Tape worm comes from fleas. A dog or cat has to ingest the flea. I think it takes about 7-10 days later and you can see them in the poop and or they can throw them up. The regular wormer that is given to puppies is for round worm. The Vet will need a fresh sample to check it out. If she has them, he will either give her a pill or a shot, and then 7-10 days later it must be given again to kill the newly hatched baby worms in her system. More times then not the infected fleas are from cat fleas. So if your cat goes outdoors you should look into giving it flea preventative meds, so that your dog and house doesn't get infested. It only takes one infected flea to give a dog or cat tape worm, which means your cat has to be checked and medicated too. And tapeworms multiply fast in an animals system, if untreated the animal becomes so loaded with them that it makes them very anemic and can they can die. How many other cats and dogs do you have?
Peggy -------Original Message------- From: leanneb65 Date: 8/4/2013 5:56:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] Uh oh..worms perhaps? ++Well out little chi will be 8 weeks tomorrow and we have had her 1 week today. The family we got her from said she gave her her first 5 in 1 shot 9 days ago and also wormed her. Her stools are a little loose, not total diarrhea but especially when she is yelping in her crate. Well today I put her in her crate to take care of what needed to be done in the kitchen. She didnt yelp real loudly, more like a wimper but she clearly wanted out. I went to get her once she was quiet and noticed she pooped several small little piles and when I picked her up I notice this white thing hanging from her but. Now I didnt have my reading glasses on and thought it was a string as she has been chewing on a rope toy and some shoe laces I braided. What ever it was just broke off in the tissue Didn't seem to bother her but I think it was more flat then round. Could that be a tape worm? And if she was wormed a week ago why would it look like that? Also, I notice the last few days my cat has had very loose stools as well. Not sure what it going on there but could one infect the other? We are calling the vet tomorrow morning to get her in. She hasn't had a vet check since we got her so I guess this is a good time to.
