[livingdustmops]

Jenn,

Coccidia is very common in the desert due to the heat(germs stay alive longer) and people not picking up their poop on the sidewalkes from dogs that have this and it is passed on. I personally do not think it is caused by stress but from the breeder or where you picked up the dog. Albon is wonderful and your little one should start getting better fairly fast if they in fact have coccidia. My dogs loved it and would lick it right off of the syringe. It has a bannana smell.

This is one of the reasons I stopped walking my dogs in area where alot of other dogs are walked and do not pick up their poop. My friend lives clear across town around the college campus with lots of dogs in the area and her pups got this twice. This is why I don't think it is stress related but disease that is spread from dog to dog.

Now this is what is bothering me. Albon is a prescribtion medicine and only a vet may prescibe it. Why would Ivan have this on hand unless he keeps running into pups with it? Where are these pups coming from? I noticed someone else said they got a pup from Ivan and their dog had it also.

My vet gave me (I paid for it) a hugh bottle of it because of rescue (dogs coming from the pound) and sometimes a very sick rescue would come in and Albon would work miracles and the bloody, mucus, diarrhea would stop almost right away. I would then do the rice and chicken so nothing is irritating
their system. I would also do bottled water for them.

Just be sure you clean up her poop very carefully so other animals aren't around it and pass it on.

I think of Albon as a mircle med as it works so fast and the dogs liked it.

I am glad you are going to the vets as you have a little baby and she should be checked over. I will also be curious if your vet has an opinion of where she got this and what his thoughts are of someone handing Albon out.

Good luck and I will be thinking of your Tia Rose.