Pukekohe Waiuku Veterinary Centre

We Treat Your Pet As We Would Our Own

How often should I worm my pet?

Puppies and kittens are more prone to picking up large burdens of worms than older animals, because of this they should be wormed every 2 weeks until they reach 3 months of age, then every month until they are 6 months of age.  From then on they require worming every 3 months for the rest of their lives.

 

Why does my pet need to be treated for worms?

Worms live in the intestine of your pet.  Most pets are infested with a low burden of worms, they obtain these through eating other animals (rat, mice, etc.) or through ingesting fleas.  Worms will multiply in numbers until they are treated by a worming product.  A large burden of worms can effect your pets health, it can cause a dull coat, potbelly type appearance, lethargy, diarrhoea and vomiting. 

 

How do I worm my pet?

The best way to worm your pet is with a all-wormer tablet.  It is important to ensure that the worm treatment is effective against all worms (all the ones we sell at our clinics are).

You can give them the tablet in their food or by putting it directly down there throat. 

If you have trouble worming your pet you can bring them into one of our clinics and one of our friendly nurses will tablet your pet for you.

There are also combined flea/worm treatments that are put on the back of the pets neck, however these treatments do not treat tapeworms, because of this we recommend that if you are using these that you still worm your pet with a tablet once a year.

 

Pukekohe/Waiuku Vet Centre Worming program

We know its difficult to remember exactly when your pet is due to be wormed! So in an effort to make it easier we have a worming program, our computer keeps track of when your pet is due to be wormed and we send the tablets out to you in the mail.  No fuss, and best of all there is no extra cost, just the price of the worm tablet.

 

It may look like spaghetti, but its actually worms removed from a 6-week old puppy!

An example of a typical tapeworm