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No body likes me, every body hates me, guess ill eat some worms……

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Now without realizing it, the last part of this legendary song could be a common scenario not only for a lot of kids, but also for people in general. How easy is it to catch worms from our pets? Here’s a little rap song I created myself to help explain it 🙂

 

Pet dog or cat walks down the street,

Some old poo ends up on their feet.

Your pet gets home, gives feet a lick,

Are you starting to feel sick?

 

It looks just like they are cleaning legs,

But really they’re ingesting eggs!

Now for something even more foul,

These eggs turn to worms in your pet’s bowel.

 

Thousands of eggs these worms deliver,

Oh that’s gross it makes me shiver.

Then eggs are shed from your pets bum,

Dog or cat licks here – for them its yum!

 

Out to the yard with the kids to play,

The sun is shining it such a nice day.

Then all of a sudden the dog does race,

To greet you with a big lick in the face!

 

You’ve now eaten worm eggs.

NICE!!!

 

So what can we do to prevent this?

  • Parasite Protection – have a chat with us about the best worming product for your pet
  • Pick up your pets poo – wherever you are!
  • Personal hygiene – wash your hands and teach your kids to wash.

So if I may break into a different song this time and quote a much-loved children’s author Julia Donaldson –

“Super worm is super long

Super worm is super strong”

Now lets all EXTERMINATE those superworms!

Hip hip hooray for Advocate/Drontal/Panoramis/Sentinel!!

 

http://www.newtownvet.com.au

 

My Boot Scooting Baby is Driving Me Crazy!

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Hi, my name is Barkley. I am a 7 year old Fox Terrier from Highton – and I scoot!

It is not that I enjoy repeatedly rubbing my bottom on my human’s pristinely white carpet, nor am I doing it for a few laughs. It just seems to be the only way to relieve the itchiness and pain that seems to be happening in that region. It is hard to describe. When I lick the area, there doesn’t seem to be anything on the outside, but there is kind of this burning feeling somewhere inside.

I heard through the hole in the fence of a similar thing happening to that foxy /poodle cross down the road called Lily. Only her scooting had been going on for a whole moon cycle! (About one month to you humans). And the most worrying thing was that her human pets didn’t take her to the vet until there was this horribly smelly pus oozing out next to the part where normally I would like to have a sniff. I certainly won’t be having a sniff around there for a while!!

I did hear Lily’s human family talking to mine and she is now doing quite well after some extensive veterinary treatment. They also mentioned a few words like impacted anal glands and anal gland abscess and abscess rupture. To my relief, I also overheard that my human pets are going to take me to the lovely team at the Newtown Veterinary Clinic to get my scooting sorted out ASAP!

Sometimes it is safer to keep your tail DOWN

Sometimes it is safer to keep your tail DOWN

For more information on anal gland issues visit http://www.localvet.com.au/Newtown/AnalGlands.aspx