my 2 mnth old dog has parvo im treating him at home will he survive im giving him an i/v treatment every 8hrs?

Question

how much of a posability is it tht he will survive if im giveing him an i/v treatment at home every 8hrs i cld not afford to have him hospitalized

Answer 1

man-o-man! I really feel for you! Having gone through this twice before, I can tell you from experience what works. giving the intravenous is a good thing,because it is important to keep the animal hydrated. The hard parts is the first 48hrs. theres a 50/50 chance of fatality then. try to administer some pepto-bismol or pepcid-ac as the main problem during parvo infection is nasea/vomiting,which makes the animal not want to eat or drink causing rapid weight loss and dehydration. if you get their stomach settled down they will take small amounts of water. pedialyte for infants is good water to give them because it helps restore the electrolytes lost during vomiting and diarrhea. they my not want to eat any food for a couple of days. try some over-boiled egg noodles, they are soft and easy to digest,also containing lots of water! Let them rest as much as possible, keep talking to them, letting them know it will be O.K. your voice reassures that they are not alone and you can help.This keeps the strength in the animal, the fight to hold on! I truly beleive this made all the difference in my last case! after the first 48 hours it gets easier, and after about 1 week, the dog should be getting more active. carefully reintroduce them back to normal food as the stomach will have shrunken and they will eat themselves into bloating. Once the sickness is over, please vaccinate your dog as it can be re-infected. Parvovirus has an extreme tolerance , and can hang around for months! wash all affected areas down with dissenfectant and soiled linens should be burned or otherwise gotten rid of! Good luck with this I hope it helps, my thoughts are with you and your pup!

Answer 2

If the Vet gives you the supplies needed to give your pup a chance of making it, then him being at home may give him a greater chance because he will be in familiar surroundings. I took care of one of my dogs at home when she went through two very bad bouts of pancreatitis. She wasn't expected to make it. I had to give her fluids under the skin every 15 minutes, four cycles with hour break between- around the clock. The medication was glucose/saline solution plus anti biotics and anti nausea medication.
If your Vet will give your dog everything he needs in an IV, you will be doing what would be done at the Vets office. Parvo is a virus and cannot be cured, but the meds will give your dog a fighting chance of surviving.
Survival rate is not great, but with close care, his chances are better. Some do survive. Wishing you the best. Just be sure you have everything he needs in the IV. And of course, as instructed by the Vet.
Some people may be reacting to IV when you may mean you are giving subcutaneous fluids, but there are people that do know how to use IV's the other way too. I don't think a Vet would give someone supplies to treat the dog at home if they didn't know the person knew how to USE them.

Answer 3

I don't think the first two people read your whole question. There is no way a 2 month pup could be done being vaccinated and would probably only have had one set of vaccinations at the the most by 2 months.

You really need to get the pup to a vet. The dog really needs to be hospitalized . Parvo is often deadly. Some pups do survive, but you need professional help to have any hope of having him make it Good luck..

Answer 4

Just for the record - parvo can be transmitted from the mother and a shot probably wouldn't have prevented the problem at 2 months old! Don't blame yourself.

Do I understand that you took him to the doctor and brought him home with IV meds? If that is the case and you are following their directions precisely, he is probably in just a good hands, or better, simply because he is being cared for by someone who loves him.

We brought a dog home from the pound when I was 12ish and he died within the first two weeks from parvo. We tried hard to save him. It really was a terrible death. If you don't think he will make it, don't make him suffer any longer. I am sorry and good luck.

Answer 5

Parvo eats a dog from the inside out. It is not likely that he will survive too long without some hospitalization. If you cannot afford to continue treatment then I would talk to your local vet to possibly work out a payment plan or other ways to help keep him from suffering. If he does make it through then you need to make sure that you keep him up-to-date on all of his shots or something like this could happen again.

Answer 6

Have been there, my puppy was very young and not through her shots, plus I was piss-poor at the time. I still took her to the vet and had her hospitalized, and put the bill on a credit card. Perhaps you could ask the vet if they will finance the treatment, call them, NOW, and explain the situation. That puppy needs professional care, immediately, for any chance of survival. God bless, and good luck

Answer 7

You are NOT! I seriously doubt that you have any idea what you are doing. Does the dog have an IV catheter installed into his vein? IV treatment for parvo are administered 24 hours a day, not every 8 hours...and generally with an infusion pump so the dog gets the prescribed dose of fluids over the course of 24 hrs. Do you even know what you are giving him? or how to give it? Did you go to a vet at all?

Answer 8

I don't mean to sound harsh but sorry to say once they get parvo it's a death sentence - just a matter of time until they pass on. The parvo virus will actually stick around the premises for approx 2 years as well, even outside. As hard as it is the best thing is to do is to have him put down and save him the agony....sad thing sweetie. I'm sorry :(

Answer 9

i don't know about the iv treatments, but when we had a small puppy that contracted parvo...we didn't have a lot of extra money at that particular moment, vet recommended since it was early stages, to keep puppu in dry, warm place in house and give it Pedialyte(like you give babies)to drink and he recommended the dosage.....it helped keep the puppy hydrated and gave it electrolytes. We were lucky and the puppy survived. And our puppy was up-to-date on it's shots. Even with preventatives, puppies or humans, can still get some diseases.

Answer 10

why would you do such at thing like that. l do not think that is a wise thing to do. unless you are a vet. but you are the one responible to give the pet proper medical care, even if that is a hospital. it does not matter if you can afford it or not. if you have the money to do some thing as stupit as that then you have money to pay on a payment plan and l know that vets will make a payment plan . so get that pet to the vet now and stop thinking you are so great