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jacquelinebabco · 02-26-2009, 10:56 AM

Widget had girardia when he was about 3 months old. Actually I think he had it before I brought him home. Anyway I gave him the medicine I got from the vet and then he had me repeat it in three weeks. I have 2 other dogs so treated them all but neither of them ever had the parasites. He had been fine and one of my older dogs I caught eating poop. I gave them all a spoonfull of crushed pineapple that I had read about here on yt. They all had diarrhea that night so no more pineapple but widget has had loose poop since the pineapple. I took a specimen to the vet yesterday to check and see if he had gotten girardia back again. Is this something that he will get the rest of his life? Can he ever be cured?
I haven't got the test results back yet but am sure he has it again.
Thanks for any help you can give me.

02-26-2009, 10:56 AM	#1
jacquelinebabco Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: hannacroix,ny Posts: 1,364	girardia Widget had girardia when he was about 3 months old. Actually I think he had it before I brought him home. Anyway I gave him the medicine I got from the vet and then he had me repeat it in three weeks. I have 2 other dogs so treated them all but neither of them ever had the parasites. He had been fine and one of my older dogs I caught eating poop. I gave them all a spoonfull of crushed pineapple that I had read about here on yt. They all had diarrhea that night so no more pineapple but widget has had loose poop since the pineapple. I took a specimen to the vet yesterday to check and see if he had gotten girardia back again. Is this something that he will get the rest of his life? Can he ever be cured? I haven't got the test results back yet but am sure he has it again. Thanks for any help you can give me.