Urgent Parvo Remedy Help Requested for Golden Retriever Puppy
Hello Doctors!
I'm Tina. we live in India where the Parvo virus is increasingly threatening the love of our lives, our pets! My friend's 36 day old baby (golden retriever) has been diagnosed with this virus and we are going through a trauma as doctors around have asked us to given up hope. While we are hoping for a miracle of God's grace to help our puppy recover from this we are relentlessly also trying to get all the help we can to get him the treatment that he needs. It's been 3 days now. He's been having severe blood infused vomiting and diarrhea.
He has also not been responding very well to the IV fluids. He's currently at home with us and we take him to the vet twice to get the fluids. Should we consider admitting him in the hospital? Should he be given more fluids? What medicines can we use or give our baby to help his immunity kick back? We need help for our little baby. Please let us know your valuable opinion on how we should proceed. Looking forward desperately to hearing back from you. Regards, Tina
EC: Dear Tina,
Please read all the information (including posts from our readers) on Earth Clinic's Parvo page. https://www.earthclinic.com/pets/parvo.html
Activated Charcoal and Pedialyte are the top remedies.
Mpls., Mn
12/08/2016
Hello Tina,
I am sorry to hear about your friend's sick puppy. If this were my 4 week old puppy I would admit him to the hospital immediately, because I would expect the hospital to be equipped with a heated incubator or heated cage of some sort, along with the proper IV fluids that in hospital would be administered on a routine basis 24/7. The virus causes the vomiting and diarrhea which results in dehydration which strains the organs which causes death from organ failure; if you can keep the puppy well hydrated you remove the stress on the organs which increases the chance of survival. 4 weeks is very young and too soon to be in a new home - was this the only puppy in the litter? If not then the entire litter is likely at risk and if they are not exhibiting the extreme symptoms as this particular puppy, the activated charcoal and pedialyte protocol should be started immediately. If you cannot afford the hospital stay consider asking the vet for the IV fluids and the needle and tubing to administer the fluids at home. Good luck and please report back.
