my dog is throwing up long thin white almost translucent (worms?) how do i get rid of these and what are they?

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If finances are a problem, you could try an over the counter product or take your pet to a vetrinarian at the humane society because they may treat the animal based on a sliding fee scale.

There are many parasites that can affect your dog. A dog should be dewormed at about 2 weeks of age because they can become infected with worms in their mother's womb. The best solution is to take your dog to the vet. Take a sample of the worms to the vet for identification.

This article is about parasitic woms in dogs. It may help you to know what kind of worms they are.
http://www.vetinfo.com/dworms.html#Roundworm%20picture

This information is copied from one of the articles on the website:
They are roundworms, hookworms, whipworms and tapeworms.

Most dogs have roundworms (Toxocara canis, cati or leonina) at some time in their life. This worm can be passed to puppies while they are in the uterus and while they are nursing. Eggs that are passed can develop into infective larvae that are capable of directly infecting another dog. The eggs may also infect an intermediate host, such as earthworms, mice, rats and moles and then when this creature is eaten by the dog develop into adult roundworms in the dog. Roundworms have a strange life cycle, migrating out of the intestine and into the lungs (and other organs) before returning to the intestines. Once infected, a dog may pass millions of worm eggs in the stool. The eggs can live for several months in the environment. They are sensitive to ultraviolet light, so pens which are exposed to direct sunlight do not support the life cycle of the worm as well as more protected pens. Roundworm eggs can be killed by using aqueous iodine solution (Clinics of North America, November 1987) but are not killed by chlorine bleach, although it is supposed to remove the sticky outer coating of the worm, making it easier to cleanse them from infected areas.

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my dog is throwing up long thin white almost translucent (worms?) how do i get rid of these and what are they?

Answer 5

It worms and you not have to go to a Vet. Go to a Farm Supply Store and tell them you need and Worm Pill and how do you use it. They will ask how much the dog weigh. To know your Dog's Weight, hold it in your arms and weigh you and the dog on some bathroom scales. Then weigh just your self and subtract the Difference, that the Dog's Weight. Last time I wormed my Dog the pill was about $2 tax and all.
Heart Worms are in the Blood Stream if you have ever had Biology you take a Blood Sample and prepare a slide and look under a Microscope, you will see them! If, it heart worms the dog will most likely need a Vet.

Answer 6

Probably roundworms. Usually they don't throw them up unless they have a pretty severe infestation. It technically could be heartworms being coughed up from the lungs, but you would likely have seen other symptoms before this point. Take your dog to the vet for an exam and bring a fresh stool sample (no more than one hour old or kept in the refrigerator for up to 6 hours before the stool check) so they can check to see what all is going on. They are looking for the eggs of the parasites and this will tell them what kind it is, and also if there are any other kinds living in there as well.

Answer 7

It sounds like your dog has worms. There are over the counter products to get rid of them, but they rarely work well. Call your vet. They have pills that are very effective and quick at curing worms. It sometimes takes a few treatments, depending on how bad they are, but not treating it will eventually kill the dog.

Answer 8

Sounds like an over infestation of round worms, (they can come out both ends -bottom and mouth). Take him to the vet and tell him your dog needs to be dewormed. He'll fix him right up for you.

I have seen rare occasions where a dog has vommitted whip worms, but that was an extreeme condition. That is why its best to take him to the vet just to make sure they are treating the right worm, so bring in a fecal sample for them to run a more accurtate test.

Roundworms are extreemly zoonotic (transmissible from animal to humans). Its extreemly important you and all who have contact with "both ends of the dog" to practice good hygine (proper hand washing and just don't allow the dog to lick peoples hands and face).

Its important you give a deworming and 7 to 10 days later you give another dewormer (depending on the type of dewormer prescribed to you). This will throughly wash out the worms.

Its a good idea you put you pup on a monthly multi dewormer as well. Heartgard Plus is good, it has Ivermectin (which kills Microfalaria larve - heart worm - fatal parasite) and Pyrantel (which paralizes and kills Acarids -roundworms and hookworms). Its a once a month chewable that most dogs will eat up like a treat. You can bet every month your pet is getting dewormed of anything he might have picked up.

Intestional parasites are really easy to pick up, because dogs are always putting stuff in their mouth. The parasites eggs are extreemly tough and durable. They are resistant to the enviroment (hot or cold) and could lay dormant for ages in the soil waiting for the host to come ingest them. So its important to try to keep your pet clean of them because they are so eazy to pick up.

Good luck I hope this helped.

Answer 9

Sounds like roundworms to me. They are intestinal worms that dogs can get. Your dog needs a physical with your Veterinarian. Bring in a sample of your dog's poop, and the Vet will test it (your dog may have more than one type of worm) and give you some medication to get rid of the worms. It's a common worm, but you want to have it taken care of immediately.

Answer 10

Bring the dog to a vet to have a fecal check done to ascertain if it has worms and what kinda worms.

Regular deworming is good practice. Deworming pills (i.e. Drontal) or any other deworming tablets which contain both pyrantel and praziquantel should kill most roundworms and tapeworms.

For puppies age 6weeks - 3mths, it is wise to deworm them every 2 weeks. From 3mths - 6mths, deworm monthly. From 6mth of age to adult, deworm every 3 months. This is especially important if your dog lives outside and may pick up worms or worm eggs from the ground.

Anyway, like what the others have suggested, bring your dog to a vet asap. Good luck!