My new puppy has white gums and worms. Is deworming safe if anemic?

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Just got puppy today and she was covered in fleas, so we treated her with pill from vet clinic and gave her bath with dawn dish soap and combed her with flea comb. while combing her we noticed her gums were white and so we looked it up and it said could be anemia, I also found white worms in photo in her stool so my question is should I give her dewormer or could that make her worse if she is anemic? Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 1 month and 22 days old | 8 lbs

Andrea M. Brodie, DVM · Accepted Answer

Those worms are tape worm proglottids. You would have to worm this puppy with a wormer like Drontal plus,however at 7 weeks it is very young to worm with praziquantel (the ingredient in Drontal plus that works against tape worm). The anemia is also likely from the flea infestation. I suggest you take your puppy to your vet for the worming and bring the photos wth the worms/proglottids with you to the vet. The vet will have to assess your puppy to verify that it can be wormed against tape worm. There are some other wormers that can be used, however. it is important to examine the puppy first since it is anemic.

My new puppy has white gums and worms. Is deworming safe if anemic?

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