I was just laying with my dog on my bed and when he got up there was a tiny white-ish worm were his butt was. I put the worm in a container just in case. I got him two months ago and he was clean and I use heartgard plus. I can't call my vet until Monday but should I be worried?
2007-09-29 07:17:25 · 6 answers · asked by Lisa Christine 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
It sounds like a tapeworm. Heartguard doesn't kill tapeworms.
No you don't need to be worried. The vet can give you a dewormer for tapeworms on Monday.
Make sure to keep your dog flea free. Fleas carry tapeworms.
2007-09-29 07:40:44 · answer #1 · answered by Great Dane Lover 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't worry, it's OK, your dog will be fine until it can be treated.Heartgard doesn't have a tapeworm preventative in it but it does cover Ascarid and Hookworms. It says it on the box. I use Heartgard with my dogs. If it looks like a grain of rice, it is a tapeworm. You can also find them stuck in the dogs hair around his butt sometimes. It's from them ingesting a flea. You can treat it at home. D-Worm is for tapeworms and I order mine from this company, very easy to use:
http://www.jefferspet.com/ssc/product.asp?CID=0&mscssid=JLM85P2J8GGX8MA27R5C7DDC7UDL22N5
It's good to keep a bottle around you never know when you will need it. It's all according to the size of your dog. The vet will charge $20 to $30+ just for a worm pill, simply outrageous. When your dog can get tapeworms from simply playing with another dog and swallowing a flea.
2007-09-29 07:32:52 · answer #2 · answered by blessed1 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
heartguard is for heartworms. There are a lot of different kinds of worms animals can get. Your vet can give him a shot that will take care of the full range of parasites. It sounds like a tapeworm--did it look like a grain of rice? There are also hookworms and roundworms your dog could get. None of them are nice, but it's not a vet emergency situation, either.
Tapeworms come from the animal ingesting fleas--make sure you always have some sort of flea guard on your dog after you get him dewormed in addition to the heartguard medication.
2007-09-29 07:21:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Heartguard is for Heartworm, not Intestinal Worms. Call the vet on Monday and bring a stool sample to them so they can give you the proper dose of wormer.
2007-09-29 07:22:34 · answer #4 · answered by Yo LO! 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I wouldn't be all that worried about it, it's only a worm. Call your vet. Maybe your dog just spit out the heartgard pill you gave him last month.
2007-09-29 07:21:04 · answer #5 · answered by DawgHouse 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Yes he might have worms, take the worm to the doctor and they'll probably deworm him. Don't play with those sort of things! :)
2007-09-29 07:20:04 · answer #6 · answered by notchobabymama 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