Apitch:

Not just English o
U need to understand a problem before u can be able to solve it
Prodeegee! U use metro for diarrhoea and one white one for vomiting and then dextrose for energy! To me that's the perfect management but the Op thinks antibiotics will handle the virus, that's just the impression I want to correct

I get you bro.
you know most people dont understand this as deep as you do. thats why I see 'treat' as a layman's language.

BOUNTYDOG:


"My brother make u no follow book oh look am and go ur way"Fela Anikulapo kuti.
The essence of this thread is to share experiences if you had ever faced it and the measures you took to handle it.
Ofcos I know bout virus and vaccines,but here I'm sharing 1st hand experience.
I learnt alli shared as I assisted the Drs and google all I could bout the case.
If you know other ways share t as I want to tap from it,but not theories

the truth be told like I pointed out earlier, metro is an antibiotic itself. for treating one of the symptoms if parvo.

its basically 3 symptoms.
-vomiting
-diarrhea
-loss of appetite

metro for the diarrhea

cant remember the name of the injection for vomiting. but its a vial you'll inject in whatever fluid youre passing from the brown rubber.

and dextrose to serve as energizer and food.

and to correct the notion, a puppy thats free from parvo can still contact parvo. not just from thesame source.

so underatanding this is what makes the difference between just doing it ans knowing what 'it' is

BOUNTYDOG:


Yes you are right,I guess that is why Dochman's vet dr never suggested it,and to the best of my knowledge,t is the best approach to handling the case.

You are right. It is important to note the following things about viruses.
1) Viral infections are self-limiting most times.
2)The best treatment for viral infections is symptomatic treatment, that is treating the symptoms and then allowing the virus run its full course. Example is using fluids to treat dehydration.
3)Antibiotics does not treat viral infections. However, sometimes their use is indicated because viral infections predisposes to superimposed bacterial infections.
4)Like most of us know, the best prevention for viral infections is VACCINATION. Its importance cannot be overemphasized, both for humans and animal alike.

Treat,manage whatever.
What I'm saying is I experienced it 2ce and the last time up to 3yrs now.
I had my 2 experiences due to carelessness which I believe I cannot encounter except I am careless again.
Septrin is an antibotic and I take it along with ciprotab when I have thyphoid.My Family Dr prescribed it way back and it works well.
The Vets I used then were govt approved vet drs and not just one dr but up to 5 or more as I meet different drs @ different visits,I made friends with the one that knows how to fish out the veins best and arrange to go when he's on duty.
I am not a vet dr so u don't expect me using medical terms as I have my reasons to using layman language here.I'm satisfied with the way the virus was "treated" @ Johnson Agiri

ElPhoche:

You are right. It is important to note the following things about viruses.
1) Viral infections are self-limiting most times.
2)The best treatment for viral infections is symptomatic treatment, that is treating the symptoms and then allowing the virus run its full course. Example is using fluids to treat dehydration.
3)Antibiotics does not treat viral infections. However, sometimes their use is indicated because viral infections predisposes to superimposed bacterial infections.
4)Like most of us know, the best prevention for viral infections is VACCINATION. Its importance cannot be overemphasized, both for humans and animal alike.

that's just it!

BOUNTYDOG:
Treat,manage whatever.
What I'm saying is I experienced it 2ce and the last time up to 3yrs now.
I had my 2 experiences due to carelessness which I believe I cannot encounter except I am careless again.
Septrin is an antibotic and I take it along with ciprotab when I have thyphoid.My Family Dr prescribed it way back and it works well.
The Vets I used then were govt approved vet drs and not just one dr but up to 5 or more as I meet different drs @ different visits,I made friends with the one that knows how to fish out the veins best and arrange to go when he's on duty.
I am not a vet dr so u don't expect me using medical terms as I have my reasons to using layman language here.I'm satisfied with the way the virus was "treated" @ Johnson Agiri

@Bountydog, you are funny. Anyway, let me leave any objections for another.
I think this is how nairaland should be. It should be an educative forum, where we all learn, and not a people-bashing or tribal-cussing forum.

ElPhoche:

@Bountydog, you are funny. Anyway, let me leave any objections for another.
I think this is how nairaland should be. It should be an educative forum, where we all learn, and not a people-bashing or tribal-cussing forum.

Exactly why I don't talk much, just drop ur knowledge and forget about forcing it down people's throat. Others will actually learn especially the silent readers

Apitch:

Exactly why I don't talk much, just drop ur knowledge and forget about forcing it down people's throat. Others will actually learn especially the silent readers

One thing I avoid most is arguements,as I know u believe in ur opinion and can never be changed when arguing.
I expect us to be more mature than these.
@ a point I was almost ignoring this thread cos it was almost getting derailed,and some started like I want to share ideas like I know better whereas I was only touched by Dochman234 that resently lost his dog and I thought if he had a little knowledge of how to handle parvo,he might ve been able to save the dog by telling the vets what he expect of him.
Me no dey argue oh.I hate it with a passion,if you think what I shared s wrong,then share yours rather than quote me,in that way we learn more but when we start quoting and attackings ones idea,I simply rest my case and leave u.cos wateva u say after den will not make u move further but waste tme going n circles
No time!

