'm seriously freaking out and probably sound really stupid, but I'm the person that NO ONE could believe would EVER had a d-o-g in her house, now I have a d-o-g with WORMS!!!

so, my Maddie is laying in my lap and I can't even watch TV because I'm so busy watching her butt to make sure a worm doesn't come out, and lo and behold I look and THERE IS A WORM ON ME!!!!!

that's it, I live in a small town and the nearest emegency vet clinic is probably 50 miles or more away, but my regular vet has a 24 hour answering service. so, I call and the lady connects me to the vet on call (when I told her what happened she was pretty freaked too so she connected me ) I tell him the whole story and he told me I could go to our local TSC to purchase an over-the-counter de-wormer to give her tomorrow and then to bring her in monday a.m. I'm telling him worms are coming out of her BUTT and does it pose a risk to my family, he said not to worry about it. HMMMMMMM, I told him that's easy for him to say, he didn't have a worm that came out out a dog's BUTT on him!!!

So for now, I am going to put an old towel on my lap and let her lay on that. I would rather that than have her lay on the furniture or rug on my tile and then a worm come out on that. At least this way I can wash the towel in HOT water tonight. Luckily for me, she sleeps in her plastic carry crate on my bed at night, so I will just wash her bed in hot water in the a.m. as well.

Does anyone know how long a worm could survive once it "slips" out of her???? EWWWWWWWWWWW

OMG I am laughing hysterically over here as I would be just as freaked out lolll I am sorry but the way you described the worm coming out of your babies butt etc omg you are cracking me up tonight.

Do worms usually happen in puppies or can they happen in older dogs as well? I have never dealt with worms and curious.