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Somebody PLEASE help me...

Posted : 1/11/2007 2:18:15 AM

Hi I am new here and I need help asap. Yesterday we got a 3 month old male pitbull he had had previuos issues and has been treated for heartworms. I contacted his vet and they told me he was cured from the heart worms but needed an update on his shots so we made an appointment for him this coming tuesday. I have a female pit about 1 yr 2 months old, female chihuahua 4 yrs old, 6 week old chihuahua just dewormed and recieved first shots yeasterday, 1 mixed female fuzzy dog 1 1/2 yrs old and her pup 4 months old. The male pit acted fine yesterday he and my female hit it off immediatly they ran and played all day. This morning was the same running and playing all morning however by 4 pm the male pit started to vomit and be very lay he doesnt want to play at all he has now started to have lose stool not watery but lose and yellow he acts like he can not get enough water either i just dont know what to do we moved him outside just now becasue he threw up all the water he drank again in the hall this time i noticed a few red chunks in it i dint know if it was blood or the food he had eaten. I am so scared that this can be given to my other dogs exspeacially the baby chihuahua and the puppy outside please if you can help me with what this could be and what to do...

jeano

Posted : 1/11/2007 2:47:19 AM

VET ASAP. And isolate the sick dog immediately! Emergency vet if your regular vet isn't open right now!

Keep the other dogs away from his stool and vomit, of course. I hope he doesn't have parvo! Let us know what happens, please! Sending good vibes for his getting well and it NOT being parvo...

kacie maxwell

Posted : 1/11/2007 2:52:42 AM

he is outside right now but before we go to bed we are going to swhut him up in the bathroom and if he gets sick in there we are going to bleach the flood there are no vets open until the morn so i hope he will be okay till then it

jeano

Posted : 1/11/2007 3:44:16 AM

Kacie, if he's this violently sick now he should go to the vet! Don't you have an emergency vet in your town? Where are you?

If my dog were that sick I'd be distraught!

Are your dogs vaccinated against parvo?

Dogs don't show sickness the way people do. Lots of times they can be sick and they only show it by acting tired or listless, or not eating, or not pooping. By the time they are as sick as you have described your pup, it's very important to get help right away! Not only could he die, but even if he didn't die, think of how he is suffering. [sm=sad.gif]

You asked for help, I don't know what you wanted.....we aren't vets here, but what you describe is a very ill dog.

sillysally

Posted : 1/11/2007 3:47:29 AM

A lot of tmes if you call your vet they will give you the contact info of an emergency vet or page your vet. Do NOT be afraid of waking people up. We have had to do this many times when we have had sick/injured horses and the vets really don't mind--they just want to help your pet.

glenmar

Posted : 1/11/2007 5:53:52 AM

I agree that the vet is a NOW issue. But something here doesn't ring quite true. A three month old pup should not have been infested with heartworms, nor should he have been treated and "cured" this young. The heartworm treatment process is months long.

Leaving him outside was probably not the best idea. Now your other dogs CANNOT be let out in that area. If this is parvo, it will live in the soil for a couple years and continue to be lethal to any and all animals that happen there.

We aren't vets, altho we have a few on the forum, but even they can't diagnose sight unseen. It would be foolish for them to try, and dangerous. This pup needs to be vetted imediately.

jeano

Posted : 1/11/2007 12:28:24 PM

Glenda, you are right about that. I didn't catch that. She was posting about 1am my time so I was more concerned with the description of the current sickness.

I wonder how this poor dog is doing today....

gradyupmybutt

Posted : 1/11/2007 4:10:59 PM

Kacie, how's the pup today?

Sherrie Porter

Posted : 1/11/2007 4:21:48 PM

It is literally impossible for the pup to have had heartworms. They take 6 months to gestate from microfilaria to adult heartworms. So it is simply not possible. You are probably getting them confused with another type of worm. There are many intestinal worms he could have. And I agree...Vet ASAP!! If he has parvo, you have quite a mess on your hands and your other dogs are in big trouble, especially the mother and pup. Find out now!!!

Susan Robertson

Posted : 1/11/2007 4:38:05 PM

Glenda, you are right about that. I didn't catch that.

I also am not clear as to how many dogs are here? Am I correct in counting 6? What is a fuzzy dog and puppy? Plus 2 Chis and 2 pits? There has to be an emergency vet somewhere in the area. Having small

uppies and other assorted dogs would mandate a need for a vet contact 24/7. I hope everything is okay and you can get a vet contact for future emergencies.

jeano

Posted : 1/13/2007 3:05:51 PM

Kacie,

What happened with the pit bull puppy?

glenmar

Posted : 1/13/2007 9:15:31 PM

I'm afraid we're not going to ever know. I suspect my post scared the OP off.

jeano

Posted : 1/13/2007 10:33:36 PM

Naw, I just think this was either a teenager who had little control over the situation, or the dog died that night, or both. [sm=sad.gif] We were all pretty emphatic with her, but it seemed like she needed to know that it was life or death, most likely. You were fine, Glenda!

calliecritturs

Posted : 1/13/2007 10:58:40 PM

Glenda, she never even saw your post (at least by my math) ... she only posted between like a half hour window and was last on about 2 hours BEFORE you posted.

She probably can't even remember where the board is ...

Just fyi -- now they are finding dogs BORN with heartworm ... Mom has it while she carries the pups and the larval stage apparently can simply travel thru the bloodstream to the pups, so they are literally born with it (just like heartworm will migrate from heart to lungs and to other parts of the body small ones can migrate into the unborn pups apparently). They are finding it quite frequently down here in the South. *sigh*

gradyupmybutt

Posted : 1/14/2007 12:22:40 AM

OMG! Callie, please tell me you're kidding. That's so horrible. [&o]