10 mo. old chihuahua puppy diagnosed with parvo 3 days ago, how many days does he need to survive to overcome?
10 mo. old chihuahua puppy diagnosed with parvo 3 days ago, how many days does he need to survive to overcome? General Dog Discussions
FI took him to the vet the first day I noticed he wasn't playing or eating, he's usually a fun food loving puppy. The vet injected fluids in his back and gave him an antibiotic shot. And sent me home with an IV bag used to inject fluid into my puppies back and antibiotic shots to be given every 24 hours. When I took my puppy home the first day he was happy, playing eating and drinking on his own. I was happy! Until it came time to inject fluids into his back. I was unable to successfully do so, he was too squirmy. He was still playfully and eating and drinking so I thought that was good enough. The next day, he was a little less playful and not eating or drinking. I attempted to do the iv fluids again, it was so difficult and scarey because he moved so much so was only able to give him a tiny amount. After that he seemed okay, I gave him tiny chicken broth and water drinks through a straw. It then came time for his antibiotic shot. We gave it to hi. And after that shat he was sad and seemed tired. Since the iv fluid was too difficult for me to inject into him, I got some unflavored pedialye. That seemed to help him a bit, he would walk around and try to jump on my lap. I kept giving home lil drinks throughout every hour like every fifteen minutes I'd give him a little drink. He vomited later clear foam. After that he fell asleep and didn't barf until 2am and went back to sleep and barfed again at 420am. Then later around 6am he pooped and it was brown with a liittle orange reddish. I was wiping his butt with a wipey and I found a worm. I had never seen anything like this in my life. I cleaned up my puppy and kept him warm until 8 am and I called the vet and I brought him in, he is now there overnight getting treatment. I'm just wondering how much longer does he need to suffer through this until he gets better? I believe I caught the problem not too late & got medical attention soon enough. How many more days does he have to fight until he gets better?