Oh, shit!*

Monday, January 23, 2012


How did I manage to forget about the one massive, all-consuming thing that happened this weekend??

Smidgen got worms. WORMS. INSIDE HER BODY. Until some of them were, erm, no longer inside. Which is how we found out about the worms.

Bleeeuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhh.

After one of the most disturbing googling sessions of my life, culminating in searching "why do dogs need their anal glands expressed" (top tip: do not click on that video), I now know that they were roundworms, because they "look just like a piece of cooked spaghetti".

So yeah, probably never eating spaghetti ever again.


This is the only picture I could find that could even begin to convey the grossness of what went on this weekend. From here. Hope none of you were having spaghetti for lunch.

*Pun fully intended.

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  1. Unknown23 January 2012 at 14:22

    OH NO!!! that is the worst! When we adopted we were told that if we ever went to the groomers to tell them that Greyhounds never needed to be "expressed"... Hope she's better soon!

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  2. Juliet23 January 2012 at 14:27

    What a WEIRD dish. Poor Smidgen! Hope she feels better soon.

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  3. Anonymous23 January 2012 at 16:25

    Oh GOD I now really hope that the venison I got out was steak and not diced bits because if not that means venison bolognase and I won't be able to eat it because of the spaghetti.

    Boke.

    Hope you and Smidgeon both feel better soon!

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  4. Zoë {Conversation Pieces}23 January 2012 at 17:21

    OMG! I will not be clicking on that link, no way!! And ewwww to that picture too! (So glad my cats have never had this... ewwwww again!)

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  5. Amanda23 January 2012 at 18:07

    Ohhh poor Smidge, how come... they did not give her to you properly dewormed from the shelter? Anyway, make sure you go to the vet and get follow up treatments. (There are several stages of growth of the disgusting little creatures, and you better get rid of all of them)... it has to be done regularly..

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  6. Amanda23 January 2012 at 18:08

    Oh yeah and expressing those glands is disgusting, but yeah.

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  7. Unknown23 January 2012 at 18:26

    Oh yuck. That is not one of the perks of pet ownership.

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  8. Pip23 January 2012 at 18:59

    Eww. Not sure I want to know what you had to type into Google to find that image... And how many others you scrolled through before picking this one! Poor thing - hope she gets well soon

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  9. thebabywife23 January 2012 at 19:06

    *vows never to eat smoked sausage again*

    Poor puppy having a sore, wormy tum. I agree with Amanda - she will need wormed a few times and then on a regular basis to catch all the little buggars in the various stages of their development

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  10. Sarah24 January 2012 at 04:04

    Gah. So gross. So so gross.

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  11. the life pursuit24 January 2012 at 07:45

    Um. Yeah. Dog ownership is a never-endingly glamorous journey... but it's so worth it!

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  12. Jo2 February 2012 at 18:06

    Ew.

    Such good juxtaposition of the spaghetti.

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