Puppy Worming

[RoseRed]

I'm just trying to double check on what worming puppies need. I'm referring to very young puppies (up to 12 weeks).

It's just that I've been looking at a number of different puppy suspensions and -

- some do whipworm, roundworm and hookworm

- some just do roundworm and hookworm

- and some just do roundworm

And none of them seem to do tapeworm?

So do puppies need one that does all three (whipworm, roundworm and hookworm) plus a separate one for tapeworm?

And why do some suspensions only do roundworm? I'm assuming that wouldn't be enough

[becks]

Some that do lots can be a bit harsh on a puppy tum.

I've always used Panacur for litters until they are old enough to have Milbemax.

If you are worried, you could use one to treat on one occasion and then use a different wormer a couple of weeks later when pups are next due.

[dancinbcs]

All the puppy suspensions are pretty well useless. I just use Drontal tablets broken down to the right size.

[Vacuna]

I am using the suspension on toy pups only until they are old enought to start eating so it is easy to get part of a tablet into them.

[becks]

All the puppy suspensions are pretty well useless. I just use Drontal tablets broken down to the right size.

That's not so easy to do with much smaller pups then yours!

[WreckitWhippet]

All the puppy suspensions are pretty well useless. I just use Drontal tablets broken down to the right size.

agreed, we go straight to drontal or paratak at 2 weeks and that includes the toy litters

[Crisovar]

Straight onto Drontal tabs from 2 weeks here too!

[RoseRed]

What do the drontal tablets taste like? Are they something that dogs will take easily, or something you have to pretty much force into them? lol

I used a puppy suspension with my last litter, but they hated it, which made it hard to actually get into them.

With my adult dogs I just use Advocate (which does fleas, heartworm and intestinal worms (except for tapeworm), and I give them a separate tablet for tapeworm. But you can't use Advocate on young pups. They say you can use it from 7 weeks of age, but I don't think I'd use it on puppies THAT young.

[WreckitWhippet]

The tablets don't have a taste at all, as you pop them down the throat. It's much easier and more effective than using suspension, that the pups spit out and gag on.

[dancinbcs]

The tablets don't have a taste at all, as you pop them down the throat. It's much easier and more effective than using suspension, that the pups spit out and gag on.

Yep, mine always just spat the suspension all over me and I had no idea how much they had. A friend also nearly killed one of her puppies when it inhaled the suspension.

When I worked for a large pet warehouse many years ago the owners tried all the wormers on their greyhound puppies. None of the suspensions removed any worms but the same puppies treated the next time with tablets, excreted worms. After that they told us to not recommend the suspensions to anyone. They still carried them because some people still wanted to buy them but did not recommend them.

I give the tablets with some nutripet on them. Let the puppies lick some of the nutripet first, then pop the tablet down their throat with a little nutripet to make it slippery and let them lick the rest off your fingers. Some actually just grab the pill and swallow it because of the nutripet. Then they all suck the remnants from each others mouths.

[Crisovar]

What do the drontal tablets taste like? Are they something that dogs will take easily, or something you have to pretty much force into them? lol

I used a puppy suspension with my last litter, but they hated it, which made it hard to actually get into them.

With my adult dogs I just use Advocate (which does fleas, heartworm and intestinal worms (except for tapeworm), and I give them a separate tablet for tapeworm. But you can't use Advocate on young pups. They say you can use it from 7 weeks of age, but I don't think I'd use it on puppies THAT young.

The dog won't even taste them if you dose them, that way you know the tablet has gone down, and that the dog receives the correct dose.

It is really not hard to do yet so many people seem set on having dogs eat tablets like treats or muck around hiding them in their food. Pups that have been taught to accept dosing with medication from the whelping box are much easier to live with IMO.