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Originally Posted by ZacharyDY  Scoobstersmom posted under "Am Worried About Lacy" that her pup was fecal tested the day after they got her and the Giardi didn't show up.
Lacy may have gotten it from the bottled water whereas you (possibly drinking the same bottled water) might've been able to resist it.
-Just don't think we should be so quick to place blame... |
I was only relaying what my vet told me, they are not my personal comments. All I know about giardia is what my vet and his assistant told me, and what I have read online.. They told me that Lacy would have had giardia when at the breeders, she could not have gotten it while with me in the few hours I had her before the stool test was taken. If you read my earlier comments, I said that I KNOW the breeder did NOT know Lacy had it. If a breeder doesn't know her pups have it, then you can't expect her to have them on medication. I was only asking IF some breeders tested their pups for giardi before selling them. I am very curious about that and want to know. I wasn't blaming anyone. I want to buy another pup and I now know to ask the breeder if the pup has had its stool tested. If it hasn't, I will ask for it to be done as I do not want to buy another pup with giardia.
How Do Pets Get Giardiasis?
Quote The most common means of infection is drinking water that is contaminated with Giardia cysts. Unquote
Pretty sure you wouldn't find giardia cysts in bottled water.