Hi,
I first posted here about 2 months ago when my grey had growled at me and I was concerned it might be a behavioural issue. Then he started with an upset tummy and I realised it was down to that - very relieved!!
However the upset tummy turned to diarrhoea which kept coming and going, although his appetite has been HUGE throughout, cue multiple vets visits until 3 weeks ago he was finally found to have roundworm. I'd wormed him just after getting him but I've since discovered before that he'd not been wormed for 9 months.
The vet thinks because of this it's likely he already had them and the one dose of wormer I gave him (he got Drontal+) wasn't enough. She said the infestation level was what they usually see in puppies that have never been wormed and that they were also behind other symptoms he'd had - noisy lungs, coughing, biting round his rear end and having pee accidents in the house (she said it was irritation caused by the worms).
He had a dose of broad-spectrum wormer immediately (Dolpac, 3 weeks ago today) and then when the diarrhoea recurred a week later, a single dose of Panacur (after another vet visit). He isn't due another dose of Dolpac till next Monday but yesterday started with rear-end biting again, had a pee accident inside and today his stools are less firm with some jelly-like stuff coming out at the end. He has basically been on a chicken and rice diet the whole way through although I had just started to introduce Burns to his diet – he's up to about 6 spoonfuls a day mixed in with the bland diet and until today had been lovely and firm for almost a week.
I'm waiting for the vet to ring me to see if it's safe to give him his Dolpac a week early, but in the meantime wondered if anyone here has had any experience of this with their greys - how long it might take to clear up, how many times it's safe to worm him, what with and so on. The vet doesn't think there's anything else going on because he's eating fine and (apart from when this first started and he was feeling really poorly), seems bright and happy, but I was also wondering whether I should be asking them to check for anything else? Obviously I'm concerned about continually pumping him full of chemicals but I desperately want to get him well again.
Thankyou in advance for any advice you can give!)
I first posted here about 2 months ago when my grey had growled at me and I was concerned it might be a behavioural issue. Then he started with an upset tummy and I realised it was down to that - very relieved!!
However the upset tummy turned to diarrhoea which kept coming and going, although his appetite has been HUGE throughout, cue multiple vets visits until 3 weeks ago he was finally found to have roundworm. I'd wormed him just after getting him but I've since discovered before that he'd not been wormed for 9 months.
The vet thinks because of this it's likely he already had them and the one dose of wormer I gave him (he got Drontal+) wasn't enough. She said the infestation level was what they usually see in puppies that have never been wormed and that they were also behind other symptoms he'd had - noisy lungs, coughing, biting round his rear end and having pee accidents in the house (she said it was irritation caused by the worms).He had a dose of broad-spectrum wormer immediately (Dolpac, 3 weeks ago today) and then when the diarrhoea recurred a week later, a single dose of Panacur (after another vet visit). He isn't due another dose of Dolpac till next Monday but yesterday started with rear-end biting again, had a pee accident inside and today his stools are less firm with some jelly-like stuff coming out at the end. He has basically been on a chicken and rice diet the whole way through although I had just started to introduce Burns to his diet – he's up to about 6 spoonfuls a day mixed in with the bland diet and until today had been lovely and firm for almost a week.
I'm waiting for the vet to ring me to see if it's safe to give him his Dolpac a week early, but in the meantime wondered if anyone here has had any experience of this with their greys - how long it might take to clear up, how many times it's safe to worm him, what with and so on. The vet doesn't think there's anything else going on because he's eating fine and (apart from when this first started and he was feeling really poorly), seems bright and happy, but I was also wondering whether I should be asking them to check for anything else? Obviously I'm concerned about continually pumping him full of chemicals but I desperately want to get him well again.
Thankyou in advance for any advice you can give!
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