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Old September 21st, 2011, 01:31 PM
ohyasayswho ohyasayswho is offline
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Parvo recovery questions

Any and all suggestions / opinions / experience shared would be great.
I have a 9 week old Shep / lab (female) which was recently released from the vet hospital after 5 days recovering from parvo. She has regained her appetite, bm's (how say I say this.....) re-forming, drinking and begining to play. Med's are being continued at home. Steady improvement all around (fingers crossed).
She, Luna has not had any of her shots yet. The vet wants to wait until she has two weeks recovery under her belt before exposing / stressing her system. She will have a worm treatment next Monday which is a full week after her release. I was informed to wait until after her shots before exposing her to public places, for her sake and other dogs. I have a walkway in between my building and the next structure which I take her out to "do her business" which has continued her house training.
Here's my thoughts / concerns;
a) while beginning to gain weight she is still drastically underweight, i can almost count ribs when she is standing and have a urge to play the Xylophone when she's lying down.
b) she has not been exposed to other dogs since week 6 ( her litter mates), so she lacks socialization and she's in a very formative stage. Two more weeks without dog interaction concerns me regarding the long-term adaptation / maturation process. Thoughts?
c) Time will tell however, are there any long-term G.I. health concerns?
d) Luna is eating a special G.I. diet, canned which I will gradually introduce and switch to hard. Anyone have experience with a parvo diet? In general is a G.I.diet long or short-term?

Now, I understand and appreciate that each case is individual. That I will continue to receive sound advice from the vet's who treated her. Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Steve

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