Pet forum? (Page 13)

Your welcome. I was just talking to my mother, who fosters for the local humane society, and she said that everytime she has had a foster pup with diarrhea and/or vomiting, the vet has emphasized the importance of Pedialyte or diluted Gatorade. If you can not get him to drink it willingly then you need to use a medicine dropper. My mother said that it is VERY important to get some of it in him, because the electrolyte embalance caused by dehydration can cause cardiac arrest. I'm not trying to scare you Homer, I just know that you are a loving daddy and want to know whats best for your furbaby. Please keep me updated....praying for your little one!

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Glad to hear that you got some fluids in the baby. I'm sure you already know this, but be very observant of his gums...making sure that they don't get too pale. Just out of couriousity...when did all this start? Is he a new pup? Could he have had contact with other sick pups? Parvo, as you know, is extremely contagious, gastrointestinal problems however can be the result of a sudden allergy, bad reaction to food, or a simple stomach bug. My springer had horrible diarrhea Saturday night, but I'm pretty sure it was due to the fact that hubby gave her a very large hunk of seared tuna.....he definately caught hell for that. What was even worse was that he pulled a "fake gagging" to get out of cleaning it up. God only knows what we'll do if we ever have kids right?

I have found the Nutro Ultra (all natural) to be very effective. I buy it at Tractor Supply - nothing else seemed to work. My vet did say that a cortisone shot would help.

Good morning. It was a bad night. I took the baby in to the vet this morning. She is on an IV drip...it doesn't look good. They were born on March 13th. The vet is going to call me. I will be amazed if she makes it.
Thanks for all your advise.
I pray she makes it but it doesn't look good..
Thank you for your help...I appreciate it very much.
Dy, the new pic of Peeve is really cute...

homerx

So sorry to hear this. Prayers and hugs are coming to you and your baby.
Please keep us updated.

thank you...I will...I am really close to crying my eyes out at this point...

We are here for you homerx...you are always so supportive of everyone..now it's time for us to help you.

Don't give up hope....Are you calling the vet often to check on her?
When our puppy or cats were in would call often, especially when my son's new puppy was so ill when we first got him..he was in the hospital on IV, wouldn't eat for a week, I even made him hamburg and rice and brought it down,someone had recommended that to me but he still wouldn't eat. Then one day the lady who was watching him tried kitten can food and he ate that then he was fine. They thought he had parvo or something else but everything was negative we never did find out what he had. We go through so much with our pets aka children. I had a flame point Siamese cat that was indoor/outdoor and someone poisoned him with antifreeze his kidneys shut down, it was horrific. now all my kitties are indoors. I'm not going through that again.

HUGS

I havent called the vet, Ricky did and called me... I pray she makes it...I fill so bad for her. She is so tiny...so very small and fragile...it breaks my heart...I am going to get off here until I can get myself together...sorry. thank you for the kind words and prayers and well wishes,,,it really means a lot to me.

Early this morning I had to bring Roxy (my dog) to the Vet because she has diarreha. she's been having it since sunday and i called the vet monday and asked what I could give her and she said pepto. so i have her 1tsp and Roxy threw it up. i went to petsmart to get her some doggy meds instead of human and she has been taking it but hasn't gotten better. This morning when i took her out she pooped out blood too and if really freaked me out so I had to take her to the vet. I'm so down and scared that i will lose her.

On the other hand, my other dog that my mom takes care of ran away and never came back since Sunday. Mysterly the same thing happen to my cousins dog that we had to take care of when she went away to the army a few years back. He ran away and never came back. We are not sure if he got killed or someone just stole him.

I am just very scared right now!

love-pinkish

Sorry you are going through this as well. I swear the bugs we humans get or animals get them just as well. There is a lot going around. So it's possible this is the case.
I'll say a prayer for all of our four legged little children. It's heartbrreaking because they are our family also.

homerx
get some rest.

Thanks Serenity! I'll post as soon as they give me a call back.

The doc just called me and told me he will run blood test and will call back around 12ish. He also said he will give her an iv fluids over night to prevent dehydration. He said it's nothing serious, probably just some sort of bacteria that infected her.

FYI y'all ... we're thinkigna bout starting and Animal and Pets Forum... do you think that it would be good in the "Relationships" section of the site?

Great Idea..I Love it.

A lot of have pets on here and it would be terrific to keep this going.

My baby is still in hospital...the vet said she is able to stand on her own 4 feet a little... please,God, let her be OK and pull threw this...I thank you all.

Homer and Love_Pink I'm sending lots of prayers your way. I hope your babies recover, its so devastating when something when something happens to one of your furbabies.