Re: [AlpacaTalk] OT: tapeworms in dogs/cats
Do you have a PetSmart in your area that has the vet clinic associated with it? THey usually offer a free exam, then you just have to pay for the meds. It is a state law here in NY that you cant get any meds for pets without a current exam (i think within the last 6-12 months.)
--- On Fri, 1/16/09, houckj@aol.com <houckj@aol.com> wrote:
From: houckj@aol.com <houckj@aol.com>
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] OT: tapeworms in dogs/cats
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 3:46 AM
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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