Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home

RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post by healthy pets (14) | (10/24/2008) Contact Use Parvaid for sick parvo puppies or to preventatively treat for parvo. It saved all of our puppies, when the vet wanted $7200 to treat them and we just didn't have that kind of money. Here are two sites that have it and it works excellent: http://www.parvopuppy.com http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/parvaid.html And many retail stores who carry it are here: http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/retailers.html Hope your puppy is healthy and well again quickly! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By Sassie (Guest Post) (08/28/2008) My puppy Cheech has parvo. This is day 2. I took him to the vet this morning (I am making payments). He gave him 3 different shots; one was Cerenia for throwing up and keeping food down. They also had him on an IV drip for a while today. Now we are home and I am giving him chicken and rice and sugar water and also peidalyte. The vet also gave me amoxicillin to give him 2 times a day. If there is anything else anyone can think of to do please let me know my email is: Sassie_gurl_ AT hotmail.com Thanks Tori Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By vicky (Guest Post) (08/20/2008) I am now taking care of a puppy with Parvo. It is very upsetting and disturbing to be going through something like this and have someone tell you that if you can't afford a vet then you shouldn't have a pet because every one deserves a companion. these dogs have their up days and their down days. I got my puppy to the vet and it cost me 17.00 dollars to get amixicillan and regulin and I have been treating him with Pedialyte. I just started giving him chicken and stars soup after reading this page. I treat everything that comes in contact with Jack-Jack with bleach lysol and water solution including my hands weither he poops on it or not because I have another puppy Tokyo. Jack got sick almost immediately after I brought him into my house but before then the two puppies played together. and pooed in the same area. Tokyo has been vaccinated but Jack hasn.t but he will be. He is doing better than I am I'm breaking out from all the bleach but he is up and walking after 4 days bout with the virus. So for someone to say that you shouldn't own a pet if you can't afford a vet I think that is too harsh for some people and animals. I just had to take 2 black labs to the humane society about 3 months ago fully vaccinated, house broken and fully healthy, I cried because I love animals My television is parked on animal planet, they just got too big for the apartment that i'm in, and I had a baby this year and they were still puppies and liked to pull and bite at her feet. People talk about me cause I carry Jack in a training pad and one of my old dish towels but with love he will get better so don't let anyone discurage you from having a pet., they need you just as much as you need them vaccinations or not it would be better for them to be vaccinated but if you can't afford it you can't afford it, but please try to get them in for atleast shots. The lady who had Jack could have had him vaccinated for 13.00 dollars each vaccination but now he will be fully vaccinated per my husband cause I don't work he pays all the vet bills. Thank God. Also pray for your puppies you may not think they understand but I think they do in their own way. Talk to them, just you being their helps them. they just want someone in the room with them, they don't want to be alone and sick no more than you do. sorry for the long reply but I am an animal lover an I especially favor dogs I love them all even the ugly ones are cute to me. Just so you know Tokyo is not sick but I do give her pedialyte and chicken soup as if she is and I will go out and get some childrens Imodium AD this weekend. Report Spam or Abuse PARVO Post By JAY TRU (Guest Post) (08/07/2008) I also have a 3 month blue pit possibly with parvo. I do not have money for vet. Just wondering what home remedies I can do to save her? jay_san_tru AT hotmail.Com Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By buddy (Guest Post) (07/29/2008) My 8 week old puppy "buddy" that I just got from the animal shelter was today just diagnosed with the pravo disease. I adopted him about 5 days ago. The vet told me that the animal shelter there is the same place where many other puppies came from with pravo. Buddy is on iv now because of dehydration. He acts just like a little baby! He's my best friend, so I'm taking this very hard. All I can do is pray ps. please pray for buddy. Oh and good luck to all people with pups with pravo. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By barbara (Guest Post) (07/12/2008) I have a 3 month on blue pit who contracted virus parvo just before I got this one her brother just passed prior to me getting another one. I didn't know that parvo last in the home for that long so soon as I got another dog and he is not eating still goes outside to potty when can hold head up, climb on stairs. I took her to vet and they also told m that she has a 50/50 chance what else can I do, I just buried her brother 3 weeks ago now I have to do her please help. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By sarah (Guest Post) (07/10/2008) Parvaid is good. