[AlpacaTalk] Re: OT: tapeworms in dogs/cats

Janice, also note that alpacas can get tape worms too (usually only if
stressed), so you should probably check their stool as well if the
cats and dogs have been around their paddocks (especially Merry and
her mom). Sorry, I don't know how to treat it.

Morgen

--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, houckj@... wrote:
>
> I'm coming here because I don't know where else to turn. My cats (4
> outside, 1 inside) and my dog have tapeworms. I have been seeing them
> in their stools since summer. I was unable to get a vet to write me a
> prescription or sell me the tapeworm meds...without bringing the
animals
> in. I could not then and cannot now afford to do that.....and its not
> like I don't know a tapeworm when I see it! So I began looking for
> alternatives.
> Someone suggested that I use Safeguard for dogs and it would take care
> of the tapes in both dogs and cats.
> Since there are 5 cats and the dog is over 100# this was not cheap, but
> cheaper than the prescription that I cannot get anyway.
> However I am still seeing tapes in the inside cat and the dogs stool
> (never see the outside cats stools, but they were eat up with a bad
flea
> infestation when they came to live with me so I am quite sure they have
> tapes).
>
> What can i do? I really don't want to use that Happy Jack stuff, it
> looks wicked and dangerous....my much adored dog is old, as is the cat;
> I don't want to risk their life. I just cannot afford to take these
> animals to the vet AND pay for the very expensive meds. But I also
> cannot leave them declining full of tapes. Any suggestions? I can't
> buy it on line without a prescription. We are in serious survival mode
> here with my business totally dead for the past 4 mos and languishing
> for the entire year, going slowly slowly deeper and deeper into the
debt
> hole, now a crater.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> Janice
>

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