at home treatment for parvo in a 8 week old puppy?

TAKE HER TO THE VET. PARVO CAN KILL. TAKE HER NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First let me say that the pup was exposed to parvo at the breeders and she should get her money back, She can either take the pup back now or if it does not live.

Now the most important thing is do not feed food until the pup is drinking on it's own.

Buy baby pedialyte and give the pup that with a needless syringe. I get ones with curved ends instead of a place for a needle for any meds needed. Make sure the pup gets this.

the vet can inject the same thing under the skin on the neck of the pup and let it go home for home treatment.

The last foster dog we had with parvo was a 6 month old Rottie that was dumped. She was given the hydration in her neck, and came home with tamaflu med and antibiotics to take daily. She came through it very well but if she had become more ill, she would have needed to go in and be on an intra veinous system to hydrate her.

Parvo attacks the intestines and dogs cannot digest any food.

Since there is blood in the stool, it is past the first stages. The difference in the parvo blood and other is that it is black and not red.

The pup should not get any solid food until it is playing again and then the first few days it should be very bland food. I purchases some canned food from the vet to feed as the pups in the litter that had it got better.

These are the steps I took with foster pups who came here and then within a couple of days came down with parvo. The pups were under vet care and 3 of them out of 8 total had to have intraveinous feedings of hydration fluids. If you can get a vet to work with you on home treatment, you will have a better chance at saving the pup.

Help your friend do the needed calling and remember that the breeder needs to know and then if the breeder keeps sending the pups home with others while ill, it would be illegal.

Parvo can live for up to 2 years in the environment, so she needs to bleach bleach bleach everything several times. Do NOT let your puppy near that one or yours could get sick as well. Parvo is highly contagious.

Parvo is a critical vaccine for every puppy and any reputable breeder will provide this vaccine for their litters.

I believe you may be able to opt to take the puppy home from the vet to treat it, but you still have to consult with the vet. It involves IV's and such so she would have to know how to properly insert those. Even with vet treatment, parvo is only a 50/50 chance of survival.

Here is more info on parvo- http://www.workingdogs.com/parvofaq.htm

This is an extremely dangerous disease for a puppy, most do not recover and only then with intense vet care. It is extremely contagious, and she should not have another dog on the premises for at least a year or so.

A good breeder will have the pups vaccinated against parvo at 2 weeks of age, and again at 4 weeks and at 8 weeks when they are almost ready to be away from the mom.

If you have not had your dog vaccinated, you may want to take it immediately and have this done. Many dogs who recover do not make a full recovery so anything you can do to prevent it is highly recommended.

Good luck to you and your friend and do not take your pup to her house or around her pup.

The pup could have been exposed at the time she got him or could have come in contact with the parvo virus anywhere.

Parvo is highly contagious and should be treated by a licensed vet.

Parvo is an intestinal parasite that consumes all nutrients that come into the body.

The professional treatment entails making sure that they have enough sub-q (under the skin, with a syringe and fluids) fluids to help the puppy survive while its' own immunities fight off the offending parasite.

Unfortunately, unless the pup has had previous vaccinations for Parvo, it is very unlikely that it will survive without proper veterinary care.

First off, your friend should have never gotten the puppy if she couldn't afford to properly care for it! Secondly STOP GIVING HUMAN MEDS TO YOUR DOG!! You are only going to make the problem worse. This pup needs to be taken to a vet right away! It does sound like parvo, I had a pup that was killed by parvo in 2 days, i never knew she had it! Also I would at call the person whom you got the pup from. They may not even know they have a parvo problem and the other pups and animals in the home are at serious risk! PLEASE SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE FOR THE PUPPY SOON!!

You can't treat a puppy based on self-diagnosis. Doesn't matter what you "think" it is. Guessing that it's Parvo based on an internet search of symptoms and then trying to treat it yourself is not only irresponsible, it borders on cruelty and neglect for the puppy. Why prolong its suffering based on a guess?

You should ABSOLUTELY keep your puppy away from hers. In fact, don't touch that woman or her puppy unless you plan on bleaching yourself.

Did this person have a health guarantee with the breeder? If it is Parvo, the incubation is approx. 10 days, and the puppy was infected at the breeder's home. She may be able to get the breeder to pay for vet treatment, if she has a health guarantee in writing.

There is no home treatment even with a vet there is guarantee he will live, you have usually 3-7 days before they can die. You need to go to the vet again there is NO home Cure only a vet can help it is serious.I had a rottweiler who had it i was lucky and got him to a vet with in the first 24 hours of disease, even the he almost died Go NOW to a vet!!!!! You need to Bleach everything Parvo can live in a home for over a year, and any dog that get in contact of your dog can get it even from it potty outside you are putting other peoples animals at risk that's how my dog got it from a park where he encountered a parvo positive dog stool.

This is so stupid I hardly know where to start. She doesn't know what the dog has. Could be parvo, could be something else, and here she is, treating the dog with human medicine. She could kill it by treating it herself, even if it doesn't have anything serious. She needs to take the dog to a vet, like yesterday. Since she doesn't have some money left over for vet treatment, she was dumb to spend all her money on the dog in the first place. I don't know what else to say, but the dog needs to see a vet and if she can't afford some vet bills she shouldn't have gotten a dog.

If your friend can't afford to take the puppy to the vet for a diagnosis and treatment, she should return the puppy to the breeder, or surrender him to a rescue if the breeder won't take it back.

As for your puppy, from the same breeder, have you taken it to a vet for a checkup and to get started on vaccinations? If not, do that now and mention to the vet that your pup might have been exposed to parvo. It is very contagious.

Puppies are naturally very tired at that age and sleep alot (growing takes a lot out of them). Has she thrown up or had diarrhea??? That's classic parvo signs. If you're worried about her, take her to a 24-hour vet. There's most likely one near you. Check the yellow pages!