My 2-month-old puppies have chronic diarrhea. Is it worms or food?

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Hi, this is kaixian, I have question regarding my puppies. Lately, I have 2 puppy around 2 month plus suffering for chronic diarrhea, their faeces are normally not in form but there are no visible mucous or blood so far. Yet i'm concerning about their puppy food. I'm now using a dry dog food with 30% protein and 16% fat, twice per day. And actually their parents used to had diarrhea when there are still puppies. Eventually, are they congenital diarrhea or food issue, and what med should give.tq

Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS · Accepted Answer

A very common cause of diarrhea in puppies is intestinal worms, which they can get from nursing off their mother. Diarrhea isn't congenital, and I would be suspicious that their diarrhea is related to intestinal worms. I would give them a deworming treatment as soon as possible. They will need another one two weeks after the first, as it will take at least two treatments to kill all the worms. The first kills the adults present at the first deworming, and the second kills the ones who have not yet hatched at the time of the first treatment. After these two treatments, the puppies will need a deworming treatment every month until they are six months old, then every three months from then on.

My 2-month-old puppies have chronic diarrhea. Is it worms or food?

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