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This is my 9 week old female Chihuahua. She is only 1 pound and 2 oz. I bought her one week ago. I took her to the vet on 05/20 and she was diagnosed as having parasites and worms. The vet gave her a LOT of medicines and treatments. Here is the rundown of all the different meds. The vet gave her a shot of Pyrantel Pamoate for pinworms. The invoice says “Qty 2 – Pyrantel Pamoate (Strongid). He also gave her a partially used bottle of Albon 5% oral medication for parasites, which I was to continue giving to her until it ran out. She has taken the medicine for 5 days now. I’ve read online that 5 days is the normal length of treatment so I am not giving her any more of it. I read online that you are supposed to shake the Albon very well before using it. The vet did not tell me that. He also didn’t bother to tell me about any side effects that could occur, although there are several. He also gave me a small tube of Advantage Dog flea treatment (ointment) that I was instructed to rub between her shoulder blades. The tube says that it is for dogs under 10 lbs. I asked him if I should use the whole tube considering she is only 1 lb. He said yes. Looking back, I see that I should have used my own common sense and intuition. Obviously you don’t need the same amount of medicine for a 1 lb puppy as you would need for a puppy 10 times her size. I’m angry that they would hurt her this way and not care. I applied the flea treatment (poison) on 05/23. After I put the medicine on her, it …
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Question by Margarita: Is it normal for a dog to attack a mouse? Can she get sick?
I just let my dog out into our fenced backyard. I always keep an eye on her. She sometimes chases moths and it appeared that she was doing that tonight. But when I looked closer, she actually had something in her mouth. It was a mouse from the field behind our house. I was mortified. I ran out there and got her to release it, and it hobbled off. I went back to look for it after I let her in, but to no avail. My dog was basically chewing on it and I feel so bad because I know it is suffering now. Is it possible that it will survive? I feel awful.

And could my dog get parasites from this? I know cats can get them.

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Answer by sara
It is completely normal for dog to munch on mice. Mice can carry intermal parasites just like cats and dogs. Most commonly intestinal worms, most common are tape worms and roundworms. Call your vet, he or she may suggest a fecal check on your dog in approximately 2-4 weeks. (closer to 4 weeks.) As far as the mouse……….well he has learned to avoid dogs.

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Question by fifty50: My new dog has eaten grass, a rubber band and geranium leaves. She gets sick. What should I be doing?
I am so confused about my 2 year-old toy poodle. I got her a month ago from the shelter which got her from a puppy mill along with all of the other dogs. First she had to be restitched after being spayed. After that incident, I thought I would next focus on getting her digestive tract settled. She has many other emotional and life skill issues, which also need to be addressed.

My dog vomits and has diarrhea every few days and is absolutely normal on the other days.

She ate a rubber band, which the post office person leaves on the ground by the mailboxes. She pooped that out. The dog trainer did not want her walking in front of me and she is too nervous to walk next to a large mammal like me, so she walks behind me. I have to watch her more closely and I bought her a kong figuring if she likes rubber, she will like her kong. She has mostly ignored it as she has never had a toy.

I grew geraniums this summer so there are dead leaves all over the place sort of like leaves that have fallen from a tree. There is no way that I can pick them all up, but I am keeping her out of my yard. Prior to this, she did eat some of them and threw up and had digestive upset for a day each time. I don’t know if she threw up because she ate them or if she ate them in order to throw up.

I saw her eating grass and I told her to stop it and maybe I should not have done that because dogs sometimes eat grass because they have to vomit. She did vomit and now her stomach is upset and she isn’t eating.

This also affects her backside. When she poops, she tends to bleed and expel mucous on the days that she eats greens.

When I went to get her stitches taken out, two of the poodles were back at the vets being treated for whip worm, even though the dogs were dewormed at the shelter. She has all of her shots.

She eats chicken with cornmeal and lamb with rice dog food along with rawhide chew sticks. She ate a rawhide chew stick for the first time yesterday. She ate the kong doggy treat the day before. I know she ate cheap dog food and wasn’t fed the last six days at the puppy mill. She is also very nervous and that may be harming her digestion.

She was checked by the shelter vet in early November and she saw a second vet at the end of November in order to be restitched.

I was thinking that I should give her only one dog food flavor and brand for awhile and make sure she doesn’t eat anything else to see if I can stabilize her.

After two years of being confined to a metal cage, she doesn’t like being contained and she is starting to explore my house. With two kids, I’m afraid she might try to eat other objects, if they forget to shut their bedroom doors.

I’m thinking that I should super clean a few areas of the house and keep her confined to them. I should maybe try only the lamb and rice food first. She won’t eat if her tummy is upset, so I was thinking of keeping her from eating grass and seeing if she will still eat food. Nothing comes up with the grass or geraniums except stomach slime or possibly mucous. Since the dewormer didn’t eliminate the other dogs whipworms, I’m thinking I should either get her treated once again with a dewormer or have her stool sample rechecked. Any other ideas?

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Answer by Sarah J
I would take all these questions to your vet. It could be because she came from a puppy mill. If in doubt, take her to the vet! My cat was losing weight once, didn’t think anything of it, and he died because he had an enlarged heard muscle, he had a blood clot. Good luck and happy holidays!!

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