acandleindarkness
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We got a puppy 4 days ago from someone we know who couldn’t take care of it and were looking to give it up. He is 9 weeks old, and we brought him to the vet for initial checkup / anything the vet said he would need. Other than this and the papers we were given, we don’t know how his care was leading up to this point
Due to his belly pushing out or potbelly appearance, the vet thinks he probably has worms. The records we got when taking the puppy say he supposedly got Strongid T on April 10. The vet just gave him another dose of it today, and we have another one to give him in 2 weeks. His poos have also been normal and have seen no indication other than the pot belly.
This all being said while we now know to be very careful about them, I’m paranoid now that in the 4 days we’ve had him before knowing he likely has worms that they’ve been transmitted to us. I keep reading online how transmissible they are, and obviously while I’m not eating his poo and washing my hands before eating or after picking his up, I’m paranoid about all the other chances (e.g. if there was is fecal matter too small to see on his tail or something and I go to carry him somewhere, them possibly touch my face or some route it can come in). How likely is it worms to be transmitted to humans, am I just going crazy over something that is extremely unlikely? Thank you for listening to my rant lol.
Due to his belly pushing out or potbelly appearance, the vet thinks he probably has worms. The records we got when taking the puppy say he supposedly got Strongid T on April 10. The vet just gave him another dose of it today, and we have another one to give him in 2 weeks. His poos have also been normal and have seen no indication other than the pot belly.
This all being said while we now know to be very careful about them, I’m paranoid now that in the 4 days we’ve had him before knowing he likely has worms that they’ve been transmitted to us. I keep reading online how transmissible they are, and obviously while I’m not eating his poo and washing my hands before eating or after picking his up, I’m paranoid about all the other chances (e.g. if there was is fecal matter too small to see on his tail or something and I go to carry him somewhere, them possibly touch my face or some route it can come in). How likely is it worms to be transmitted to humans, am I just going crazy over something that is extremely unlikely? Thank you for listening to my rant lol.