Means she ate some fleas. Fleas tend to carry tapeworm eggs. Get rid of fleas then go to the vet to get tapeworm killer. I know you can find it at the feed store but the name escapes me. Panacur?

 

Did the paperwork specify tape worms? Most of the time they are just treated for round worms and tapes require a different medication. I'm sorry I don't know of any home remedies...but I would get the medication on line before driving 50 miles to get it.
We use Droncit at the vet clinic but I think you need a script for it. I found this though..
http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=d60699ae-3918-4302-acd1-b551610b219e&gas=tape worm

 

You can buy a prazi/ivermectin combo OTC.

 

We have gotten rid of the fleas just need to get rid of the worms.

Thanks everyone for the information.

 

Besides fleas, dogs can get tapeworm from eating rodents - mice, gophers, rabbits. Or poo from infected animals.

 

Tapeworms usually appear as little white rice under the tail. I don't think the puppy has tapeworms. Bring a fecal sample into a vet, they will test it and tell you which worms the puppy has.

 

I agree...worms passed in stool whole (unless recently wormed and they are dead or dying) are normally round worms- not tape. Rounds are easy to get rid of initally with pyrantel paomate (sp) and then once you give the monthly heartguard plus for heartworm prevention it will keep those away too.

 

Praziquantel works well for tape worms. You can find tapeworm segments stuck to the back end of the dog (they're VERY sticky) or on the dog's face or in it's feces. They do look kind of like rice, maybe a tiny bit bigger like maggots, and they move sort of like a leach - ineffectively but definitely moving.

 

I never suspected my dog could have tapeworms until I happened to be able to see her butt when she was sleeping and this horrifying white thing came waving out of her. She never had anything stick to her, but when I read up on tapeworm and the "rice" appearance, I did see a few dried up on her bed. The mature worm separates small segments, maybe less than a 1/2", and they are strangely white. I never saw anything by inspecting (and I mean mash and smear on plate glass) her poo. I think a close check on bedding is the best way to actually see signs, but by then the worm has been inside for a long time.

 

I called the shelter we adopted her from and they where able to move her spayed date up from 7-17 to 6-30.
I told them about her having worms, needing her rabies shot and another problem that is why they where able to move her date up.

So Thursday everything will be taken care of for her.