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RE: Scarlette update - Milka's worms
Gina,
I
remembered the great book (aka Milka's binder) much later in the day.
First, I had to freak out over the yucky worm in my little Milka's poop!!!
I'm having a stressful week at work and so first response was call the vet in a
panic and bring the poop in....Alas, after reading the great book, I feel much
better....Milka and I have just had a great round of fetch and of course
watching hockey (that's for you Ilene)... :) Karin and Wormy
At 12:47 PM 11/8/01 -0700, you wrote:
Gina,
Loves and kisses from us and a
speedy recovery for Scarlette!!
We had our own little shock today
when I found a worm in Milka's poop. It turns out to be roundworm
and the vet is putting Milka on medication so they tell me not to
worry. Needless to say, I was a spazzed out mom this
morning....
Don't know if the rest of the Casino gang got it but
at least keep an eye out.
Hugs, Karin, Carl and Wormy (aka
Milka)
Karin,
Thanks for the well wishes.
Scarlette is much much better today. We were at the vet a 8:00 AM
showing off how well she is feeling, no need for her to be there today and I
am sure she is glad... Home is always nicer... She is eating and
snoozing and has brought me a
ball. :-)) Her temp this
morning was back up to normal 102 so we are no longer in fear of her being
toxic. A low temp can be just as bad as a high temp, Scarlette was
fairly low at 99.2 at one point, which indicates toxic...
On
the round worms: READ YOUR OWNERS MANUAL! Ha ha ha, got
ya! :-))
Guys, read the material, that is why I gave it to
you! In an effort to keep you from being concerned when things do come
up. Common things such as but not limited to round worms. There
is a wealth of information put together in the Go Home Book, it's a
collective of a lot of years and a lot of puppies, not just
mine... From your Go home book I quote: (typo's and all)
-
Roundworms:
All puppies have
roundworms. They are born with them these are the only worms other
than tape worms that can be seen in a fecal sample with the eye. They
look like spegitti where tape worms caused by flea's look like
rice. Your puppy has been wormed several times but can possibly keep
passing rounds and re infecting himself. This is why I strongly
recommend that you keep your puppy on Interceptor for the first year of his
life. Interceptor is marketed as a heart worm preventive and in the North
West we are only at about a 3% heart worm infection status this wormer is
indicated to control not only heart worms but many others such as rounds,
hooks, whips. Heart Guard Plus brand of heart worm protection is
not effective against rounds though the company may say it is. The
amount of Ivomec in the preparation is not sufficient to control
rounds. Please refer to this web site for detailed information on
Roundworms.
BY: Gina Heitz
With that revisited, if
puppies are not on the above protocol and or your vets are not worming them
at shot time then they are not doing their job and I would venture to say
they would have rounds. If not on a protocol worming for rounds every
3 weeks is a normal corse and is usually included in most vet's shot
protocol through the shot series.
Gina :-)