Ok, before the editors can place their "disclaimer" along with this post, I am going to place it here first. We full well understand NOT everyone is capable or has the knowledge we have behind us. So with this said, home treatment can be as expensive as vet treatment. Knowledge of animals is what helped us. Also, there are 2 forms of Parvo. We were lucky enough to be dealing with the intestinal type. If your dog develops the cardiac type, seek immediate vet help.
Editor's Note (the real one): Please discuss with a professional health care provider before starting this or any home treatment.
We have a pair of 7 month old Bull Dogs. Both had 1 set of shots. We received them as strays, so true age and health issues are truly unknown. Our male began showing signs and symptoms on Sept. 8th. On Sept. 11 we were told he had Parvo. On Sept 12, he received 1 anti-biotic shot and was sent home from a vet friend's home with orders to take him to the local vet hospital. Instead, we did our research and the following is what we did. This worked for us, I will not guarantee it will work in all cases.
Our first stop on our way home was the grocery store. We picked up Pedialyte, liquid infant anti-nausea medication, and Peptobismal. Every 30 minutes we gave him 10 cc of the Pedialyte. We also gave him 10 cc of Pedialyte with 5 cc of anti-nausea medicine.
The next morning, we made a run to town (we live in a vast farming community). First stop was more Pedialyte ($3.00 per bottle), rubber gloves ($5.00 per box), 1000mg MSM ($5.00 per bottle). The next stop was the health food store for 90 ppm colloidal silver ($20.00) - this item is a MUST, DO NOT skip it; Peppermint oil ($10.00), goldenseal root ($12.00), echinacea ($10.50), and Source of Life Gold Liquid vitamins ($16.00). All of these items are in liquid form. From there we went to the feed store and picked up antibiotic ($40.00) and needles. **Again DO NOT attempt this if you have never given an animal a shot before. My family are ranchers and so I was raised around this stuff.
Now, as our dog was throwing up we did an enema treatment. This is a must, and will get the medications into your dog without them throwing them right back out. Recipe to follow at the end. We did the enema 3 times the first day, 2 times the next day, and 1 the final day, only because he started eating and drinking on his own.
Our schedule basically consisted of:
Now our female was starting to show signs, so we started her on the treatment early and her signs are not nearly as severe as our male. It was more or less similar to depression. Honestly, if you are getting a new puppy, most of these items can be purchased and kept on hand just in case.
The enema recipe is as follows:
Mix all of this in a purchased enema bottle. We used disposable ones by emptying out the included solution, rinsing it out, and then using the bottle.
Make sure mixture is mixed well and MSM is dissolved, coat tip with some form of non-toxic lubricant and make sure back bone is straight. We discovered that it was best to lay our dog down, straighten back, and insert, talking the whole time. We then rubbed his belly afterwards and he thought he was getting lovies.
Anyways, this is what worked for us. We do NOT guarantee it. The medications in the enema are the same as what is in Parvaid. That is why we purchased them. We did not/could not afford to wait. As for food, we bought turkey with rice baby food and mixed it with baby rice cereal. When he took his first bite we knew we had conquered this deadly illness.
One more thing, if your dogs show sign of Parvo, do not give them their next round of vaccines. This will make things worse. This includes any and all dogs exposed. This comes straight from our vet friend.
By Ealasaid from Four Corners, NM
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My Puppy "Shorty" got Parvo we took her to the vet they gave her IV and all that stuff. she was doing better. Now she is just trying to walk around but you can see she is too weak to walk. She walks to the water bowl and just looks at it but doesn't drink any. We give her Pedialyte, the vet said 5ml every hour but it doesn't seem to work. Her gums are white. Just last night they where pink.
She goes to the corner of the room and tries to throw up but nothing comes out. I tried feeding her food but she wont take it. I gave her water and Pedialyte. She's been up for a while now and she won't lay down in one spot, she just stays up. I don't know if it's safe to let her walk around or what. Very sad to see my puppy like this and can't really do anything about it. I just hope she pulls through and makes it.
Can someone help?
My 11 month old yorkie has parvo. We hospitalized him for 5 days. The vet gave him an IV with fluids, an antibiotic, shots for nausea and pills for vomiting and diarrhea. I just brought him home today. He is eating a little something now. Not much just about a teaspoon full so far, but I am grateful to see his appetite slowly come back. He has not drank any water yet and I hear pedialite works well.
Please get you're dog to the vet, it will save your dogs life. If you can not afford it they have medications you can use at home like parvaide. Parvo can be treated and you're dog can live. I am proud to say my little yorkie, lil bear, is doing fairly well so far and is fighting hard against this deadly disease. I am keeping a close eye on him and giving him lots and lots of love and lots of prayer.
It cost about $500 dollars for 5 days at the hospital. Every penny was worth it. Parvo is very painful for the dog and for the owner to watch. Don't wait to treat them, get them help fast. God bless every one out there that is dealing with this right now. Your dog can make it, mine is.
Throwing up is really bad. Especially if the dog is already dehydrated. With a medicine dropper I gave my dog about 3 CC or ml. Of pedialight every half hour. The goal is to keep them from throwing up because they lose moisture.
