I took my dog to the vet today after notices a few symptoms and sure enough, she has whipworms again. We just went through this last year, and she's on heartworm/other worm preventative but it's not 100%, clearly. She shares a 50x50 kennel with 2 other dogs, who we are also going to treat. Since the eggs stay in the ground for 5 years, we were trying to figure out a way to treat the area as we can't just move the kennel. The vet mentioned burning the ground, which we are looking into. And we may just scoop about 6 inches of topsoil out and put in 3 inches of bankrun gravel. Are there any sprays (would Seven work? for bugs and other things on plants) or any other treatments that we haven't come across that have proven effective? TIA.
Treating Dog Pen for Whipworm
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red_explorer
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20 Mule Team Borax
When our dog had it, we had to treat the ground with 20Mule Team Borax. Everywhere she had gone, we had to put it down. We ended up with lots of dead spots in the yard, but never had a problem with it again. You can get it in the Laundry Aisle of most grocery stores.
When our dog had it, we had to treat the ground with 20Mule Team Borax. Everywhere she had gone, we had to put it down. We ended up with lots of dead spots in the yard, but never had a problem with it again. You can get it in the Laundry Aisle of most grocery stores.
CountryLady
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Prevention and Control of Whipworms
Good sanitation is essential to the prevention and control of whipworm infection in our pets. The primary goal is to prevent the pet from ingesting infective whipworm eggs.
Important Points:
Whipworm eggs are not immediately infective; they have to sit out on the ground for about a month.
Whipworm eggs in soil can last for years.
Whipworm eggs are vulnerable to drying.
To Prevent Infection:
On your property—Remove and properly dispose of feces daily.
Outdoor dogs should be kept on an easily cleaned surface such as cement.
On a walk—Keep your dog on a leash to prevent sniffing and eating of old fecal material on the ground.
To Eliminate Infection:
Follow our instructions for all three parts of the treatment program.
Clean up (as much as possible) all fecal material from your pet’s environment.
Apply a drying agent such as lime to the affected areas to desiccate any remaining eggs.
Continue to remove feces daily.
Comply with fecal recheck reminders to ensure that your pet is free of this and other intestinal parasites.
Whipworms
Drying agent - I could see where borax could work, also wondering about DE (diatrematious earth)???
