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feeling......wormy

Maraka on My Blog - Mon, September 15 2008

mom took me out to potty on saturday. it was a normal kinda potty. then when mom picked up my poo, she noticed........worms! mom geeked, she was unable to process that her princess had worms. she called everywhere but no one was open. she had daddy go pick up some medicine this morning and he had to trick me and give me pills in a treat. bleh they were nasty pills but the doctor says i should be fine. they called it a tapeworm, but i keep telling mom that i havnt eaten any tape and i didnt feel sticky or anything. gesh what a drama queen.

Cassie on Sep 15 at 02:36 PM

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Those come from eating an infected flea. You need to not eat fleas anymore.

Sheila on Sep 15 at 03:49 PM

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Lots of critters get them if they have fleas. Not a big deal, and not unusual. Just take your meds like the princess you are and you'll be just fine!

Star Hunter on Sep 15 at 04:21 PM

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Yup, a flea can do that. They are easy to get rid of though. Two pills and they die!

Daisy on Sep 15 at 04:30 PM

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If there are more than one pet in the household, most likely all the pets have tapeworms. Tapeworms are really creepy.

Doe Linda Doodles on Sep 16 at 11:16 AM

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Daisy said:
If there are more than one pet in the household, most likely all the pets have tapeworms. Tapeworms are really creepy.

Not necessarily. Tapeworm isn't 'contagious,' like hook or round worms. An animal can only get tapeworm by eating an infected parasite, such as fleas. If your other pets haven't had fleas, changes are that your other pets don't have tape.

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