21/04/2024
Always something interesting to know ...
🪱WORM EDUCATION TIME. 🪱
*** NOT FOR FAINT HEARTED BUT A MUST READ ***
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Ah, the glamorous topic of doggy doo-doo! Let's talk MORE about the not-so-glamorous world of worms in our furry friends. Imagine a tiny, wriggly party crasher setting up camp in your dog's gut, uninvited and definitely unwelcome! What you don't see is the long term damage they can do.
🔎 WHERE DO WORMS COME FROM 🔍
Ah, the age-old question: where do our beloved pooches pick up those pesky worms? Well, it's like a scavenger hunt out there in the wild world of doggy adventures! Here are some common places where dogs might catch worms:
1. **Contaminated Soil:** Dogs love to sniff, dig, and roll around in all sorts of interesting stuff, including soil that might be contaminated with worm eggs or larvae. It's like a treasure hunt, but with a lot more parasites. Dig touches grass? Bang.... worm exposure.
2. **F***l Matter:** Dogs are notorious for their less-than-discerning taste in snacks, and unfortunately, that sometimes includes other animals' p**p or as we say Cat truffles! . Eating f***s from infected animals can transmit worms to our furry friends – talk about a not-so-tasty treat!
3. **Infected Animals:** Meeting new furry pals at the dog park or on walks can be fun, but it also comes with the risk of encountering animals that are carrying worms. Close encounters with infected animals can lead to a wormy surprise for your pup.
4. **Contaminated Food or Water:** Sometimes, even the food and water we provide for our dogs can harbor worm eggs or larvae. It's like a sneaky infiltrator hiding in plain sight! Raw is most common carrier.
5. **Insects:** Believe it or not, some worms can be transmitted to dogs through the bite of infected insects, like mosquitoes or fleas. It's like a tiny, airborne game of tag, but with much higher stakes!
💩🪱 SIGNS OF WORMS 🪱💩
1.🍝 **Visible Worms:** 🍝
No your dog eat a pack of dry ramen or rhat uncooked rice.... sometimes little wormy buggers make an appearance right in your dog's p**p. Not exactly the guest you were hoping for!
2. 🩸**Blood or Mucous:** 🩸
If you notice any blood or mucous in your dog's stool, it could be a sign of worm infestation wreaking havoc in their gut. Worms feed of not only the food in the dogs gut but they actually make micro holes in their gut lining! Hence the blood present because an army of nope ropes are eating their way through 🤮
3. 💩**Diarrhea or Constipation:** 💩
Worms can mess with your dog's digestive system, leading to either loose stools or constipation – neither of which is a fun time for anyone involved. So before assuming they've got gastro, consider worms first!
4. 🧡**Change in Color or Texture:**🧡
Keep an eye out for any changes in the color or texture of your dog's p**p. Worms can cause alterations in the appearance of their stool down to lighter more green stools through to fanta farts.
5.🐷 **Increased Appetite:** 🐷
While it might seem counterintuitive, some dogs with worms might actually eat more to compensate for the nutrients being stolen by those pesky parasites. They are essentially sharing their dinner with up to 2000 others each meal so there just isn't enough to go around.
6. ☠️** Weightloss:** ☠️
As we said, things winter go far sharing with 2000 others!! So those calories and nutrients are being devoured before the digs body can! So they may eat more BUT still lose weight.
7. 🦰 *** Dull Coat *** 🦰
because who wants a shiny fur coat when you can have a dull, lackluster one, right? By far the easiest trait to spot of bad diet and worms is poor coat health. Your dog should look like a shiny bald man's head and not drier than your 12 year old carpet. Dull, brittle coat can be worms as no nutrients reach the body to maintain coat health.
8. 🟢 *** Mucous in stools *** 🟢
When our body is in peril it produces mucous! The nose isn't the only place that has snot on tap! Your dog's gut might start producing mucous, because why should noses have all the fun, right? Its to protect the walls of the home (gut) while worms throw a toxic house party.
‼️" BUT MY FLEA TABLET DIES WORMING"‼️
❌️ FALSE FALSE FALSE ❌️
"All wormer" combos with tick and flea tablets do NOT cover all tape worm species. In addition the dosages of worming is TOO SMALL to clear them all worms out regardless of species. It's IMPERATIVE you give your dog a wormer like milbemax and popantel every 3 months on top of combo products to be vigilant.
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