When they do drink from the bowl don't let them drink too much because it could make them sick. I also gave spunkie. A mixture of peppermint and camomile tea and chicken broth for nutrition. He is doing much better, starting to look more like himself. Once he hasn't thrown up for 24 hours and shows improvement I was told by my vet friend to boil some chicken and rice and give him about a teaspoon at a time.
Just don't give up on your pet.. I make my Spunkie stay in bed and I carry him to the restroom so he can save his energy. All I know is once I started monitoring his fluids intake he stopped throwing up.
Don't feel bad if you can't afford to take your pet to the vet just make sure you are watching them at home. Spunkie went from not moving to waggling his tail and more like himself in a few day.
Can I give my dog golden seal for paro?
Denise please tell me the name of the vet I think my puppy may have parvo and I don't have the funds for a vet. I also live in Pittsburg.
Thank you so much! I have a 7 month old Shephard mix. He came down with Parvo and, at the time, we couldn't afford the vet fees. I was beside myself but I started looking online and found this info. After 3 days, he is back to normal and healthy as ever! I can't thank you enough!
Omg, thank you so much for this wonderful help. I am only writs into my puppies parvo and he is looking a little more alive but today I will pick up a new grocery list for him. Your information is truly helpful
My puppy is on her 3rd day of being ill with parvo. Tomorrow is Sunday, I hope to buy parvaid somewhere! I am keeping her on Gatorade till I can get to the animal zfeed store.
YOU DONT HAVE TO DO ALL THAT. Pop a pill of Activated Charcoal and give pup twice a day. He will get threw Parvo.
I need help i have been trying to fight off this parvo w my 8 week old puppy here is pittbull i gave him his shots yesterday an been forcing Gatorade down him like crazy else can i do
Hi, my six week old lab has parvo. She was diagnosed on the 30th of December and today is her 4th day. We take her to the vet twice a day, where she's put on an IV and given a few shots. The doctors don't tell me anything about how she's doing but considering she has made it through to the 4th day, do you think she has a chance of surviving? Also, she is not eating or drinking anything, not even water. What should I do?
Patricia
My 9 month old lab was diagnosed with parvo yesterday, he started showing signs of being sick Wednesday morning. They gave him a shot of antibiotic and sent us home with IV to inject under his skin between his shoulder blades. He is still not eating or drinking tryin to give him Gatorade with a child's meds syringe not going to good. He's foaming a bit is this a bad sign? Do we still have a good chance of recovery and should we try to force liquids or food in him. If he's not better by monday should we put him down praying not we love him so much and can't imagine him not being with us.
My 9 month old lab was diagnosed with parvo yesterday, he started showing signs of being sick Wednesday morning. They gave him a shot of antibiotic and sent us home with IV to inject under his skin between his shoulder blades. He is still not eating or drinking tryin to give him Gatorade with a child's meds syringe not going to good. He's foaming a bit is this a bad sign? Do we still have a good chance of recovery and should we try to force liquids or food in him. If he's not better by monday should we put him down praying not we love him so much and can't imagine him not being with us.
Our 2 pups has parvo, the othr 1 died already yesterday, he vomited blood and diarrhea with blood..we dont know what to do and we dont have enough money to send him to vet. Now, my other concern is the 1 pup left was believed he has a parvo and we seek help for a vet and we chose to take care of him at home.. the vet gave us ready to use antibiotic shots,ultralite plus (oral dehydration drink) a vitamin+electrolyte and must mix in with Raniditine 150mg but cut the tablet into 4... today is second day recieving those meds from vet. Evrytime I visit him, he wags his tail off (1st and 2nd day of home treatmnt) but i can say that he is still weak, he always lay down and doesnt eat almost 5 days but i fed him oatmeal wth milk with syringe and rice porridge just to fill his stomach. I fed him again ths morning with oatmeal but its the same thing he did, he vomits the oatmeal right away. But he doesnt vomited 2 days unlike he used to when he wasnt taken any med. And also, he doesnt poop 2 days ... now he starts licking water in his own and everytime i feed him wth syringe, i can feel that he refused to,like he was forcing his face against my hand so i cant look him up using wth my hands , i can say he is getting strong by that factor but still he always lay down. Can anyone help me with my pup, i want to help him and keep him alive despite of not having enuf finance to send him to vet but i did my best and everything using the med that vet gave me.
Questions:
1. He doesnt poop 2 days from now. What should i do
2. He starts licking liquid, but a very little amount? What does it mean?
3. He doesnt vomit anymore unlike he use to but he vomits the oatmeal aftr feeding him with it. Does that mean that he likes more the rice porridge since he didnt spuke it? ( still im using syringe in feeding )
4. Is it ok to give him 7 shots of antibiotics ? The vet advice was 2 shots per day but he gave 4 syringe each pup ( 7 cause i add up the 3 shots left from the other pup who died cause i will use it for the remaining pup who has parvo: the antibiotics was already set wth measuremnt by the vet every syringe)
Please help me! Thank you very much for your help!!
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