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My dog vomited blood, vet said worms. What should I feed him?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Pomeranian | Male | unneutered | 8 years and 11 months old | 17 lbs

I have a 9year old male pomeranian. Yesterday he puked and I saw slight blood in the vomit. I took him to the vet and he suggested to get a test done. He was looking weak yesterday but today he's fine. The vet said that this might be due to worms and given injection for the same.

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Answered By Dr. Massimo Orioles, DVM, Cert AVP, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on December 7th, 2019

Hi, and thanks for your question. As a first approach, I would suggest to withhold food for the next 8-12 hours and then start feeding with a bland diet based on boiled chicken and rice in small portion every 6 hours for the following 48hours. Then gradually reintroduce the normal diet over 5 days. I would definitively recommend a veterinary check up if the signs persist or you notice diarrhoea, more vomiting, lethargy or inappetence. Hope this answer was helpful, but please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further. If this answer was helpful please let us know, this will be used to improve our service!

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