calliecritturs
Posted : 9/27/2006 1:32:12 PM
Pretty much ALL puppies have roundworms. They're carried by the mother ans passed to the baby -- but literally they are carried by the mother since SHE was a puppy and she got them from HER mom... etc. They're just a dog thing and aren't zoonotic (transmittable to people).
however, that being said -- all puppies have to be wormed, but a good breeder SHOULD have wormed them already. So .... altho yeah, all pups have roundworms, you shouldn't see a ton of them from a good breeder, and a good breeder shouldn't be letting puppies go that young without thorough worming and vetting either.
But no, the pup shouldn't have had fleas -- a good breeder would have had Frontline on Mom and the baby would have been bathed before placing.
Talk to your vet -- I wouldn't use Revolution (it doesn't kill fleas unless they bite anyway), but you will also want to spray your carpets the same time you take the dog to the vet - something with a good egg inhibitor. I haven't read the label in a while but your vet will tell you what is safe for a pup of that age.
You can bathe the pup in pretty much ANY soap and it will stun fleas. Then pick them off and put the stunned flea in a dish of soap (yep, just Dawn or anything) -- and flush that down the toilet. Human dandruff shampoo (like Head and Shoulders) tends to work particularly well to stun fleas so you can get rid of them.
Much depends on how old the pup is. If you haven't had the pup to a vet yet, then it needs to go anyway. Have a fecal done (take in fresh poop if possible -- snag it in a baggie and put in the fridge before you go -- bacteria will grow in moments so it needs to be refrigerated -- sorry, that's gross but true). A brought in sample is better than them getting a sample with a rod, but if you can't accomplish it, they can get one from the dog without trauma. But having a fecal done is a GOOD thing -- it will tell you if there are other parasites that can't be eradicated with simple wormer.