Rant... (worms)

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So I did mention it on this forum before, but I recently got a new puppy. She's been great, is learning really well and has good manners.

However, recently she's started showing signs of having Roundworms (as in have been spotted in her stool, showing decreased apetite, etc). We've been worming her before we properly knew she had them, and fortunately the worms that we've SEEN look dead since we started worming her. However, she was meant to have been wormed by the breeder we got her from, and I was under the impression it takes about 4 weeks after infection for symptoms to become obvious.

I'm now really angry, as the breeder clearly did not worm her, and we hadn't even known she'd been exposed to them.

I'm a diabetic but I have a really poor immune system- to the point where i've been hospitalised for simple colds that escalated.

I'm not saying I blame the breeder, but surely if the puppy had been wormed like the breeder had told us she had been, she wouldn't be infected? We've had her just over a week and has only just been introduced to going to the toilet outside.
 
She's been wormed with Panacur, which is the same thing her breeder also used. We got her on Thursday the 6th of may.
 
might be worms emerging and might need something for tapeworm- consult your vet . may also be resistant to panacur.
 
How old is the puppy? young puppies often inherit a large worm burden from their mothers.they are wormed every 2 weeks until 12 weeks to kill emerging waves.then once a month til 6 months in bad cases.wormers only kill current infestations not encysted eggs.could otherwise be a tapeworm.not nessecarily the breeders fault its not uncommon to have worm issuea in puppies.any pics of the critters?
 
If it helps you have to ingest the eggs in order to pick up roundworms from a dog.thats why its usually only small children who eat dirt that tend to pick up roundworm infections.
If you worried ask any pharmacy for a wormed that will kill roundworms in people.
 
I don't know if Aru has found this, but my vet is not a fan of using panacur on in whelp bitches which seems to be the new trend. He said he had seen some huge worm burdens in pups whose breeders had followed this regime. As said it is not necessarily the breeders fault, even if the dam is showing no sign of worms pup more often than not have them. I used to worm 2 weekly and always recommended new owners wormed as above, 2 weekly to 12 weeks .
 
We always used to worm with drontal puppy,when the pup came home,then again at four and then five months..I recall a pup I'd imported from uk still had roundworm eggs in her stool at five months so we gave one further worming until her stool was tested clear...then, regular stool checks thereafter.
AT this point we had the pup on a heartworm combo monthly so this covered worms too.
 
Well I just found it odd that after we started worming her with what the breeder said she'd used, the symptoms were alleviated- so I highly doubt they've a resistance to it? She only recently started showing proper symptoms, and they're definitely roundworms. I'll try to get a picture when I can.
It seems to be working well so far since she's not 'scooting' as much, has a better appetite, and overall doesn't seem as uncomfortable.
I was in a bad mood at the time of making this so that was a bad idea on my part, but i'm still perplexed- surely if it's working nicely for us now, then it would have cleared up the worms when the breeder also used it?

She's 10 weeks old today.
This is my first time having a puppy and i'm no dog expert,I really only knew enough to be certain she had worms and the type she had. I wasn't aware that the wormer wouldn't kill eggs. Guess i'll know for future reference then.
 
I would strongly advise you to take your new puppy down to your local vet for a health check and to get their advice on worming - most will do a free health check for new puppies - do it sooner rather than later so you can get insurance etc sorted out - especially as a new puppy owner use the professionals.
 
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