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worms in dogs
ok so my little 4 month old puppy has worms i dont have enough money to take her to a vet...im 16 i told my rents but there not doing anything about it.. and everynight like she sleeps with me and i wake up and on my bed were like.. little things that looked like red rice??? what are those they wernt moving and they dont look like worms but i know there coming from her what are they?
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The ASPCA or Humane Society can take care of it if you really can't pay for proper treatment. Perhaps you should think twice about owning an animal if you won't be able to take it to the vet whenever it needs it.
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my dog had worms to and i didnt have that much money and the vet recomended this product that you can get at petsmart or even walmart its not expensive at all it called "liquid wormer for puppies and dogs" the brand of the medicine is called "lambert kay" it worked great the dog trows up the worms and there gone you should go buy it it cost around $10 or $20 not more than 20 dollars it can save your dogs life
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All puppies are born with worms. Your dog has roundworms, because all puppies have them if they are not treated, and your puppy has tapeworms, because that's what you've described. You should not let the dog sleep in your bed until you've treated her and you no longer see any worms in her stool. And then wait another month still.
You should call different vets in your area and see if you can at least pick up some wormer. The round worm stuff costs around $10, and the tapeworm stuff could cost another 10 or so. You should give her the wormer, and then give her a second dose in about three weeks to get rid of all of the worms that have hatched in that time.
You should stress to your parents that intestinal parasites like round worms and tapeworms are contageous to humans and can be very damaging. Roundworms usually travel to the eyes of humans and cause permanent damage there. Is it really worth possibly causing eye damage to you just to save a few bucks.
Plus let them know that, if left untreated you could drain the puppy of her energy, nutrients and blood and she could die a slow painful death. :)
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When pets have tapeworm, the segments are passed and they do look like rice, but are usually white. However once dry they could be darker. I so not think hookworm larva can be seen with the human eye, but hookworms do suck blood from the intestines, so they might be red. If it is a parasite and it's not moving, that is because it didn't locate a new host and died off.
Humans can be infected from animals though. As a rule all puppies have worms. You can buy over the counter dewormer which is better than nothing, but I have never had much luck with it. The vet could tell by a stool sample what this is exactly. Hopefully your parents will change their minds.
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are they actually rice sized pellets? because ive never heard of anything that big, but i know flea droppings look like little red pellets. i suppose it could be from ticks too. i really don't know, you may have to take them to a vet yourself. try looking online for free animal clinics in your area, there may be someone that can help depending on where you live. if not and you fear for the health of you dog, if he starts getting sick you you really should take him into a humane animal shelter. you'll have to give him up if you do that, but at least he'll get the treatment he needs.
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Does this sound at all like what your puppy has? If not, i'm sorry i couldn't help.
"Ringworm is the common name for the skin infection caused by a special group of fungi; it is not caused by a worm at all. The fungi feed upon the dead cells of skin and hair causing, in people, a classic round, red lesion with a ring of scale around the edges and normal recovering skin in the center. Because the ring of irritated, itchy skin looked like a worm, the infection was erroneously named. The fungi responsible are called "dermatophytes," meaning "plants that live on the skin" thus the more correct term for ringworm is "dermatophytosis." The characteristic "ring" appearance is primarily a human phenomenon. In animals, ringworm frequently looks like a dry, grey, scaly patch but can also mimic any other skin lesion and have any appearance."
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