Worming

[Bo's Mum]

the worming stuff we have been givin for Bo (got it from the breeder) is the liquid stuff that we have to use a shringe with, oh my god how hard is it to get it in his mouth!!! most of it ended up all over me instead of his mouth lol  
cant we use the tablets of somthin instead or do i have t carry on using this?

[PennyB]

I used the granules I got from the vet that I mixed in with their food (if they're only on dry food then I'd soak the food so it was easy to mix them in). I didn't buy it all at once (as they need regular worming at this age) so that I could keep going back to get her weighed and to socialise her to the vets as well.

[Annette]

I think the dosage goes by the weight of the pup, and when they are little the syringe stuff seems to be the medicine of choice. However when he gets bigger you will probably be offered tablets which are much easier to give. We have only had tablets for Buddy because he is such a big lad, and I moulded some cheddar cheese around it. I don't think he even noticed the tablet, it went down in one gulp!

[TOPAZ BILLY]

I use the liquid in a little drop of milk, its the only time my two get milk so tend to lap it straight down.

Michelle

[~Jilly~]

We had granules from the vet, a little packet you sprinkle on their food, you give one a day for 3 days.

Bella only has dry food so on worming days she is treated to scrambled egg, which she looooooves!

[kate.s]

I've got drontal worming tablets from the vets for sam, is it true that this can make him sick?? Also how do you get tablets down a puppy??

[Mich]

I had granules when Bailey was a little pups and  now he has a tablet.
I just pop it in a chunk of his food, he never ever notices!

[waisis]

I also had to use a syringe with Bailey for worming liquid.  What worked for me was sticking the tip of the syringe in at 1 corner of his mouth as close to his back teeth as possible.  It manages to get in there, but I do have to push the plunger slowly or else he doesn't have enough time to swallow the liquid and it comes leaking out.

[kate.s]

I managed to get the worming tablet down Sam this morning after a huge struggle. This was the first time he had been wormed since being born.

I was unsure if he'd swallowed the tablet and was wondering if he'd spit it out somewhere......I got my answer tonight......there in the middle of the kitchen floor was this huge poo with what looked like noodles sticking out from it. On closer inspection they moved.....in a panic I phoned the vet ( after cleaning up ) only to be reassured that it's just the worming tablet working and told that all puppies are born with worms and if this was his first time being wormed then the infestation would be quite bad. I have to worm again in two weeks.

Has this happened to anyone else??

[debbie321]

Oh yuk!  Moving stuff!  Ben is due for worming (he's 6 1/2 months) and I had the syringe stuff last time.  It was a nightmare trying to get it in his mouth - let alone swallow the stuff - so this time I'll ask for a tablet or powder to put in his food.  

I remember cleaning up after a cat years ago and the sick was wriggling - not something I want to do again  ::

[PennyB]

I've got drontal worming tablets from the vets for sam, is it true that this can make him sick?? Also how do you get tablets down a puppy??

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Open their mouth and then push it to the back of the throat so they're forced to swallow it (I did this on the last two pups I had, with mine they will eat anything and so I just coat the tablet in cream cheese).

I was lucky with my two as the breeder had regularly wormed them and their mum so I never had the worm in the poo problem (now my foster pups are a different matter)

[silkstocking]

Shows you how niave I am. I asumed all breeders would worm pups.

My breeder started mine on panacur wormer which is a powder to add in the food the vet carried that on at the 8 week check and then advised drontal.

 The tablets can make them sick if they had worms, its a way of dispelling them, that or out there bums obviously. Yum! LOVELY!!

[kate.s]

The breeder regularly worms the mum but was told by the vet to get people to worm the pups when they buy them so that's why they hadn't been wormed....he's just done another one yuk!!!

[suki1964]

My last lad came to me unwormed, first we knew was when we came home to find the hall covered with the damm things The vet was livid,said he hadnt seen such a bad infestation, told me off in no uncertain terms But then I had bought him from a pet shop and took their word that he had been wormed regulary

[tiggerbabe]

Beau had a really dicky tummy for most of last week and since I had had him for 3 months, I wormed him just as a precautionary as he would definately be due a dose anyway.

He is 100% better now, but after checking his poo, there was no obvious signs of any worm infestation?  Should there have been?  

He took a reaction to the Drontal tablet (which I gave him in some butter) and was absolutely high as a kite all night, but fine the next day.