Question About Wormers

[rascalsmom]

Our foster dog, Jack, has giardia and coccidia.

Tomorrow I am supposed to give him 1 1/2 tablets of Drontal Plus.

On Thursday I am to start him on six days of Albon, and six days of Panacur C. The Panacur is a powder form to be mixed with food. The Albon and Panacur will be given concurrently.

 

My question is this: should I expect him to have diarrhea from these meds? And are most dogs willing to eat the food with the Panacur mixed in?

 

Just trying to prepare myself....

Edited December 1, 2009 by rascalsmom

[Guest KennelMom]

I've never given Albon, but with Panacur and Drontal I've never had a dog get the Big D (that I can recall).

 

Getting a dog to eat food w/Panacur mixed in is hit or miss...usually miss. I only give the liquid version now...I can shoot it in the back of their mouth and be done with it.

[rascalsmom]

Thanks, Heather....any tips on getting it into him if he's less than willing? The powder is what they gave me to use....

[Guest KennelMom]

I'd have some canned food on hand...maybe cook up some ground beef or other meat. I'd probalby go the meat route...basically put something in there that is more yummy and aromatic than the panacur is nasty.

[Burpdog]

I've always given panacur in canned meat. For the picky ones, try EVO canned.

 

How old is this dog? Coccidia is rare in adults.

[rascalsmom]

Jack is four years old. They told me at the vet that they are seeing coccidia in almost ALL of the greyhounds lately (this is the vet who does all the work for our adoption group). I know Rascal had it, too, when we first got her (eight years ago); however, she was just a little over two years old at the time.

 

I'll be sure to have lots of canned food on hand--need to get some anyway. I wonder if tuna would help to mask the panacur?

Edited December 1, 2009 by rascalsmom

[EnzaFerrari]

Enza doesn't seem to mind the panacur when I put it her in food. She doesn't have the big d on it and it actually seems to tighten her up more so she can go a day without going when she starts the drug.

 

 

[Guest Bean_Scotch]

I've given Albon and Panacur. The only side effect of Panacur I've seen is vommiting. It happened to one of the three dogs I was giving it to. I take canned food, put in bowl, put in panacur and put in more canned on top of the panacur, feed dog. It's worked great!

[rascalsmom]

I'm glad to hear that the big D isn't a common side effect of these meds....now to pray that he eats the panacur-laced food willingly!

 

[silverfish]

Try pilchards in tomato or canned mackerel if you need to add meds of any kind. They're stinky, and the dogs usually love them!

 

Sid was given a new type of wormer recently (Milbemax - Milbemycin oxime and Praziquantel) and I wondered if there would be any side effects, but no. Never have seen any with any of the wormers we've used, but we've never been given Panacur.

[rascalsmom]

What, exactly, are pilchards?

[silverfish]

What, exactly, are pilchards?

 

Grown up sardines - that's all.

 

Sorry, is that an English term?

[KF_in_Georgia]

My guys will happily gulp down cheese. And if I pour a powder into the center of a slice of cheese, fold the slice over to seal in the powder, and offer it to a dog, the cheese is gulped down quickly. (That's how I give them thyroid pills without worrying that someone's fat tongue will flick the pill out of sight.)

 

Sam actually will eat foot with Panacur in it, but then he'll eat almost anything. (I just caught him drinking my Diet Mountain Dew. Sam-on-caffeine doesn't bear thinking about.) But when I had to give him Tylan, I used the powder-in-cheese-slice trick and had no problems.

[rascalsmom]

Yes, it must be and English term.

[Guest MZH]

We've used Panacur off and on for many years. No one has ever rejected food with Panacur on it. We've never had any bad side effects; it's good stuff!

 

I didn't know it came in liquid form; that's good to know.