Tapeworms

Natural Remedies for Tapeworms in Dogs

Natural remedies can help to rid your pet of harmful parasites. Tapeworms are long, flat, segmented worms that live in the small intestine. They rarely cause serious disease in immunosuppressed pets. Each worm has a head that remains attached to the intestine and numerous egg-filled segments that break off and are passed with the feces when fully mature. These segments look like cream-colored maggots when expelled and resemble tiny particles of rice stuck to a hair when dried out. They are easy to spot in fresh feces and around the anus.

Tapeworms are transmitted to your dog when it eats fleas. To prevent tapeworms, try to keep your dog from coming into contact with intermediate hosts that contain tapeworm larvae including fleas, mice, and other rodents. Dogs that live in rural and suburban areas have access to wild animals that are host to tapeworms, which increase the exposure.

How NHV Supplements Support Pets with Tapeworms

If you think your pet has been exposed, administer a natural tapeworm remedy for dogs, like our Tapeworms Kit. The powerful ingredients in these supplements help to flush out parasites that might be residing in their digestive tract.

As comprehensive remedies, they also help strengthen your pet’s immune system, aid their digestion, and help heal the damage that parasites cause to the gastrointestinal tract.

Symptoms of Tapeworms in Dogs

• Failure to digest and absorb food normally
• Malaise
• Irritability
• Variable appetite
• Shaggy coat
• Mild diarrhea
• Colic
• Emaciation and seizures (in serious cases only)

Additional Support

Take your dog to the vet for an accurate diagnosis if you suspect he/she has tapeworms. Once treated with tapeworm remedy for dogs, it's important to keep their living area free of fleas. To control tapeworms, administering a natural tapeworm remedy for dogs along with vet prescribed medication and exercising prevention measures are extremely important. Visit our Pet Expert Q&A to view common questions about tapeworms and other parasites in dogs. If you can’t find your answer, post a question and one of our experts will get back to your inquiry in a timely manner.

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