My sisters who lives with me has a puppy that has came down with parvo. He has had a puppy shot and everything and was not let off the property or exposed to strange dogs. Fenced in back yard. He is 4 months old and he has been here since he was 7 weeks old. So im not sure how he came down with it. Now his sister who is my puppy has been in contact with him. She had 1 more puppy shot then he did. Im going to start her on meds to prevent her from getting severly sick or is it possible cause she had 1 more shot shes immune? If he makes it through the night he is going to be PTS i talked with the vet and he said theres only a 1% chance of him making it has he is not only pooping blood he is puking it up. I dont know how or where he could have got it. Since we noticed him activing differantly its only been 2 days and he is already this far gone.
2007-06-27 14:39:34 · 7 answers · asked by badmood213 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Parvo is the #1 killer of pups in the US.
It IS treatable, if you act agressively and keep the poor thing hydrated. What kills the pup is dehydration.
It is extremely contagious and the virus can live in soil and on surfaces for months, even years.
Here is a site with FAQ's about parvo. Try to get fluids down that poor baby!!!
http://www.workingdogs.com/parvofaq.htm
2007-06-27 14:43:31 · answer #1 · answered by Karen W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parvo is treatable with aggressive in-hospital care (IV catheter, IV fluids, antiemetics & antibiotics for 2* bacterial translocation). It's very unlikely that the pup will survive without that...
The other puppy in the home is most definitely at risk, even if she has had one more vaccine. My personal dog (several years ago) was fully vaccinated and contracted the virus at 8 months old; she had been around a friend's puppy that (unbeknownst to me) had parvo. My dog was hospitalized for several days and lived for almost 11 years. My newest pup was also a parvo puppy; he did well after 2-3 days in the hospital. The time spent in the hospital depends on the individual dog, though; I've seen them hospitalized for 2 days or as long as 8-9 days.
As others have stated, parvo can live in the environment for several months; any months where the ground is freezing don't count. There's not really any way to kill the virus in your yard, but a dilute bleach solution (1:10) in the home is a good idea.
If you can't hospitalize the puppy for aggressive therapy, he needs to be euthanized. Parvo is not a kind disease and dying from it is miserable.
2007-06-27 16:07:49 · answer #2 · answered by ER Vet Tech 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parvo is a virus that can live for up to a year in the environment. Someone could have walked through a yard and brought it in on their shoes without even knowing it. It is extremely contagious. Puppies are not fully protected until after they have received their entire series of puppy shots (at least 3 of them a few weeks apart). There is nothing you can do to prevent your pup from getting it. All you can do is to take her to the vet at the first sign she isn't feeling well. They can be dead within 24 hours. They die from shock (blood loss) and dehydration. Aggressive therapy gives them a 50/50 chance of survival, but it is expensive to hospitalize and treat. In the meantime, keep your puppy away from anyplace outside the sick puppy went, and use a diluted bleach solution to wipe down anything inside he might have touched. Good luck.
2007-06-27 14:51:24 · answer #3 · answered by KimbeeJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If there is not any diarrhea, you rather can relax. I fairly have under no circumstances in my existence seen a case of parvo present day without sever diarrhea. Parvo assaults the tummy lining, diarrhea is rather going to be the 1st sign. The dry heaving could then be a consequence of bodily having not something left to vomit interior the case of parvo. a pair circumstances over 2 weeks fairly isn't something to stress approximately. rather if she did at after she ate some thing or replaced into chewing on some thing. (my canines will gag a touch while chewing on bones b/c they are so dry, and that they under no circumstances choose to arise to get a drink) i understand numerous canines who've fairly not something incorrect with them, yet each in some situations will cough and gag somewhat. returned, fairly by way of fact they get a dry throat and don't flow get a drink of water.
2016-09-28 13:37:35 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start your puppy on gatorade right away, saringe full every 1/2 hour, i know you wont get much sleep but I have had to do it and brought dogs out of their death stages, once every 4 hours get it some evaperated milk or baby formula, if your worried about your pup maybe the vet will start an IV to prevent the dehidration if he feels you pup has it, he can test him to tell, good luck. other animals could have walked across your property that had stepped in poo with the parvo
2007-06-27 14:56:52 · answer #5 · answered by randy k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing you can do now but hope and wait since you took it to the vet. parvo kills most puppies that get it, my last puppy had it and died. He has a very slim chance of making it. to help you should be giving him flavorless pedialite, that what my vet told me to give mine, if he wont drink it on his own, which he probly wont, mine didnt, you should use a medicine syringe and give it to him, sounds mean but it keeps em hydrated
2007-06-27 16:26:58 · answer #6 · answered by Autumn P 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my puppy got that too and we had to work with her for a week we gave her vaccinations ond medicine and she lived its not a 1% chance its a 50/50 chance just ask for the vaccinations both of my puppies had it and they are both very healthy give it water or it will die good luck
2007-06-27 15:24:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