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Pet's info: Dog | Golden Retriever | Female | unspayed | 1 month and 18 days old
My pet is 49 days old..eats puppy food(pedigree),cerelac,rice soaked in milk. I m giving proviboost (multivitamin suspension. My question is whether I need to give her a calcium supplement (provical pet available in India) along with this?? And I am deworming her with nemocid(pyrantel pamoate) 250mg/5ml at the interval of 2 weeks...Do I need to try any other deworming suspension like Drontal plus?
2 Answers

Answered By Destini R. Holloway, DVM
Veterinarian
Published on December 15th, 2016
Answered By Jacqueline Nobles, DVM, DACVECC
Veterinarian, Board-Certified Emergency/Critical Care Specialist
If eating puppy chow, a calcium supplement is not needed. Pyrantel is fine for roundworms and hookworms but will not eliminate whipworms or tapeworms. So if your pet has been diagnosed with whipworms or tapeworms, drontal plus would be indicated.
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