With Reflexologist Nuria Weaver
Home Remedies for Worms in Dogs and Cats
It is horrible to imagine worms on our body but our loving pets fight with this problem in their daily life. Dogs and cats are quite prone to be caught with worms and these worms give them unremitting pain and irritation. Home remedies for worms in cats and dogs show you a way to get your pet rid of this problem.
Worms create a painful situation, as they are parasites and suck blood from the skin. This makes the pets annoyed and agitated you need to treat this problem with priority in order to take care of your pet.
Worms are generally are of three types, Roundworms, tapeworms and hookworms. Round worms are the most common worms found in both dogs and cats. Widely these worms are present in felines. These worms are too virulent as the larva and the egg of this worm lays in the soil for so many years. As the pet takes any egg or animal infected with roundworm larva, it is captured with the same.
The second type of worm is hookworm. Hookworm, it is also a type of intestinal worm. These are bloodsucker worms. The worm attaches itself to the walls of the pet's intestine and sucks blood. This causes a heavy blood loss in the pet and the pet falls weak.
Third type is tapeworm, which is not like hookworm. These worms do not suck blood but take the nutrients and the food from the stomach of the pet.
Here we have discussed some effective home remedies to help you with the same. These remedies will provide you with instant treatments to treat worms in your dog.
- Garlic: In our home remedy section, garlic has helped us make so many remedies for different problems. This is good to help you to treat your dog too. To make this remedy, you need to take 1 or two cloves of garlic and mix it in the meal of your pet. This is all you have to do. This will work like an effective remedy for the same.
- Oatmeal: Oatmeal is good for treating so many problems related to pets. Here we are sharing a good remedy made with oatmeal for treating worms. Take ¼ Kg of oatmeal, cook it and provide this to your pet as a feed. This will help you carry out the round worms in your pet's stomach.
- Papaya Leaves: Papaya leaf has tannin in it that acts on the intestinal walls to prevent worms from attaching themselves to it again. There is an ingredient in papaya, plantaine that dissolves intestinal worms.
- Cinnamon and Peppermint: Cinnamon and peppermint are natural herbs that will aid in the digestion process of your pet. These herbs will help wash out the worms out of the digestive tract. These herbs are not bad in taste so just add a few drops of the oil to your pet's daily meal. The oils are available at most health food stores.
- Another powerful remedy for worms is made with Azadirachta indica oil that is a powerful natural wormer derived from the evergreen tree. It helps to fight both viral and bacterial infections and helps to kill internal parasites as well.
- Wormwood is a herb that is available in both liquid and powder form. The pure oil of wormwood has poisonous tendencies so it should always be diluted. Use the recommended dosage of diluted wormwood powder or oil by mixing in the pet feed. The instructions and the dosages are given on the bottle.
- This is again a suggestion for herbal treatment for the same. If you want to treat your pet naturally, an herb called Slippery elm can help you with doing this. A soothing herb helps to cure irritated digestive tract. Giving this herb to the pet will help to excrete the intestinal worms. The herb is easily available on the nearest drug or herb stores. The directions for the usage are given on the bottle generally.
- Diatomaceous Earth (DE): DE is a fossil remain that causes the worms to dehydrate by cutting their skeleton. You can purchase the DE from any local health foods store. You just need to make sure that the DE you purchase is not made for swimming pool purpose. Add 1 tablespoon of Diatomaceous Earth to each meal of the pet until the roundworms are gone completely.
- Clove is one more good remedy for worms in pets. Giving one or two cloves to your pet daily with meals will kill the bacterial infection, heal the pain and will work like an antiseptic. This will surely get your pet rid of worms. As an additional advantage, cloves will sweeten the breath too.
- Do not allow your pet to hunt around dirty and mossy places. This will give a chance to bacteria to catch your pet and develop inside. Keep the pet away from street dogs and place your bins in an unapproachable corner.
Home remedies for worms in dogs and cats will make a good way of treating the pet as well as will not make a higher budget of remedies. Generally, treatments for pets are very high in cost and not available easily. Home remedies will solve both your problems and will serve your purpose greatly.
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