Posted By Maureen on 04/08/2008 9:56 AM
Well I saw her trying to go this morning and it looked like spaghetti and no poop!! Sorry gross. I took a sample to the vet and she takes one pill....Drontal + K9 Taste Tabs 68mg. They said you get them mostly from vermin! She should be fine. Will keep an eye on her.
I just copied this from a vet/ Q & A page:
Tapeworms are killed by different medications (Our hospital uses one called "Droncit"(brand name of “ Praziquantel" } which is administered by injection or tablet. The tapeworm is killed and digested with the pet’s food. It is not passed in the stool later.
WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?
There is no other way for a pet to get tapeworms except from fleas.
Many people who had thought their pet could not possibly have fleas find out about the infestation this way. The tapeworm segment breaks open releasing its eggs. A larval flea consumes the egg along with the flea dirt that it normally eats. As the larval flea matures, so does the baby tapeworm. When a grooming dog or cat licks the flea and swallows it, the dead flea is digested in the dog’s stomach releasing the baby tapeworm. The tapeworm is passed to its new home in the dog or cat’s small intestine where it attaches and lives its life.
This parasite does not harm the pet in any way as there are plenty of nutrients passing by to serve both the host and its tapeworm (tapeworms require very little nutrients.) Still, high performance dogs, who need every Calorie working for them, may show a decrease in performance because of a tapeworm infection.
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