Piperazine for Roundworms: Safe Treatment for Dogs, Cats & Pets

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Duke likely has tapeworms, and that requires praziquantel to treat. Praziquantel is available by prescription only from the vet. Unfortunately, piperazine doesn't kill tapeworms, only roundworms. I'd make an appointment with Duke's vet, and they can prescribe the medication as needed. Best of luck, I hope this helps!

Pyrantel would be better to give - I would administer 0.5mls by mouth. You can repeat this up to every 2 weeks until he is 4 months old. Piperazine is really not that effective. If you want to give it you can. The dose would be 1/2 teaspoon.

Round worms are usually treated with pyrantel pamoate which can be used in dogs of all ages. Using a monthly heartworm prevention, like Heartgard, would protect your dogs from heartworms and intestinal parasites so you should talk to your vet about starting Heartgard every month.

Piperazine is safe to give to cats, and you can give the Pro-Sense deworming treatment to Ella. It's not my favorite deworming treatment for cats, I like Panacur and Drontal, both of which you can get from your vet. Her respiratory rate is normal, but it is concerning she is acting a little weak. A heavy worm burden would cause her to lose some weight and be a little lethargic, but I wouldn't be too concerned yet she has FeLV. You would see other signs such as persistent diarrhea, anemia, lethargy, enlarged lymph nodes, and progressive weight loss among others. If you are concerned about Ella having FeLV, I would speak to your vet about running blood tests to see if she does have anemia, and possibly doing a bone marrow aspirate. I hope this helps!

Tobacco is highly toxic to dogs, cats and children. Please buy a dog wormer against round worm available either from your veterinarian or at a pet shop and dose it according to the labels on the packaging. Please do not use tobacco.

Drontal, either Plus or without, is only for removal of worms after your pet has contracted them, it does not prevent them from getting them. If your pet is at risk of picking them up, because they're outside or hunting, then a regular dose can be helpful. The 22.7 mg Drontal plus is labeled for both dogs and cats.

Aniprazol is effective to treat: is a medication used to treat a variety of parasites like roundworms, hookworms, lungworm, whipworm, and certain types of tapeworms Ivermectin is effective for treating both external and internal parasites like demodectic mange, scabies, ear mites, hookworms, roundworms and capilliara. There is no one dewormer that will kill every single parasite. What product you use depends on what you are trying to treat.