I have found two different solutions from a few sources
a pound of sugar in 1 1/2 cups of water
a pound of salt in 4 4/5 cups of water
the biggest variance is the amount of poop to add, one site said 1/4 teaspoon, the other 1 table spoon.
The methods are similar, but this is something I really do not want to try, I want to do once with out experimentation.
Has any one had better success with either the salt or sugar ?
Also with the fecal portion, does it matter if it’s what fell out first, or last or any portion of it?
I do not like just giving wormer, and it is $30.00 for each dog for vet to do, so 5 dogs X $30 is a half hour well spent looking for eggs after floating
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Do you have frequent worm infestations? I'm asking because I don't just give de-wormer, either .... and I have a fecal done pretty much only when I first adopt a dog and then if I suspect worms.
I think the last one was five years ago.
What worms are you having the most problem with? Round?
Use the sugar. It's a saturated solution=as much sugar as the water will hold, you don't need to make a gallon of it, just keep adding sugar until it won't dissolve any more. Use distilled water.
Take a test tube. Put 2 pea size or smaller amount of poop in the test tube. Put a little of the sugar solution in and use a stick to mix it up. Add sugar water until the
liquid domes, filling the test tube right to the point it will almost run over. Then float a glass coverslip on top, let it sit 15-20 minutes.
Pick the coverslip straight off, and put it on a glass slide.
I loved fecals!
If your dog eats horse poop/cow poop you might see some worm eggs that are not
canine.
:Let us know what you find!
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Quote: Dave Owen
I thought it was a yearly thing to give wormer
For adult dogs? Why not just test if you want to do something annually?
I guess I don't know a lot about geographical areas, etc. My dogs are on Heartgard +, so already round- and hook-worms are pretty much taken care of. I'd test if I suspected tapeworms.
I have only once ever had a dog with worms, and I saw the evidence myself and swooped her to the vet. I've had checked every dog new to me, never found worms. If there was something going on, of course I'd have a fecal done.
I don't know. I hadn't heard of annual adult worming. So I guess I'm not up on the subject at all.
Puppies are different. The CDC recommends deworming puppies every 2 weeks starting at 2 weeks old, until they start a monthly heartworm preventative that also treats intestinal parasites. I think puppies are very prone to hook- and round-worms.
Well, you need a decent microscope. A binocular (2 eye) compound microscope that you can focus.
I guess that's the limiting factor for most people. I gave mine to a local school years ago.
thanks, not something I want to experament with, ya I'll post if I find some eggs, have a digital scope that records the pic
it was pretty cheap, so checking everyone twice will cover the cost
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For adult dogs? Why not just test if you want to do something annually?
not something I'm excited to do, but we have always had checks done. Our old vet said we should yearly, but the test was cheeper than the wormer for the mastiffs, so it was always an argument
We do not have to worry about heart worm, so I do like to know they are clear (just being anal, bad pun lol)
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