Question by King Creole: Do all these symptoms fit with Whipworms in my dog?
Ok so ive been worrying about my new 3 year old australian cattle dog that i got from the animal shelter because hes been pretty sick, throwing up, hasn’t eaten hardly anything at all in 3 days, diarrhea with small amount of blood, and really lethargic. Finally convinced my parents to pay to take him to the vet, i had a parvo test and fecal exam done, luckily the parvo that ive been dreading the most came back negative. however he tested positive for a good deal of whipworms in his system, i was given 3 different types of medication for deworming and for his diarrhea, they are… Drontal Plus, Amforal, and Metronidazole. I was really relieved to hear it wasn’t parvo as the vet even said that another dog that came from the shelter he treated tested positive with it. Anyway, unfortunately all this ran about 175 bucks, and we were not able to get a blood test because my parents are having money trouble right now, my question is would a bad case of whip worms cause all these symptoms , or should i have reason to believe their may be more wrong?
DeadGame, i dont know what you mean by scatter shot, i never said he had a blood test, he didnt, just fecal and parvo test

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Answer by KoAussie
A heavy infestation of parasites would cause all of the above symptoms.

The Drontal Plus will treat the whips as well as other worm types .
The Metronidazole is for treating giardia
The Amforal is used to treat enteritis.

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Question by Happy Girl: Are these maggots or does my dog have worms?
I went to pick up after my Ridgeback 9 month old the other day in the backyard … one of his pieces had white squiggling things in it. Bigger than maggots but shorter than worms … could this have grown inside there on it’s own from my backyard insects or is this something in my dog’s belly?

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Answer by DP
Your dog likely has worms.. You should take him to the vet, get the worm diagnosed properly and treat the worm with the proper medication.

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Question by akajeremyk98: What are these tiny worm-like bugs in the dog’s water?!?
I’m so freaked out! I change my dog’s water on a weekly basis and we found like five of these little worm-like bugs (they were like a greenish color) and were just swimming around in the corner of the water dish… what are they?! Should I be worried?!

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Answer by cracker42jacks
Weekly?
You should be changing their water DAILY!!
I’d be worried.

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I went to pick up after my Ridgeback 9 month old the other day in the backyard … one of his pieces had white squiggling things in it. Bigger than maggots but shorter than worms … could this have grown inside there on it’s own from my backyard insects or is this something in my dog’s belly?