My puppy threw up worms and won't eat. Is a vet visit urgent?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male | unneutered | 2 months and 25 days old | 8 lbs
I found a stray mixed breed puppy. It looks to be less than two months old and weighs about 7-8 lbs. We have had the puppy for three days and it will not eat and it has slept most of the time. Today it threw up foam and it was all round worms. Can a puppy survive with worms this bad without going to a vet? If it can what needs done for the puppy,
2 Answers
Most Helpful Answer
Published on January 26th, 2018
Ideally he should be seen by a vet to stabilise his condition and correct dehydration as well as supplemental feeding and a full health check to rule out additional illnesses reducing his appetite. Consider surrendering him to your local shelter to get him the best care. In the meantime an oral worm dose carefully dosed for his weight from your vets office or pet store, pedialyte and a mousse textured high calorie recovery or puppy food is recommended
1Pet Parents found this answer helpful
Related Answers from Veterinarians
-
Published on September 14th, 2017
She is old enough to have her first round of vaccines and a dewormer. The appetite maybe decreased due to the worms but at that age it may also be a viral infection or from the change in diet. Because she is so young it is best to have yiurbvet check her and see what is going on. They can check the stool sample to make sure there are not bacteria in it also and administer vaccines if she is healthy
1Pet Parents found this answer helpful
Puppy threw up his dewormer a few minutes after it was administered. They are not eating, having a hard time keeping even water down, and diahrrea constantly, occasional small amounts of blood in stool. One threw up a (round?) worm earlier. Are medi
My puppy has lost so much weight, won’t eat, vomits, has been lazy. Checked his poop, and he has worms.. what do I do?
My dog is AsPin (Asong Pinoy) Its not high breed or what but Im worried. She vomits frequently since last night, I think for about 8 times now. The first night he vomits, it was all the food she ate that night. But today she vomit a worm and tonight
I got a new puppy who had never been wormed. I don't have the money for another two weeks to take her to the vet. We went to buy her shots and wormer. Her shots went fine and she acted normal so 4 days later I gave her her wormer. Now 2 days later sh
My puppy vomited a couple of times. He threw up a worm-like thing around the house. What should I do? Should I take him to the ER?
my puppy (5 months) is not eating anything from pas 3 days...today i saw that there were worms in my puppy's poop...moreover if she eats something she vomits after some time...some doctors say we should not give her deworming medicines if she is not
My puppy i vomiting shaking his head and had worms in his poop about a week ago. Im not sure what to do at this point.
My puppy threw up worms but today she had a steady blow flow like a period from her butt she isn't eating but she is drinking water
Hello, I have 3 new puppies 7 or 8 weeks of age. Ive had them for 5 days now. About a week ago I was told they got wormed. 1 has noticeably wormy poop, and 2 are vomiting worms. Is this a side effect or should i rush them to the vet. They have high e
My pup Tammie is weak and vomiting clear white liquid and foam. And has a worm on it. Knowing ge hasn't done any vaccination and deworming yet. Is it okay if I deworm him now?
Book an appointment with the pros – our expert vets are here to help.
