What can i do to treat my puppie for Parvo at home?
brown_eyed_blondie_56 asked:
I got a golden retriever puppie about 2-3 weeks ago. She was fine whenever we brought her home, she was playful, and like any other golden retriever, loved to play fetch at 2:00am. Well about Monday this week, she stopped eating and we realized she hadnt been eating. I took her to the vets and they diagnosed her with Parvo. They said they could keep her in the hospital and try to help her, but i knew that i couldnt afford that, so i went with my other option, i took her home, and i’ve been nursing her back to health. Or, so i hope back to health. She seemed a lot better this morning, but im still worried about her outcome. It’d just make me feel better if i heard some things that i could do to help her feel better and hopefully make her better.
Gigi’s okay now. She started eating again about Thursday, and now she’s back to normal, with the exception of a few tired spells. Other than that, she’s fine now. I’M SO HAPPY!!!
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I got a golden retriever puppie about 2-3 weeks ago. She was fine whenever we brought her home, she was playful, and like any other golden retriever, loved to play fetch at 2:00am. Well about Monday this week, she stopped eating and we realized she hadnt been eating. I took her to the vets and they diagnosed her with Parvo. They said they could keep her in the hospital and try to help her, but i knew that i couldnt afford that, so i went with my other option, i took her home, and i’ve been nursing her back to health. Or, so i hope back to health. She seemed a lot better this morning, but im still worried about her outcome. It’d just make me feel better if i heard some things that i could do to help her feel better and hopefully make her better.
Gigi’s okay now. She started eating again about Thursday, and now she’s back to normal, with the exception of a few tired spells. Other than that, she’s fine now. I’M SO HAPPY!!!
February 4th, 2009 at 11:08 am
No you are better of taking him to the vet
February 7th, 2009 at 9:32 am
you should take her to the vet. thats the best thing to do.
February 8th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Sorry to hear that. You should research online.
February 9th, 2009 at 3:52 am
Give her as many liquids as she will take. Don’t give milk or anything like that, it will only make upset stomach worse. The vet should have given you antibiotics. Continue to give her those and pray. That is all you can do.
February 12th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Parvo is lethal so I hope that before you left the vet that you’ve gotten the proper medication for your pet. Please also keep your pet away from other dogs as parvo is contagious. As long as you give him/her proper medication and huge doses of TLC, hopefully your pet will be able to recover.
February 14th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Saw a vet program the other day and they had a puppy in for Parvo. They said its potentially fatal. They kept it in the hospital and gave it drugs through its IV. Sorry to be negative but I think you should take it to the vets.
February 15th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
its hard to do you have to force feed them food and water but the vet can give them an IV and antibiotics. i had a dog that had parvo and i left him at the vets and he was better 3 days later and it only cost less than 200 bucks. if your vet is cool they might even let you make payments
February 15th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Parvo is very serious, I now it is expensive to keep her at the Vet’s, but really even with medical care at the Vet’s office, many dogs don’t survive. All you can do is hope I suppose, make sure the dog is eating and drinking, clean and comfortable.
Don’t forget to have your yard treated as well. Parvo can stay in the ground for long periods of time, and your dog, or another dog could catch it again.
February 17th, 2009 at 3:59 am
Please return to the vet ASAP! See if you can work out a payment plan for the bill (they should be able to give you an estimate on the total cost). Puppies with parvo have diarrhea and vomiting and need to be supported with IV fluids, and antibiotics, and a hospitals care. If you can not afford the hospital you are going to now, try the humane society. Parvo is not something you can treat at home. I hope your pup gets well, and please do what is best for her!
February 17th, 2009 at 6:56 am
she needs to go to the vets, you can not treat parvo at home, she will eventually need an IV drip plus drugs, parvo is highly infectious and without correct equipment you should not be handling this puppy!!! which ever vet let you take her home i would advise you dont go back i would find some where better!
February 19th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Please! Please! Take the pup to the vet again..the pup will seem alittle better b4 she gets alot worse..if the pup is eating that is a good sign but she still needs professional attention. I hope she gets better and your concern is admirable.
February 22nd, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Parvo is a deadly contagious disease and that dog needs to be treated ASAP. Call the vet first to inform them you are coming so they can isolate you from other patients. You need to wash everything you can including the bottom of your shoes with Clorox.
If your dog survives it will always be a carrier. Keep up with the vaccinations.
This is a life and death situation.
