Question About Worming Quantities.

[Sasha (Alexander)]

My dog is 6kgs. and i give him the 4-11kg dog worming tablets. If i were to buy the next size up dog tablets, and divide them in half. Do they still have the same effect as giving one 4-11kg dog tablet?

Thanks.

[~Anne~]

My dog is 6kgs. and i give him the 4-11kg dog worming tablets. If i were to buy the next size up dog tablets, and divide them in half. Do they still have the same effect as giving one 4-11kg dog tablet?

Thanks.

Yes, I do this although my dogs, bar one, are a little closer to the 11kilo range than yours. It is hard to overdose a dog on worming tablets but your dog is really only in the mid range of the smaller does as it is. For the few dollars you might save over a year, I think I'd be more inclined to give the 4 - 11kilo doseage.

[WreckitWhippet]

buy 2 x 3kg drontals that will get the dosage right, although it doesn't really matter, better to give a little more than not enough. You can also break up the 10kg tablets.

[Sandra777]

Tablets yes, the chewables no - because the medication apparently isn't necessarily evenly spread through the chew?

I usually buy the biggest tablets I can get and divide them up - usually much cheaper.

[karly101]

Drontal chews are fine to split...it is written on the packet that you can split them to make the dosage correct. It does work out much cheaper!

In fact.. I think someone on here said inteceptor/sentinel can't be split but that just doesn't sound right to me that the active ingredient wouldn't be spread all around in the chew...

[Everythings Shiny]

The people behind interceptor don't recommend splitting it as they wont get an even dose every time they get it, at least thats what they told us at work.