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My dog has worms and isn't eating. What dewormer should I use?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Golden Retriever | Male | neutered | 2 years and 10 months old

Lincoln has got worms and not eating regularly. So please prescribe what I should give him, when I should administer the medicine and the dose too. Thank you.

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Answered By Destini R. Holloway, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on March 13th, 2017

By law we can't prescribe medication for your pet without first examining him due to the VCPR (veterinary client patient relationship) act. However with that said, do you warmer is pretty much common place at your local pet store or feed store and instructions for use are usually written on the bottle based on your pets specific weight . Also keep in mind that there are numerous worms that your pet could have that are treated somewhat differently. Therefore the best recommendation for Lincoln is to either try a broad spectrum dewormer such as Pyrantel Palmoate or Fenbendazole or get Lincolns fecal tested by your veterinarian to determine which parasite is present so that you know which dewormer will work. I hope this helps!

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    Answered By Dr. Leigh, DVM

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    By law, we can't prescribe medications without examining the animal first. You should take a fecal sample to a vet and have it tested for parasites to identify which parasites he has and prescribe medications to treat. If you can't take him to a vet than you could buy a broad spectrum over the counter dewormer from a pet store and follow the directions and see if that helps. However, those medications do not treat all parasites so he could need a prescription medication.

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