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10-16-2013, 03:05 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: California and France
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| How much daily water needed? I'm fostering a 12 week old 5-pound puppy that is sick and taking doxycycline. She hasn't been eating and also stopped drinking in the last 2 days. She just started her meds yesterday and the vet said to just wait it out. I've had the dog since last week and I kept complaining (to the organization), that I was certain the dog had kennel cough but they kept saying a vet would get back to me. When she became lethargic and refused to eat I brought her in demanding she be checked and sure enough, she has kennel cough and an infection. I only have a 1ml syringe and that is the only way I have been able to get liquids in her. She now does not drink from her bowl but is happy to drink from the syringe. How many ML should I make sure she gets? |
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10-16-2013, 03:23 PM | #2 |
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| For adults it is 1oz per pound daily on average. Obviously it can vary quite a bit. Not sure if the same goes for pups. But if it does...if pup is 2 pounds then 2 ounces would be about right. A cup is 8oz, so that would be 1/4 cup for 2 oz. There are 5mls in a tsp., 3 tsp. in a tbls., and 4 tbls. in 1/4 cup. Let me see if Google will convert for me. lol Surprised they gave doxy to a pup. I'd disagree with the vet about waiting out nondrinking, But as long as she wil take it from you that sounds ok. Will she eat canned food?
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10-16-2013, 03:24 PM | #3 |
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| Approx. 60mls in 1/4 cup...
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10-16-2013, 03:43 PM | #4 |
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10-18-2013, 10:17 AM | #5 |
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| Well if you divide it up over an 8 hour day, you would have to give about almost 8 ml every hour, or over 16 hour period 3.75mls every hour. It does seem like a lot, but if you divide it up evenly over a number of hours I think it is more do-able (hope I got my math right :-). So example if you got up at 8 and went to sleep at midnight that would be 16 hours (I think) you could give 3.75 mls every hour or 7.5 mils every 2 hours. Just thinking out loud |
10-18-2013, 11:10 AM | #6 | |
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Today she is feeling better and drinking on her own. | |
10-18-2013, 11:41 AM | #7 |
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