Possible parvo in puppy could do with some info

deja224

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Late friday night we took a puppy in he is very skinny and was suffering from dehydration so was very weak i gave him fluids and he seamed to peark up, but still had bad diarrhea and sickness he hasnt been eating and drinking much so i been giving him fluids, rang vet today to get him a urgent appointment the vet has said he may have parvo im really hoping he just has bad worms but hes very quiet and sleeping loads he is a border collie so should be full of it

any one have experence with a case like this?
 
If the puppy does have parvo he needs fluid therapy via IV feed and intensive nursing. I'd get him to your vet asap, you can't afford to hang around as they go down hill very quickly. One vet I used to work with used to give serem from vaccinated dogs and it had quite good results. Fingers crossed for the poor little soul, let us know he gets on
 
I've sadly never seen a parvo puppy pull through. Although last year we did have a border collie puppy in that we treated as parvo as it had very similar symptoms - after huge amounts of intensive nursing it didn't have parvo, but was very sick for a long time.

Can I ask where you got it from? (PM if you like)

Hope its not parvo xxx
 
UPDATE: He was at the vets yesterday thats where we learnt he could have parvo they cant keep him in as they dont have any where to put such a dog so thats why i have him at home, the vet weigh him and he is 3kg and about 7/8 weeks, they put a ball of fluid under his skin to help, i am in contact with a larger vet now to get him more treatment , he did eat and drink something last night after 24 hours of not so thats good news, the other vets say it could be he is so staved his gutts arnt working right but they are worried about the smell of his poo, doing all we can for him been told the next 48 are important, i was told about him by a breeder who was concerd as she breed him knowing notting about dogs then sold him on sadly 4 out the litter died.
 
Amazon our GSD had parvo as a baby. Basically they think the breeder self vacinated them and missed our girl.
Amazon was on drips etc at the vet hospital for two weeks in intensive care. Twice they called us to go and say goodbye as they thought she wouldn't live the night.
She survived (sadly the only dog our vets have had survive it) but suffers with ongoing bowel issues, is very sensitive to any changes in diet and sometimes cannot go through the night without needing to go to the toilet.
 
More of a update: seen other bigger vet, he said there in a one in 20 chance it is parvo but he says this pup is 6 weeks if that he dosesnt no how to eat thats why he is faving warm goats milk, so got to feed him chicken and rice, got to put in his mouth and hold his mouth for a second to get him to chew it and go from there, i have re contacted people he was with they had him 24 hours before we had him so he must be very unsettled and missing his mum poor little lad,

Thank u all for your on going help and suport its not a easy time
 
My vets would have him in, no question. Most practices have 24hr nursing care, certainly a large practice. So in the middle of the night, when he needs IV fluids, you are going to give them to him??
 
I find it hard to understand how a vets can send such an ill puppy home
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What would happen if a dog needed to be kept in because it had had a car accident for example???

Is there not a more accurate way of diagnosing parvo other than to say its a one in 20 chance???

Seems very slack to me.....


Is the pup not on anti-biotics to help with secondary sepsis???
 
I agee this doesn't add up. I am glad to see everyone agrees with me that the pup should be hospitalised, as on the dogs forum when I said this I was corrected by one poster who said they had never known a vet take a parvo dog in
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Deja - have you taken note that IF it IS Parvo then it is highly contagious? You need to take great care not to risk the health of any of the dogs you work with.
 
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