- Oct 3, 2007
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Some of you may have seen my post yesterday about Hank, our new Chocolate Lab. To make a long story short I got him from a friend who won him at an auction held by local chapter of Ducks Unlimited. I have AKC papers from the breeder and the names of the couple but nothing more, no contact information, etc... Hank is nine weeks old and has only been in our home for three days. He had his first visit to the vet today and weighed in at 13 lbs. In what paperwork the breeder did provide it said that he would need his deworming shot at 10 weeks. We talked to some people and that seemed normal...Until about an hour ago. I took Hank out to relieve himself as normal and I saw what looked like a mass of angel hair pasta coming out of him along with feces. I picked it up with gloves and bagged it and took pictures. I posted a link rather than a picture since it's pretty darn gross.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c68/Badfish740/worm.jpg
We called the 24 hour emergency vet and explained what happened and that he had his first vet visit today. He was given a de-worming treatment at the vet visit but we're not sure what it was. In any event it seems to be working since what came out was obviously dead, but the person at the 24 hour vet said that the infection is not necessarily gone. He said that since he's otherwise behaving normally, not lethargic, etc...that an emergency visit was not necessary, but that we should refrigerate the stool sample and bring it to the vet tomorrow, which we're doing. I guess I just need reassurance as it was really shocking to see and I can only imagine how much nutrition this thing was sucking out of the poor guy. Also, how worried should I be about the fact that a worm that big came out of him? I'm not sure if its a tapeworm or a roundworm as I can't really distinguish the two. Another single worm just came out as I'm finishing this post (my wife took him out) and it was still moving. As I said before he's behaving normally and will see the vet first thing tomorrow-is he going to be ok?
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c68/Badfish740/worm.jpg
We called the 24 hour emergency vet and explained what happened and that he had his first vet visit today. He was given a de-worming treatment at the vet visit but we're not sure what it was. In any event it seems to be working since what came out was obviously dead, but the person at the 24 hour vet said that the infection is not necessarily gone. He said that since he's otherwise behaving normally, not lethargic, etc...that an emergency visit was not necessary, but that we should refrigerate the stool sample and bring it to the vet tomorrow, which we're doing. I guess I just need reassurance as it was really shocking to see and I can only imagine how much nutrition this thing was sucking out of the poor guy. Also, how worried should I be about the fact that a worm that big came out of him? I'm not sure if its a tapeworm or a roundworm as I can't really distinguish the two. Another single worm just came out as I'm finishing this post (my wife took him out) and it was still moving. As I said before he's behaving normally and will see the vet first thing tomorrow-is he going to be ok?