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Mardesal asked in PetsDogs · 1 decade ago

What are the chances for my 9 weeks old Boston Terrier puppy to survive parvovirus?

I have a Boston Terrier puppy she is 9 weeks old (she is getting medical attention now) She has parvovirus and I want to know what are her chances to survive.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    OMG i HOPE YOUR BABY WILL BE OKAY!!

    FIRST OFF, i heard that terriers have better chances of survival from parvovirus. i have no idea why... but idk. my baby JUST had parvo, and he was 8 wks old, and now he is back on track =]] the vet said he had a 60% chance of survival, and she said he was the fastest recovering puppy! And she said dobermans, rottweilers, and black labs (no idea why BLACK labs though) have a higher mortality rate of NOT surviving parvo, and that even though terriers will look practically dead when someone takes them in because of the terrier, and that terriers recover the FASTEST (thats good =]]])

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    depends when you took him in, how long you waited, how far the symptoms progressed. if he hadn't had had bloody stool yet. my puppy hadn't progressed that much, and we took him in like the 2nd day of parvo?? we gave him pedialyte so he wouldn't dehydrate, so that kinda helped him...

    i think maybe a 70-90% chance?? the vet said terriers have 80% chance of survival, just because they can jump right back up =]]]

    I REALLY HOPE YOUR BABY GETS BETTER!!

  • 1 decade ago

    This is a very serious disease. Some puppies infected with parvovirus will die despite prompt and adequate treatment. While no extremely accurate statistics are available, a good guess is probably that 80% of puppies treated for parvovirus will live. Without treatment, probably 80% or more of the infected puppies would die.

  • 1 decade ago

    Hi, I"m afraid parvo is a very nasty disease, but if you got her to the vet fast, she probably has a good chance. Good luck.

  • 1 decade ago

    ummm my pup had parvo and he surrvived dont give him a parvo shot qwhile he has parvo... and umm get him lots off water pedalyte is great!!! and iff he has diahrea give him pumpkin to retain it makes his stool harder and if she doesnt take the water get a medicene dropper and shove it down her throat keep her hydrated!!!!!!!

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