What kind of worm could the dog I found have?
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 at
2:25 pm
Two hours ago I found a small dog outside my house and I’ve put him in my bathroom for the night since he doesn’t have a collar and I can’t reach animal control at this hour. He really looks like he belongs somewhere because he looks healthy but I just found out he has these long pink worm looking things coming out of is anus. Although I’m taking him to the shelter tomorrow I have two dogs at home and a cat and I want to make sure they won’t get infected with whatever he has. So if anyone has any idea what it may be and any information regarding how contagious it is please tell me. Thanks!
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in most cases it is better just go and worm the dog but make sure it is for round worms and hook worms if left ont wormed the dog could die after worming watch for his poop and see if he passes any worms worm him every 2 weeks until you see no more then once a month
Sounds like roundworms. They are contagious to other animals and people as well. I would inform the shelter of what you found so they can deworm him. Clean up any poop from this dog, and I would wash the bathroom floor with bleach to kill any eggs that might have been shed. You might also want to have your animals dewormed just in case.
Hi Jessica
Best guess would be roundworms, based on your description. You can check this link, and learn probably more than you want to know.
http://www.beaglesunlimited.com/beaglehealth_canineintestinalworms.htm
Best of luck,
Rebel
sounds like a round worm. be carefull cause humans can get roundworms from contact with them.
Roundworms
A large percentage of puppies and kittens are born with microscopically small roundworm larvae in their tissues. The larvae got there via migration through the mother’s tissues right into the developing pup or kitten in the mother’s uterus! The worm larvae can also be transferred to the nursing pup or kitten from the mother’s milk. The larvae make their way to the intestinal tract where they can grow up to five inches in length. They start shedding eggs and try desperately to keep house in the small intestine of the pup or kitten. The eggs that the adult worms pass in the stool can now reinfest the same pup or kitten or other dogs and cats if somehow the egg-bearing stool is eaten. When the worm eggs hatch, larvae are released internally to migrate to the animal’s lungs where the larvae (remember, the larvae are microscopic in size) are finally coughed up, swallowed, and finally grow up to adults in the small intestine. So you can see that repeated exposures to egg-bearing stool or stool-contaminated soil can cause additive numbers of parasites to a dog or cat’s load. Not good!