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Round worms

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Question
Thank you very much but she passed away at 5 pm today. she was shaking and
whimpering and there was blood in her stool. i dont understand, she had ulcers
on her tongue as well and the wet told me to give her yoghurt ever half an hour
1 ml. is this our fault or was this bound to happen. she had alot of worms but
none of the other puppies have it?

Answer
Are you referring to the puppy that had a lot of worms-vomiting them up etc?
As I explained before a worm burden this great can cause a shock reaction in the dog when the worms start to die off. She needed supportive care from the vet. Without it the chances of her making it were slim.
I have no idea what yoghurt was supposed to do for this dog- vet's treat things differently all over the place.
Ulcers on the tongue can be an indication of kidney failure but this could also have been from the overwhelming shock reaction.
I am sorry she passed away Tubah.I know how sad that makes you feel. You did what you could for her. Her mother was really full of worms and these are passed on through the milk and sometimes before birth- so this dog was born with a huge amount of these roundworms in her.

It was a bad break for her and the other puppies have worms also but maybe not as many and maybe her little system wasn't as strong.
My heart goes out to you.