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Looked up but did not see any info on best thing to worm a pup with for tapeworms.
I got the pup and is 7 weeks old and has tape worms.Also have him housed with 2 other pups,how contagious are the tapeworms,can my 2 other pups get them from the infected pup?
any info would be greatly appreciated , please include product and dosage if you could.

I would first check your dogs for fleas. Tapeworms are transmitted through eating fleas? Are you sure it's tapeworms?

I recommend Drontal Plus, you can get it for 5.49 a pill at http://www.petmeds.com but they contact your vet, so I'd call the vets office first! I'm not sure if the dog have to be a certain age before giving them drontal plus or not?...

It's also good for hookworms, and whipworms.

Pups are flea free,been in above gound pen and never even been on the dirt. Yeh sure it is tape had one of his litter mates tested by the Vet today.

Panacur three days in arow.

is it a pill or paste? where can i get it?

will the tapes be passed to the other pups?

FrancoMo1678 wrote:is it a pill or paste? where can i get it?

Just bought 1000ml bottle(Liquid) of Safeguard(same as panacur) at Southern States 99$,thats about as cheap as I ever seen it.

You can get SafeGuard at Tractor Supply Co. comes in Goat Bottle. $15 approx.

I get Panacur from Vets office. Liquid. Had some vets say the liquid doesnt get everything and others claim it does. Used Granular before and Liquid really have had good results with Both.

Safegaurd will not kill tapes. It will kill the others but not tapes . I have a friend who is a vet and he told me that praziquantel is what will kill all tapes. You can get pills at tsc that have praziquantel. I believe canine all wormer has praz. too

got me some Equimax today and gonna try it.

Run and Gun wrote:Safegaurd will not kill tapes. It will kill the others but not tapes . I have a friend who is a vet and he told me that praziquantel is what will kill all tapes. You can get pills at tsc that have praziquantel. I believe canine all wormer has praz. too

Praziquantel is the active ingredient in drontal, droncet, and about all tapeworm meds.

Just find which one you can get the cheapest for the dosage you need.
You buy some without prescription from 1-800-pet-meds.
Drontal and others are supposed to have prescription.

If you are seeing actual tapeworms, you will have to treat again in 2 weeks. If you have an infestation like that, one treatment will not get them all.

Silverzuk , You are exactly right. I was just saying that Safegaurd doesnt kill tapes like people think.

The eqimax has praziquantel in it,ever tried it?

If he just has tapes and you have only one dog, I would go with the Equimax - about 4/10 CC - one dose now and a follow-up in three weeks to get any new larvae. As previously advised, GET THE FLEAS off FIRST and keep them off! If you have a number of dogs, you may want to go to Ebay and search for generic Drontal Plus. Paratak will be the cheapest and canine allwormer is also good.

Used the Equimax today and seemed to help , will follow up in 21 days.