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:24 pm
There is a product called Parvoguard you could try. You can order it online. You should talk to a vet first, though.
February 25th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Good Luck I hope It Works I had a Blue heeler Puppy he got parvo while i was at my cousins i had left him home with my dad and my dad wouldnt take him to the vet and by the time my mom got home to take him to the vet it was to late he passed away right in the vets office it was so sad i miss him so much anyway give her lots Liquids and soft puppy food if she will eat it and ask the vet what else u can do hope she gets better losing a pet is really sad and contridiction it can be treated at home my cousins dog had it and she was treated at home she need and IV so she went to the vet everyday for about an hour for an IV and then she was brought back home everyday it was alot cheaper then all day care at the vet for about a month
February 26th, 2009 at 6:21 am
Truly the best place for your puppy is the vet’s But if you can’t take her try giving her gatorade and make sure that before you bring another puppy to your home that you bleach the entire yard. Parvo can be in the dirt for a long time after an infected dog has been there. Try talking to your vet though most of them will work something out with you. Most dogs don’t make it at home sry
February 26th, 2009 at 8:03 am
First, don’t give up hope quite yet. I have a dog that had parvo when he was four months old. I nursed him through it without actual hospitalization, and now he’s an awesome five year old dog. Parvo does kill a lot of puppies, but not all of them.
Did your vet recommend anything in particular besides hospitalization? If he did, follow his advice. Any advice your vet gave you is probably much better than anything I can say.
With my dog, the vet recommended crate rest, pedialyte or similar to help keep his fluids up, and a rice and hamburgur diet once he could keep solids down. It was pretty nasty - for a couple weeks my poor dog had to stay in his crate all the time. I walked him often, but he had the runs and threw up quite a lot, so I had to clean his crate as often as not. If your puppy is having diahrea and/or throwing up, you probably should keep her in a crate. You don’t want the mess all over your house, and if you put her outside she’ll likely get too cold - she needs to be kept warm and comfy.
Try to get her to drink lots. Give her little meals, just a spoonful or two, until she can keep food down. Then let her eat more gradually. You don’t want to overwhelm her stomache when it’s just starting to heal.
I hope she recovers - it’d be horrible to lose your puppy. Good luck!
February 26th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
need more info- all you can do is keep an eye on him and keep him hydrated. While staying at a vet’ s office they would have given him IV fluids. Where I used to work if someone couldn’t afford to leave the pet we sent them home with antibiotics and a bag of fluids to give them under there skin. Did your vet give you either. All you can do at home is to keep a close eye on him and keep him somewhere that he can get lots of rest. With parvo there is always a risk of the dog not making it. If you have any questions don’t be afraid to call your vet and ask.
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:55 am
Liquids. liquids, liquids…! Force liquids every hour. Give pedialyte mixed with 1/2 bottled water. I’ve had some success with slippery elm bark powder. It sooths and coats the intestine linings. (available at your herbal store)
Give pepto bismol diluted, Nura Cal or other concentrated convalescent nutrition available at your pet supply. It is a tube that you give about one inch per 10 pounds.
Keep her warm…I put a child’s/baby’s jacket on sick pups.
March 5th, 2009 at 8:52 am
i wouldn’t recommend keeping her at home unless you can get an IV in her keep her sedated with IV fluids. you should call the breeder and make arrangements to return her and get a new puppy.
March 6th, 2009 at 9:52 am
I have 2 dogs 1 with parvo shots one without. Anyway they were both exposed to parvo by this guy walking his pups(why he was walking pups that were from a litter that had parvo ill never know). Anyway he said that it was costing him $800 to treat his pup. So we took off after that but our dog without the shots, Nemo, started throwing up the next week. He seemed pretty lethatgic the 1st day but was fine at night. The next day he was bad, then he got really bad. He was probbaly hours from dehydration so we ended up giving him pedialyte enemas until he was able to hold down his pedialyte orally. We couldnt take him to the vet too much $$ so we would have had to put him down. Anyway I found this site that sells some herbal remedy that supposed to be pretty good. So i rush deliverd it and a antibacterial to prevent secondary infection. Anyway, the day after he was really bad he showed signs of improvement from the pedialye. He would get up get tired and lay back down. The day the medicine arrived he was still improving some but not too fast. After we started the meds he was back to normal in about 2 days. I dont think his parvo was bad but he did almost die from dehydration. WIthout the medicine i think he would have recovered in about 5-7 days, but he got better a lot faster with it. Plus it only cost $100.