Pet deworming is so important
- What are the parasites in pets?
- What happens if a pet is infected with parasites?
- How can you tell if a pet has parasites inside or outside?
- How to properly deworm?
What are the parasites in pets?
※There are two types of parasites, one is internal parasites and the other is ectoparasites
These parasites are mainly used to absorb nutrients from the pet’s body, causing diseases while taking away the nutrients of the pet’s body, and may also infect some fatal diseases
Internal parasites include roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, heartworms, lung nematodes, lung flukes, tapeworms, Trichinella canis, liver flukes, Toxoplasma gondii, canine black fever, canine eye worms, canine bess, esophageal nematodes, canine tongue worms, amoeba, trypanosoma, coccidia, etc
Ectoparasites include scabies mites, demodicosis mites, ear itch mites, fleas, ixodes ticks, lung ticks, lice, soft ticks, etc
What happens if you are infected with parasites
☆ Malnutrition, weak immune system and other problems
In addition to causing malnutrition, weight loss, anemia and other conditions in pets, parasites will also entrench in the pet’s intestines.
If it wanders in the body, it is easy to cause intestinal perforation, bile duct blockage and other problems. And parasites can also easily lead to secondary bacterial infections, causing dogs to vomit and blood in the stool, as well as other poisoning and allergic reactions
☆ Skin disease problems
Ectoparasites cause pet skin itching, hair loss, etc., and in severe cases, they can spread throughout the body, and the living environment is yin or exposed to various stimuli will aggravate the development process of this disease
☆ Anemia problem
If a tick bite causes Babesis infection, the disease will damage the dog’s red blood cells, the urine of the sick dog will turn red or soy sauce-colored, and symptoms such as high fever, anemia, and rapid weight loss will also appear. If not treated in time, it may eventually lead to death. And it is difficult to cure completely and may require lifelong blood transfusion treatment.
☆ Heart problems
Heartworms are very terrible parasites, because they grow in the dog’s blood and affect the dog’s heart for a long time.
The dog will be sluggish and cough continuously; in the middle stage, it is easy to get tired and exercise endurance deteriorates; The terminal stage directly leads to cardiopulmonary failure and death.
Judge the presence of parasites inside and outside the body
In the early stage of infection with internal and external parasites, pets generally gnaw their tails, bodies, and ears more frequently than before; The personality is also easy to be irritable, and during sleep, he suddenly lies down and licks his body while playing. Fleas can be seen intuitively, and there will be reddish-brown flea poop on the skin.
In the early stage of infection with internal parasites, it is manifested as thinner than usual, lack of energy, diarrhea, easy fatigue, etc. It needs to be determined that parents can go to a reliable pet hospital for laboratory tests to confirm the diagnosis of their pet’s feces.
But one thing, if you clearly find at home that your dog or cat has symptoms of parasites, then their parasite problem is already very serious.
How to properly deworm
1. Cat deworming time
The deworming time in cats and dogs is different.
Cats can start deworming at the full moon, for the sake of safety, you can preclude nematodes, and then deworm after two months, once a month for 3-6 months, and then every three months
2. Dog deworming time
The dog’s deworming time can be implemented from the fourth week, once in 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 weeks, and then once a month from March to June, and then every three months in the future.
The best time for internal deworming is when the pet eats food for 3-4 hours, and fasts for 5 or 6 hours after feeding the deworming medicine to ensure that the drug effect can be effective.
summary
As pet owners, in addition to providing necessary food and good care for pets, we also have to invest more energy to care for the health of pets.
Therefore, in deworming, we must develop: internal and external deworming, environmental deworming, regular deworming, these three good habits, by no means alarmist, this is not only our responsibility to furry children, but also an important action to protect each other’s health!