I agree, you don't want him to get to excited and start with excessive coughing either. He should be kept warm and calm until you are finished with the antibiotics and sure he is over the infection, just like we try to do with our kids.
♥ Peggy & The Girls ♥ -----Original Message----- From: Kavi <[email protected]> To: Chihuahuas <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:09 am Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Paco's first vet visit, since leaving the shelter. Hi If it were me, I would give him at least 5 days rest without running or outside much if its cold. I would make sure his neck, and chest / back are covered with a sweater. If its really cold out, I would keep him inside until you see he is getting better. use puppy pads? I hope he gets better soon. Do you know how he got it? shanna --- On Fri, 10/29/10, mrs. nava <[email protected]> wrote: From: mrs. nava <[email protected]> Subject: [Chihuahuas] Paco's first vet visit, since leaving the shelter. To: [email protected] Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 7:07 PM Hubby and I decided to take little Paco to the vet, because first just for a check up and trying to look around for a trusting vet to go to and plus Paco was displaying some sneezing and coughing. Paco was the perfect little angel, until he felt violated. They took his temperature. He was real friendly to everyone and let everyone pet him. During the whole vet visit when I or my husband left to speak to the receptionist or doctor, Paco would go crazy and start chasing us around, like hey were you going and it was like he was like you can't leave without me. lol. Anyway, we went to the vet and the vet said he had an upper respiratory infection and his fever was above normal. So the doctor advised us that it could go away on its own or he could take antibiotics to help it go away faster and also suggested that it be a good idea to put him on antibiotics so it won't get worse and it would be harder to treat. So Paco is taking his antibiotics. He's really good with it too. I give it to him with his treats and it goes right down. Which I'm glad, I've had other animals, that couldn't take medicine for anything and it was real hard to give. I'm hoping that he gets better real soon. Any tips from anyone that could help him get over this respiratory infection quicker. Do I need to keep him inside more or just keep him bundled up. He loves being outside is what gets it so hard to keep him inside a lot. He likes to go outside and run around and roll around in the grass and chase bugs lol.
