We found out he has giardia again. Jeez! This is the second time for ghardia, but the third parasite in the seven weeks I have had him. Ugh, I am so sick of this. Unfortunately, I think this is something that I will have to deal with often since we live in an apartment complex with others that don't pick up their dogs' feces and geese feces, that I guess Buddy feels is a delicacy. Blech! Also, he was diagnosed with a canine impetigo, a staph infection. It is all over his stomach area. So, now we have a cream to put on daily. I did find out that it is not a cross-contamination with humans. Thank goodness! I had impetigo in 4th grade and that is not something I want to go through again.
Now for my questions:
1. Is the canine impetigo contagious to other dogs? I forgot to ask that at the vet.
2. Buddy just threw up right now after sleeping for a hour or so. It looks like brought up most of his dinner and some of the hot dogs I gave him with his medicine. He had his medicine at 6pm. Do you think any of that got through his system by 10:30pm, when he threw up?
3. What should I do tomorrow morning? Give him his giardia medicine, which I was planning on doing in the evenings with his dinner? Give him some of his breakfast or none at all?
4. Does giardia also cause vomiting?
I feel so bad for the little guy. He has never thrown up before and he looks so confused. He is also tired.
Sue