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Originally Posted by McheleM  I can only tell you from my experience, but we had Noah on beechnut baby food meat. We spoon fed him. We also had him on a probiotic to help with all the antibiotics we had him on. This was a powder we sprinkled on the baby food. When I went to visit him at the vet, I tucked him in the front of my shirt and sang to him and rocked him like you would a baby. Skin to skin contact improves the health of NICU babies, so I figured it couldn't hurt with a sick Furbaby. Eventually we did a blood transfusion on him and he turned the corner.. My vet honestly thought she was going to have to have "the talk" with me. He had problems with his glucose (I found out they weren't spoon feeding him at night. They would just put the food in a bowl and put it in his cage) and would have episodes every morning-because he hadn't eaten.so I finally talked the vet into letting me keep him at home after he got to a certain point, because I knew I could give him round the clock, 24 hour care and they couldn't. She agreed after him passing certain criteria. He's now a happy, healthy 3 yr old (although he's a little moody. I equate that to spending 2 weeks in a cage at a crucial time in his life when he should have been learning from his mom, or at least his people).
Not sure what your vet believes in, or what you believe in, but I'm a firm believer in probiotics for pets and people, as well as contact for babies and pets. You may try it and see if there's an improvement? I would put a washcloth under him before I put him in my shirt, just in case, and I brought an extra shirt as well. And I also made sure to spray myself before going back in the house because even though Allie had been fully vaccinated, I didn't want to take any chances. |
We did all this for my 5 babies....plus daily prayer circles by my vet and staff, plus the blood transfusions. We had IVs on my babies to counter the hypoglycemia and we also started TPN during the first week,,,,we started feeding RC Rescue which is food my vet uses on critically ill babies, during that second week....I held and rocked and sang to each one...took a change of clothes to the vet and changed in the staff bathroom as I left. This was a day and night struggle for almost 2 weeks, but they saved them.....I only lost one little girl. Then my vet told me parvo can cause damage in different organs, that may not show up until later in their lives.....so I kept all those babies because I didnt want to sell a baby that may develop some kind of illness on new owners. I have one little male that the virus settled in the tear duct nerve in his eyes, so he requires eye drops/eye care three times a day for the rest of his life, and the last annual check up, he has now also developed a minor murmur....the others are doing fine with no evidence of any illness, but we are watching for any heart issues that may develop with valves or murmurs.... Has your vet done blood transfusion on Piper? These transfusions are loaded with antibioties and will help Piper fight the virus....my doner was a yellow lab that belongs to a staff member that is the blood doner at the office....the staff laughs and said they were watching to see if the Yorkies ears flopped over....if the ears flopped over, they said that was from "Gus"!!!! I would have a serious talk about a transfusion if I were you....