My puppy eats dirt and sleeps a lot. Should I deworm her now?

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Lucy is 54 days old, on 47th day she got this 1st vaccine attached in photo, and next vaccine is scheduled on 60th day ! She try's to eat mud sand etc , and we have not introduced any dewormer till now, she sleeps most of the time too, 1) is it appropriate to provide dewormer now after 7 days of vaccination? 2) she got worms ? 3) Name of some good dewormer's ? Pet's info: Dog | Labrador Retriever | Female | 1 month and 23 days old | 46.29 lbs

Jenny, DVM · Accepted Answer

You can start dewormer puppies as early as 3 weeks and it is safe to do it with a vaccine. A good general dewormer with contain pyrantel and possible praziquantel if you want to cover for tapeworms. Generally this is repeated at least once 2 weeks from when you do it. .

My puppy eats dirt and sleeps a lot. Should I deworm her now?

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