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Originally Posted by StewiesMom I have never experienced coccidia, but it sounds awful. I read up on it after this thread. I consider myself lucky to have never gone through you went through. I am just wondering if there are some tips or something that people can give Figment  |
so you know - I used the alert button for the first time and reported my own self - or maybe it was via pm...lol...I was seeing red - and should not have posted till I had my head on straight.
I do have tips for anyone who is experienceing this or WILL in their future - Any diarraah in a small puppy is usually normal - clear or blood in the stool is not normal. Coccidia causes dehydration and lethargy...which can easily lead to convulsions which is WHY I posted how important a vet visit is.
Any small puppy with diarreah should get LOTS of fluids ...Pedialite is better. If they won't drink - use an eye dropper. Signs of lethargy means a trip to the vet as far as I'm concerned. If I had taken Chanel when this first showed - she would have been fine instead of close to shock.
Breeders can be a wealth of information but when a sick puppy is in question - The VET is the person who needs to be treating a puppy - they can administer fluids or help prevent shock from setting in - Puppies can go DOWN FAST....
I was told Chanel only had HOURS left to live - course it was the weekend and we had NO CLUE to this ailment. She would act better - then worse - then better - and she had it 4 days only before we rushed her to the ER...chances are she had it longer but the symptoms were bad for 4 days...we just didn't know any better then - and her BREEDER was no help at all - I resent her so much for not speaking up when she knew she had problems with coccidia.