by turtle » May 4th, 2006, 1:39 pm
Maybe the previous doses have been slowly killing off the worms? And what you're seeing could be eggs or worm larvae? Round worms are the most common in pups, but they do tend to get hook worms and whip worms too.
I think most wormers work for all worms except for tape worms which take a different medicine.
I bought a good sized bottle of liquid Pyrantel Pamoate, it's the same as Strongid, and is actually for human pin worms. It was cheap at KV Vet and will probably last me forever! It's dosed at 1 cc per 20 pounds body weight orally and it works great, it gets rid of all worms except for tape worms. The Pyrantel Pamoate is pretty mild and can be given to young pups too.
When I first got my dog at age 6 months, she had round worms and the vet gave me the 3 days of panacur powder which did not get rid of her worms! I had her checked 14 days later and she still had them so I bought the Pyrantel Pamoate and that got rid of them.
I would think Ivermectin would work too, it's the main ingredient in most heartworm preventatives and if you give your dog those each month, usually they have no worms. But it can be tough to get rid of well established worms that have been there awhile.
Good to hear Arturo is doing better. Getting the worms out of his system and letting his tummy recover and he'll be back on track. It might not be the food at all that caused the "soft serve", it could just be all the worms and wormers.
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