Dog Roundworm

[foxbody-87]

Hi all.

We recently picked up a cute Labradoodle pup (Harry). Aged 11 wks. He just had his second set of vaccinations and they gave me his flea and worm pills to take away.

I gave him the wormer two or maybe three days ago, and today he has been passing roundworms (poor lad no wonder his stomach has been upset).

Is this normal to have a delayed reaction and will it continue for a little while?

[foxbody-87]

Thanks BexVN

He has been passing an awful lot of them so I don’t think the breeder has kept to regular worming by the look of it. He has really been infested by the look of it poor guy.

Most of them appear to be dead, some moving but I’m guessing they are dying as they’re outside the dog rather than in.

[foxbody-87]

Hi again

I am still seeing the odd roundworm a week after deworming, they seem to be still/not wriggling. Is this normal, I read online they can still be expelled up to 2 weeks after treatment, which if this is the case isn’t too concerning?

(We used Advocate topical treatment)

Thankyou

Matthew

Edited by foxbody-87 on Friday 19th October 18:02

[foxbody-87]

bexVN said:

It doesn't happen that often these days but yes entirely possible with a big burden! So lucky that pup wasn't more poorly with them though!!

The fact they do seem to be dead now is a good thing. Just don't miss the next treatment of Advocate (1 month from last application) and maybe let your vet now how many were passed out and for how long.

Thanks for your help, I have got him booked in for his next treatment in a few weeks time. He obviously had quite an infestation, doesn’t seem like the breeder wormed him at the right intervals if at all?

[foxbody-87]

Another question for BexVN!

Harry was faring a bit better on his wet food whilst the samples were being analysed at the vet. However his movements have started getting loose again. The vet rang today and said the test results are back in and it looks like he still has a significant worm burden, which she is going to treat tomorrow with two different treatments.

My question is could this be affecting his house training. He has been clean for a week now overnight but since his stools have been getting softer again he has started having accidents again (both poo and wee), he weed in the kitchen again today and that is very unusual for a daytime.

Matthew

[foxbody-87]

Thanks for your help, he has been re-wormed so will see what comes out over the next few days! The vet indicated that the faecal sample had something like 3000 eggs per gram, and that was some time after he was wormed. Quite annoyed about the whole thing, I have a mind to report the breeder as he clearly was not wormed adequately.