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Is it safe to give my small dog dewormer twice within five days?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 6 years and 8 months old | 12 lbs

is it safe for a small dog to be wormed twice within 5 days.We are travelling through Spain and France to the UK and the worming tablet has a limitation of 5 days re.entry to uk.Just in case do not make it in time and she has to be redone

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Answered By Jeffrey Milner

Veterinarian

Published on May 15th, 2017

We would have to know the exact medication you are talking about in order to tell you if that is safe. In general, deworming drugs have very high margins of safety, meaning you are unlikely to cause any serious issues by giving a little too much too soon. That being said, if you re-post with the actual drug, we will be able to provide you with a better answer. Hope this helps.

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