First, welcome to the group! Almost always parvo is accompanied with vomitting, bloody, mucousy diarrhea, fever, and lethargy. Also, the pups don't normally get weak and then play normally, get weak, normal, and so on. So maybe he didn't have it. From the sound of it, I think he was blocked with the rubber toy and cloth. That would be an excellent reason as to why he was vomitting. The food and meds couldn't go completely down to the stomach b/c of the blockage. If he's passed these things and starts eating again, and you've cleaned everything really well, then I say try it again. I would make sure that he starts eating again and keeping his food down before getting him back though (this assuming you are getting the same pup). PS- Here is a great link on parvo. It says that parvo can live in your home and yard for up to 6 months. So if you are planning on getting a different pup, you may want to wait a little longer. ~Lacey http://www.workingdogs.com/parvofaq.htm
In [email protected], "stepht24" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On friday afternoon we picked up a 5 month old chihuahua from a > breeder. The breeder told us she hadn't fed him since she knew we > were coming to get him (she didn't want him to get car sick on the > 45 minute drive back home). When we got home I offered him some food > (the same kind of the breeder had him on) but he wouldn't eat. I > wasn't overly concerned being he was a new strange place, new > people, new dogs etc. We introduced him toour other dogs, he played > with some and was drinking water fine. Sat. morning he still > wouldn't eat, peed and pooped - everything looked normal. Took him > to the vet. for his check up at 11. He had some ear mites but > nothing else wrong. His coccidiosis (sp?) level was normal but since > he wasn't eating for me the vet went ahead and put him on albon. She > said he could stand to gain a little weight but other than the ear > mites seemed healthy. When we got home he threw up the wormer pill > they had given him. I was giving him nutra cal since he wasn't > eating and the vet gave me some electrolite fluids which he was > drinking. I called the breeder (she had asked me to call her after > he had his vet appointment to let her know how things were going.) > When I told her he wasn't eating she was pretty concerned but we > were still chalking it up to the anxiety of changing homes. She did > mention that after we picked him up Fri. she found oneof his > rubber/plastic toys that he had chewed into tiny pices and she > wondered if he had ingested any of it. > > I gave him the albon later that evening and he threw it back up. He > played with the dogs some, still peeing/pooping normal - still not > eating. Around 11 pm he started vomitting 2x an hour. By 2:30 am I > called the vet. because I didn't think he would make it till > morning. The vet. suggested it was parvo but wasn't sure after I > told her he had no fever and no diarreah. We decided I would keep > him comfortable till morning then call the breeder and take him > back. It was a long night and there were times I really thought he > was going to die. I started calling hte breeder at 7 am. She called > me back at 10 am and asked me if he was still alive. I told her he > was but I dind't know for how long. We took him back to her. She > called me an hour after we dropped him off and said he seemed to > have perked up a bit being back home but still wasn't eating - > though he wasn't vomitting either. Still no fever or diarreah. > Monday I called the vet. and asked them what I should do in case he > had parvo. and they told me to wash down everything with a bleach > solution. (which I did - He never was out in our yard. I carried him > formt he car to the house and he was paper trained) The breeder > called me Monday afternoon and said when she got up that morning and > checked on the puppy he had passed a piece of the toy and a small > piece of cloth. He was still very weak but seemed to be doing better. > I guess my main ? is- do you think it's safe to go ahead and get a > new puppy? The vet's office had said even if it was parvo since he > wasn't in the yard, as long as I cleaned everything with the bleach > solution we should be safe. What do you think? > > Stephanie > " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
