Of all the stupid things to let happen....
Okay, I've figured out that my new puppy has tapeworms. No doubt about it. And now paranoia has set in that I might have gotten them from him. I'm not going to go into details, but let's just say that an upset stomach is the least of my symptoms right now. Since I'm going for my yearly exam on Friday, I'm going to beg my doctor to prescribe whatever it is that will get rid of them. Surely, if I don't have tapeworms, the medicine for it won't hurt me if I take it anyway?
I did go by the vet's office, describe how I figured it was tapeworms, and got some medication for him, which he ate quickly because I hid it in a lump of cheese.
Yes, I'm at a stage of mild hysteria right now. I'm starting to freak the hell out.
So I came home today and saw that Quincy pooped all over his pen area in the kitchen. Who knew that he could be holding so much, when I didn't leave him that much food? For the first time, I put on disposable gloves, and cleaned the mess up. First with Odo-Ban, and then with bleach & water. (Okay, I hit all the visible floor areas with the bleach.) Why didn't it ever occur to me to put on gloves? I'm usually so squeamish about everything, but not this time when it really counted.
And it's really bothering me that he's trying to give me a bath right now. I keep thinking of him licking his butt and then licking me, and contaminating me with whatever is in his mouth.
As if that wasn't bad enough, here comes the stupid part. I closed him off in the kitchen while I researched parasites and tried not to panic, and then he started hollering like he'd made a mess. I went in to discover that he'd managed to find a glue mousetrap that I thought I'd hidden, and got one paw stuck smack in that glue. He was trying to get out of it, and just managed to get heavy stuff attached to the trap, so he was dragging a bag of stuff, including a jar candle.
Fortunately, the trap company's website says that you just need to rub the stuck part of the pet with vegetable oil until the bond loosens. His paw came out, and to his credit, he didn't wig out once I picked him and the trap up and started trying to work him loose.
I dread tonight... they said he's going to start passing lots of worms "late tonight" and throughout the night, and that I should put him in the yard, but not all night. What do I do? Pen him up in the kitchen all night, shut the door to block his howling, and plan to get up an hour early to clean and disinfect the whole thing again?
I did go by the vet's office, describe how I figured it was tapeworms, and got some medication for him, which he ate quickly because I hid it in a lump of cheese.
Yes, I'm at a stage of mild hysteria right now. I'm starting to freak the hell out.
So I came home today and saw that Quincy pooped all over his pen area in the kitchen. Who knew that he could be holding so much, when I didn't leave him that much food? For the first time, I put on disposable gloves, and cleaned the mess up. First with Odo-Ban, and then with bleach & water. (Okay, I hit all the visible floor areas with the bleach.) Why didn't it ever occur to me to put on gloves? I'm usually so squeamish about everything, but not this time when it really counted.
And it's really bothering me that he's trying to give me a bath right now. I keep thinking of him licking his butt and then licking me, and contaminating me with whatever is in his mouth.
As if that wasn't bad enough, here comes the stupid part. I closed him off in the kitchen while I researched parasites and tried not to panic, and then he started hollering like he'd made a mess. I went in to discover that he'd managed to find a glue mousetrap that I thought I'd hidden, and got one paw stuck smack in that glue. He was trying to get out of it, and just managed to get heavy stuff attached to the trap, so he was dragging a bag of stuff, including a jar candle.
Fortunately, the trap company's website says that you just need to rub the stuck part of the pet with vegetable oil until the bond loosens. His paw came out, and to his credit, he didn't wig out once I picked him and the trap up and started trying to work him loose.
I dread tonight... they said he's going to start passing lots of worms "late tonight" and throughout the night, and that I should put him in the yard, but not all night. What do I do? Pen him up in the kitchen all night, shut the door to block his howling, and plan to get up an hour early to clean and disinfect the whole thing again?
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