Quote Originally Posted by kittycats_delight
Well Artica came home on Thursday evening. We made a trip to the vet with her immediately eventhough the shelter said she checked out perfect. Yeah sure!! They wanted us to do a fecal sample over a three days period. Well this morning we went in with the sample and she has 3 different parasites. Nice huh???

She has a tapeworm, coccidia and giardia. She is on Panacur for 3 days which is suppose to take care of all 3 of these parasites. Then after 5 days i have to do another 3 day fecal sample and retest. I also have to be careful with the cats especially Vixen. I don't want her catching anything as she is felv+ and doesn't have a strong immune system.

One good thing is she doesn't mess in the house much. She cries when she needs to go #2 and she pees on the puppy pads. She does have an accident now and then but I clean it up immediately and dissinfect the area.

Fingers crossed please that one 3 day treatment of the med will take care of these nasty little monsters and that the kitties don't get anything.
Okay kittycatsdelight- cocidea can be contagious- although usually transmitted by fowl, dogs can spread it if she was in a condition of heavy enough infestation.. Giardia- is usually from dirty water, or unclean water bowls. Until she has been on panacure for 48 hours- give her a different water bowl or wash the bowl after she drinks.
Its rare but coccidea can be spread. This is easy to elimate contamination but simply walking her in a area away from the yard- unless you are in cold temps- just do not let other dogs around it. Or better yet- pick it up. I fostered a dog with this as well, and the vet at the time said to make a bucket with like 1 cup bleach, and like 6 cups water, and dump on the stools. The panacure is good stuff.
With coccidea- she is low in protein- get some chicken livers, and give her one twice a day as you feed. ( yes- raw.)