emmaotter
June 26th, 2007, 11:39 AM
:candle: Hello all,
I am new to this board and have a few questions to ask that maybe someone can help me with. I will start with how our pug puppy became sick.
We picked Ziggy up on June 6th at the airport (he was eight weeks old). He arrived fine and I did notice he had "soft serve" stools from day one. This was my first time having a puppy shipped and I was very nervous. I made an appt. with the vet but they could not squeeze me in right away (over booked) so I was going to have to wait about 1 1/2 weeks. I also noticed that Ziggy would randomly regurgitate in his mouth and have stomach jerks. Also, he would randomly have shaky legs (I figured from running)?. On the night before Father's day Ziggy started throwing up his food (Saturday). I thought it was due to the fact he sucked his food down too fast. On Father's day he seemed a little tired and lethargic and that is when I started to get concerned. I made an appt. stat on Monday morning with the vets to check him out (emergency visit). He did not have a temp..looked ok with his hydration, but he was depressed and he moaned when you squeezed his belly. I gave the doctor a stool sample and was told he had coccidia. He also had a very bad case of ear mites. They also wanted to run an x-ray on his stomach to make she he did not eat anything bad.
Everything came back fine with the x-rays and the vets were at a loss with what was going on. The medication they gave me for the coccidia he could not keep down (pill form) and he was having trouble eating and keeping his water down. By Tuesday I was hand feeding him with pureed liver and rebound water. He was slowly declining and I freaked out. I put him back into the vets for iv treatment on Wed. and for them to run tests on him. He still did not have a fever (which is like the Parvo virus) but was very, very ill. He died early Thursday morning at 4:25 am. I was completely devastated especially being 7 months pregnant my emotions are sky high. I still can not get out of this funk and depression over what happened ;(
I feel the vets did not do everything they could. I was told he was going to get anti-biotics in his IV and when I came to pick him up they never game him the meds. They told me they could not test for Parvo in his stool (but they said they could after he died)!
Here is Ziggy's blood work
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb279/emmaotter/Vet23.jpg
I guess what my question is are there any other reasons why a puppies WBC can be low besides Parvo? My vet was no help and very impersonal with no answers for me. I believe the puppy came to us sick (we are building a case now) but i just do not feel it was Parvo. I am quite confused.
Also, we are looking to get an older puppy now (12 weeks) who will have had four Parvo prevenitive shots by 12 weeks. Can the puppy still get Parvo?
Any insight on this would be wonderful - Emily
I am new to this board and have a few questions to ask that maybe someone can help me with. I will start with how our pug puppy became sick.
We picked Ziggy up on June 6th at the airport (he was eight weeks old). He arrived fine and I did notice he had "soft serve" stools from day one. This was my first time having a puppy shipped and I was very nervous. I made an appt. with the vet but they could not squeeze me in right away (over booked) so I was going to have to wait about 1 1/2 weeks. I also noticed that Ziggy would randomly regurgitate in his mouth and have stomach jerks. Also, he would randomly have shaky legs (I figured from running)?. On the night before Father's day Ziggy started throwing up his food (Saturday). I thought it was due to the fact he sucked his food down too fast. On Father's day he seemed a little tired and lethargic and that is when I started to get concerned. I made an appt. stat on Monday morning with the vets to check him out (emergency visit). He did not have a temp..looked ok with his hydration, but he was depressed and he moaned when you squeezed his belly. I gave the doctor a stool sample and was told he had coccidia. He also had a very bad case of ear mites. They also wanted to run an x-ray on his stomach to make she he did not eat anything bad.
Everything came back fine with the x-rays and the vets were at a loss with what was going on. The medication they gave me for the coccidia he could not keep down (pill form) and he was having trouble eating and keeping his water down. By Tuesday I was hand feeding him with pureed liver and rebound water. He was slowly declining and I freaked out. I put him back into the vets for iv treatment on Wed. and for them to run tests on him. He still did not have a fever (which is like the Parvo virus) but was very, very ill. He died early Thursday morning at 4:25 am. I was completely devastated especially being 7 months pregnant my emotions are sky high. I still can not get out of this funk and depression over what happened ;(
I feel the vets did not do everything they could. I was told he was going to get anti-biotics in his IV and when I came to pick him up they never game him the meds. They told me they could not test for Parvo in his stool (but they said they could after he died)!
Here is Ziggy's blood work
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb279/emmaotter/Vet23.jpg
I guess what my question is are there any other reasons why a puppies WBC can be low besides Parvo? My vet was no help and very impersonal with no answers for me. I believe the puppy came to us sick (we are building a case now) but i just do not feel it was Parvo. I am quite confused.
Also, we are looking to get an older puppy now (12 weeks) who will have had four Parvo prevenitive shots by 12 weeks. Can the puppy still get Parvo?
Any insight on this would be wonderful - Emily