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I am glad you were able to get Marley to a vet today. Hope it is something easily cured. |
I would love to hear more about Marly's foster mom. Did yo get him directly from her or the shelter? Isn't it unusual for a shelter to let a puppy go with active worms like that? If it was me I don't think I would use that foster mom again if she is not taking care of the puppies. I do hope Marley is alright! He sure is a cute little furball! And I haven't officially welcomed you to YT so WELCOME! |
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It makes you wonder if he was truly fully vetted before adoption. |
How did the appointment go? What did the vet say? |
Ok, we are back! I LOVED the vet. She was very patient, gave good explanations, ect. And was extremely gentle with Marley. So, he has tapeworms which he got medicine for (as well as heartworms). He also has some fleas which are causing the scabs not to heal (they are basically living in the wounds). So, I got he got some flea and tick medicine. And he recieved his first vaccination. The vet believes he is around 6 weeks old. So, he is pooped out but should be feeling better very soon. I'm so glad that he is ok and it was soemthing easy to deal with. Thanks for all of your advice and imput! Heidi and Marley |
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When adult male and female worms are present, mating begins to occur. Heartworms do not lay eggs like other worm parasites; instead they give live birth and the baby worms are called Microfilariae. Mosquitoes are the only natural carriers of the heartworm. The life cycle of the heartworm begins when an infected dog carrying the tiny immature heartworms circulating in its blood, is bitten by a mosquito and carries it to a new dog. Microfilariae may live up to two years within the host dog in whom they were born; if after this period a mosquito has not picked them up, they die of “old age.” They may also be transmitted across the placental barrier to unborn puppies if the mother dog is infected with heartworm. It is important to realize that such puppies will not develop adult heartworms or heartworm disease from these microfilariae because in order for a heartworm to reach adulthood, it must be passed through a mosquito. Because of the five month minimum migration time of the larval heartworm after infection, there is no point to heartworm test puppies younger than five months of age. |
I'm so glad that you were able to get Marley into the vets today. That's so good that it was nothing serious. :) I hope you feel skin feels better soon for you precious Marley. :getwell: |
Wow what a day for you. Glad your getting things all cleared up now. Did you mean that he had heart worms or that the medicine is for heart worms as well? I know alot of heart worm medicine kills tape worms too. |
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Yeah, the medicine is also a heartworm medicine. :-) Sorry~ |
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Yeah, they are disgusting! But the doctor said I'm really at no risk for getting them. So, as long as I can't get the nasty little boogers, I'm ok :-) Marley is pooped. He is sleeping on the couch next to me. I got him a little bed today and a Kong -- he got his first taste of peanut butter! |
Ok, THAT was disgusting. Marley just pooped...and it was really loose...and FILLED with stringy nasty wormies! POOR BOY!!!! His poor belly is all full of those nasty things! I'm so glad I took him in. |
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Poor thing he's got to feel better as there are less in him. |
*sigh* So, Marley just threw up twice in a row. I called the E-vet near me and they said to take him in if he continues to throw up. Could he just be feeling sick from all the medicine? I heard that with tapeworms it can cause them to vomit them up as well as poop them-- maybe the meds are just working? I'll watch him closely and keep him hydrated. If he throws up anymore we will be going to the E-vet. Yay. Any ideas why he'd be throwing up? I really think it has to do with the worms, personally but I'd love to hear your thoughts. |
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