Whipworm treatment with Drontal = agitated Sheltie?

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Hi all,

Well, it looks like my nine month old has whipworms. Doctor gave a dewormer at 5:30 p yesterday evening and here we are almost twelve hours later and the boy won't go to sleep when I try to go to sleep. Right now he is sleeping while I am typing this, but I guarantee the moment I try to go to bed with the lights off he will start pawing at me as if he needs to go out. We have gone out three times but nothing.

A couple hours after the dose he had a loose bm with some worms that were passed. I suppose this is the process?

Has anyone had experience with this dewormer causing agitation and restlessness? He is way off of his normal schedule of hit the bed at 10:00 and sleep until 6:00a.

I just hope these worms haven't gotten the best of him; last month we had a fecal but nothing was evident in the test.

Ed
 
I've treated my dogs with Drontal and have not had the reaction you're describing. I don't know if it could be a result of the worms passing, but I'd give a call to your vet this morning and check to see if it's normal. Let us know how he is.
 
My dog had a reaction to drontal when she was a puppy. It made her very hyper and she had bad diarrhea. She was like this for about 2 days.
 
Thanks for the information. He had breakfast at around 7:00a and then we went for a long walk. His output looked better than yesterday and when we got back he was still a bit active and then at around 9:00a he found his bed and is sleeping. This is somewhat of his normal schedule.

I did speak to the vet and they didn't indicate that this was a reaction to the medicine or not. Through the night he seemed to sleep better if I was up with him and the lights were on; just imagine that he was a bit scared to what was going on inside him.

I just cringe on having to give this to him again in three weeks. We'll be prepared for this though.

What is the recovery like after this treatment? First time I have encountered anything like this in 35 years of having dogs.

Ed
 
Just a status report. Looks like all is back to normal and Cody is back on his normal schedule. It appears that it took about 12 hours for the medication to settle out of his body. Either that or the trauma of the worms passing through.

In three weeks we have to do it again but I think I will dose him in the morning and be with him during the day just in case.

Ed
 
Glad to hear Cody is OK and back to normal! When I dosed my dogs they were adults, so perhaps it has a stronger effect on a puppy. Good plan to be with him for the next dose. Thanks for the update!
 
Yeah, I plan on doing that. He is a go-go-go guy (sometimes I wonder if he is part Border Collie), but at his age I worry about him getting enough rest and the other day didn't help.

I keep telling him to pace himself but he refuses to listen. :smile2:

Ed
 
Yes when Mia was a puppy (and a light weight puppy at that) I used drontal and it made her crazy...The second dose I dont remember being as bad as the first...Hope your second one goes off without a hitch!
 
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