And the topic reads "Best approaches"already given room for others to share,some might have wanted to share theirs but when they see what ts already turned to and decde to stay mute.

Recently lost my Golden (6 months old GSD) to parvo. Please what do i need to funmigate my environment so it can be parvo free and how long do i need to wait before bringing in another dog. I intend getting a caucasian this time. I need advice please. Thanks

I believe I've found cure for Parvo virus...just read this and judge.

So 3 days ago I came home to one of my 7 weeks old American Eskimo puppy lying on the floor looking cold and more dead than alive. It was looking weak when I was leaving for work that morning but I was in a hurry and couldn't attend to it. So at this time, his condition was hopeless. I was kinda reluctant to touch it with my hands, I used my leg to nudge it to confirm if it was still alive...was that bad. After that, I took a towel and used it to be able to touch it and pick it up (it looked infectious and dead, and scaring.)

It was lying in a pool of clear liquid which had come out from his mouth. I picked it up and took it into the parlor. Immediately after cleaning him up with cold water and toweling him, the next thing that popped into my head was egg and cod liver oil. Why?
In 2018 during my Youth Service in Maiduguri, we had a local family house dog at the Nccf. Being a big dog lover I adopted those dogs and even helped the females deliver their puppies. One time when I returned from a month long travel I was told all the puppies I had delivered were poisoned to death by our Muslim neighbor and that only one was still alive and battling for his life. I dropped my bags there and then and went straight to the backyard to pick him from where he had been isolated. He was all ribs literally, no exaggeration. His skin was gummed to his ribs. His teeth was tightly shut and he was smelling really bad. The vet graduate corpers in the family house had put him on drip and all sorts of drugs, I took him from there and brought him out into the compound. It was then that I first bought a syringe, one egg, and packet of codliver oil.

I broke the egg into a plate, mixed it with the tip of the syringe, drew it with the syringe (no needles), and injected it into the mouth of the dog towards the back of his throat so he was forced to swallow. Next I bit off the tip of the cod lover oil and emptied it into his mouth. I also mixed milk in water and injected it into his mouth. And did same with water, a few syringes. After this, I left him with the new set of puppies that came after his set (bad idea now that I know it was Parvo and is infectious, but they were all fine).

By the next morning, no jokes, this puppy went to eat with the other house dogs. He was two - three months old at the time this happened. And in two weeks, he regained his weight fully. By one months time, he was fat like a big plumb dog.

So for some reason, three days ago, I carried one egg again, with one capsule of 1000gm cod liver oil, and water. I gave the egg first, about 2-3 syringes, poured the cod liver oil in his mouth, then syringes of water. And seriously guys, no jokes, in about one hour this dog regained his strength. His crippled feet that was as fable as when he was born became strong again. It was like a joke. Then I poured the remaining egg in water proof and boiled it, and he actually ate plenty of it (can't remember if he actually finished it cos I was panicking at the time).

I dropped him in the parlor and went outside to change out of my work clothes only to see that his sister was lying paralyzed on the same spot I had picked him from. I knew what had happened and called my brother to take the other 3 into isolation and mop the floor of that whole area. I took this new one, her own was worse than her brother's. I ran out to buy egg as I was out of egg. Then I did all the things I did for the brother. She was not responding, her strength was still gone, she was struggling really bad. Her brother was walking all around the place, a little weak and running temperature, but at least he was walking. That was how I slept with these two puppies until midnight when the sister started getting back to herself. I dropped them there and went to bed.

By morning I was rushing to come and see if it's two dead puppies I was going to bury or one. But to my surprise, two of them were still alive. I was ready to go to the vet, but I needed to attend to the sister once more as she had not yet started to walk. I gave her 4 syringes of water and in few minutes (MINUTES!), she was walking and the both of them were running after me in no time.

The vet was useless, won't bother talking about my experience going to the vet. But I came back home to finish what I had started.
That night, after isolating the healthy three, I gave them syringes of egg and a capsule of cod liver oil each. And in the morning before going to the vet I gave all 5 another round of egg, cod liver oil and water.

I did this round of shots again in the evening before going for my night shift. Long story shot, on Christmas yesterday I released the two previously sick puppies to the healthy ones and you couldn't tell the difference. I made their mother suckle them after they came out and then gave them food with the rest.

I was feeding them eggs. I didn't give them milk this time because of what happened to my kitten in 2021, long story for another time.


BUT GUYS, THREE PUPPIES AT DIFFERENT TIMES, DIFFERENT BREEDS....it has to be something. Try it for your dog. IT'S INSTANT CURE!!!

Please, I am not a doctor or anything. I am just a big dog person since my first puppy in 2018. Still check with your vet.