Cindy I am so sorry. I had two puppy mill maltese's years ago who did survive Parvo and shouldn't have according to two different Vets. Their vital signs were so weak that the Vets didn't believe they would make it through the night. The first dog was a male, and a year later I took a female to nurse to health.
I can only tell you what I did to help them survive it. There really wasn't any medications that they took either. I strongly believe that they survived because of three things....A human being with them 24/7 and giving them a reason to want to live and Nutra Cal and heat. They did not want to eat and drink so I finger fed them. I would put the Nutra Cal on their tongue several times per hour. I also fed them jar baby food and water, and cooked white rice with mashed boiled chicken, the same way every 15 minutes, every drop counted since they waste away so fast. I kept them in a box with a heat blanket under the box to keep them at a steady temperature. I would plug and unplug the heating blanket as I moved around in the house so that they could always see and hear me. Parvo puppies are known to loose the will to live because they are in so much pain, even though they may not cry a lot. They feel what we feel when we have a bad flu with aches and pains. The male was always very tender, and I couldn't pick him up without him crying in pain, which is why I kept them in the box and fed them in it and I would just very lightly stroke their head and ears. Keeping them in the box also maintained their temperature. I would set the alarm clock and wake up every two hours to feed water and clean them. The female was only 8 weeks old at the time, and fitted in my hand. When I brought her back to the Vet a month later, and ran blood test, the Vet was in shock that she was alive. Fluffy the male lived to be 16 and 1/2 and Gidget lived to 14 yrs old. They were not related and come from two different Mills. It took two weeks of 24/7 care before you could see a difference in them. It took another month before you could see the weight gain. If the diarrhea is bad with your puppy then you could buy human baby diapers and cut a hole in it for the tail. It will save a lot of clean up. I should also explain that these dogs were born when Parvo first came out, and the Vets really didn't have enough time to study the vaccines that they put out, because dogs at that time were dying by the hundreds all over the states. It was a full blown Parvo Outbreak. The PM's were so paranoid that they were pumping shots into them every week, according to their records. They were giving them the live and the killed virus.....a big no-no! They were actually giving the puppies Parvo by doing that. Today we know that if the parents are vaccinated for Parvo then the puppies will build up a natural immunity to the virus for for the first two months. Some Vets believe that the immunity level last for three months. Personally, if I had a puppy and knew that the parents were vaccinated then I would wait until my puppy was three months old before I would give it a Parvo shot. Of course, the puppy would be totally house bound and no doggie visitors would be allowed until he was fully vaccinated. Even today it has been known that some puppies that don't have a strong immunity level can actually get Parvo from the shot, especially if the Parvo was given with a 5n1 or a 7in1. Their little bodies can not handle that many virus's at one time. It puts their immune system and organs on overload My opinion is that a puppy should only be given one shot at a time and wait a month in between each shot. If a puppy comes from parents that were not vaccinated then me personally, I would have a blood test done before giving any shots to make sure all it's levels were strong enough to handle any vaccine. The point is that even though a lot of puppies are given shots at 8 weeks old and don't have a problem, a person doesn't know if their dog will be the one that can't handle a shot until it is to late. So my opinion is better safe then sorry and wait it out, and yes it is more expensive doing it that way. Did he show any signs of being ill before he was given a shot? Even watery eyes (which is different from teary eyes) is a symptom that some thing isn't right. I sure hope that your baby survives. Please let us know how he does. -------Original Message------- From: Cindy Dawson Date: 3/21/2011 9:37:17 PM To: [email protected]; Cindy Dawson Subject: [Chihuahuas] Please help My Puppy Thank you [5 Attachments] [Attachment(s) from Cindy Dawson included below] Thank you for all your help with my Puppy. I took him to the vet today and found all throw he had his shot,s on Thursday he has Provo. so Please pray for my baby he not doing very good.
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