I was planning to use panacur for my up coming litter however everyone has been saying its dangerious and should be avoided?

It's the only wormer that's licenced for use in pregnancy; it's generally totally safe, but like everything else, occasionally an individual's genetic makeup means it' has a bad reaction.

Megan is due to be wormed now, is it ok to use panacur then.  Should i worm her now or wait till the pups are born??

> Should i worm her now or wait till the pups are born??

She should be on Panacur from day 40 of gestation until 2 days post whelping.  The dose for a pregnant bitch is a quarter of a normal adult dose, and, given daily, ensures that pups are 98% worm free when born.

I have used it on my toy breed for years with no bad reactions,,, ever.

I have used if for 6 generations and only had problems with pups being very loose in one litter.

I've also wormed my litter with Panacur paste with no problems whatsoever. However, have since heard a horror story within my breed where apparantly a whole litter became so sick they all died after being wormed.

I guess in that case we'll never know if it was just coincidental, but it really worried me!!!

Thankfully our little ones have been fine on it.

I worm my bitches before mating with Drontal and then when the pups are 2 weeks old I worm them and mum, then every 2 weeks after that until they leave with instructions for further worming.

I don't like to give medication when in whelp unless absolutely necessary.

I have never had a problem with worm burden in pups.

Liz

I've never had a problem with adults or puppies on Panacur, normally worm pups at 3, 5 & 7 weeks with the paste.

Me too Liz R.  I have used Drontal for many years and never had wormy puppies or mums.  I too have a dislike of giving any medication to mums-to-be unless absolutely necessary.

There will always be the odd dog that will react against worming, in the 60 odd years I have had dogs all have been wormed, many with Drontal and I have only had one who reacted against it but that one was seriously effected and had to be given Panacur to which he had no problem at all.

I do exactly the same as Liz R as well. I also MUCH prefer that Drontal is one dose every two weeks and none of all that messing about with 3 days in a row -what a nightmare for a big litter!

Is it OK to use panacur on the bitch for the post day 40 regime but then use drontal at 2 wks for mum and pups?   I do find the whole panacur 3 day thing a bit of a fiddle...would much prefer just the one dose and have it done and dusted.

can't see why not.

thats what i did ,and mum ans pups were all fine :)