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post by rlugo (3) | (05/27/2008) Contact i have a 8 week lab that has come down with the parvo viruse. at first it looked bad. poop and vomit everywhere, he hasnt eaten in 4 days.. he is just now holding his medicine in...we go to a nutritionist for our own health and been doing it for 20 years. she has given him charcoal and catnip three times a day,,, at first i had to administrated through the rectum.. but thank God he is holding it down now.5th day also given pedilite now that he can hold it in ... any hints on lite food to give him thanks he was about to be vacinated this week .but he came sown with it.. sammy will live Report Spam or Abuse Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By SmallTownProblems (Guest Post) (05/21/2008) I had 2 puppies that came down with Parvo. My husband told me that the animal shelters would take care of them and that I needed to call as soon as possible so that they had a better chance. I called and after they took my dogs they told me that 5 out of 10 time (no matter if you go to a vet or not) puppies die from parvo. Not two days after my other dog came down with parvo (it was inevitable). I made the choice to fight the parvo. I do not have a very flexible budget so I tried to work with the only vet in town, they told me without 300 dollars down they would not do anything but put him to sleep. So now I am trying to find any help possible. I called the animal shelter all they will do is pick it up and take it. I have tried to ask my personal doctor for something, anything, there seems to be no help in sight so now I must do whatever possible to save my puppy. Can you think of anything else to help me help my puppy? Report Spam or Abuse Parvaid for Parvo at Home Post By Terry (Guest Post) (05/13/2008) Vets can be as expensive as human doctors these days, where I live NONE take payments and they charge top dollar and we don't have any low cost clinics within 250 miles. We got two pups, a friend took another 2 pups, and her son took 2 pups - all from the same litter. All pups got sick with symptoms similar to parvo. No diagnosis was made but these pups were close to deaths door. After 6 hours of giving a watery mix of pedialyte and canned pumpkin (not pie mix) - 4 teaspoons every half hour - they were up and playing, by the next day they were completely normal. Please check out a product called Parvaid. Do a search online. I know it's too late for this pup but others doing searches will read this info too. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By (Guest Post) (05/02/2008) Ma'am take him to a Pet Smart Vet they are only about $15.00 a visit. Parvo is the number one killer of puppies. If you can't afford it the vet will help you set up a payment plan or may even treat the animal on its own. YOU have that little puppies life in your hands. Take care of it the way you would your own life. Dallas, Texas Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By chris (Guest Post) (04/04/2008) I had a chocolate lab who had parvo. I gave him 30 ml/hr of pedialite 30 ml/hr of gatorade amoxicillin 500 mg twice a day and chicken broth. After a couple of days I started switching off each hour between pedialite and gatorade and soft dog food. The main thing is to make sure their keeping stuff down, he got better and is back to his old self today. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By Bandit (Guest Post) (03/17/2008) Hey - for all of you who are saying take the pups to the Humane Society, at least they will do everything they can for the pup. Call your local Humane Society and ask. They may or may not answer you honestly. Some don't have the resources or quarantine areas and just put the dog to sleep. If it's a no kill, they'll just put the dog in a cage and let it die. I found that out when my pup got parvo. The Humane Society would have done the same thing I did - force liquids into the pup - Except I stayed up all night with him, they wouldn't have. Reality Check Y'all. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By Samantha (Guest Post) (02/15/2008) I have pulled two pups through parvo with a minimun of vet payment... Reglan is a MUST... not too expensive...it keeps their bowels from contracting it helps with diahrea and vomiting and an antibiotic. They also gave both pups a shot for diarhea... If you think your dog has worms, that issue must be addressed, it adds to dehydration. Delilah had a severe case of worms when I adopted her. The total bill, at an economical vet for each pup (I dealt with these within one year, 8 months apart), was 75$. They also gave me one container of Rebound, essentially puppy pedialyte. To stretch it, because it is more expensive than pedialyte, I mixed it evenly with unflavored Pedialyte. If you check the ingredients, and their order, the two products are virtually the same. I gave my pups 6 ml of the mixture every 15 minutes until they started taking water themselves. If they threw it up, I waited 10 minutes from the vomiting and tried again. A suggestion: If you warm the plastic syringe like a baby bottle in a cup of warm water so it is body temp, it doesn't upset their tummy. Hold the puppy so they don't move too much, movement causes nausea. When I tried feeding them for the first time it was only a couple of tablespoons of whole-grain brown rice baby cereal. When they held that down for 2 hours I gave them more... after a while I added some canned puppy chow 50/50 to the cereal... They are both doing fine. I didn't have the money for a huge vet bill, but vigilence and love can work as well! My pups (Delilah, 9 mos), and the new little guy (Samson, 7 weeks) both had parvo when I adopted them from the shelter. Samson just got over parvo within the past few days. I am still making sure he takes 12 mls of the pedialyte/rebound mixture every hour because for whatever reason he isn't drinking much on his own... but he is chasing his sister and playing. The key is to combat dehydration and shower them with love.. I had no knowledge of this disease before I adopted Delilah, but I researched on the internet, found a vet that understood my plight and would work with me and used common sense. People who are being rude: Some people don't have thousands of dollars to pay a vet. I don't. I have the money to get my dogs the shots they need, a good quality of food and any regular check ups, but parvo treated by a vet can be an enormous expense. I picked up an extra shift at work after the puppies pulled through to pay their vet bills. I feel that I am more than qualified to be a pet owner. I treat my dogs as well as I do myself: sometimes I wait on going to the doctor to see if I can home remedy myself well so I can save some money. I am blessed that my pups pulled through, and I don't know what I would have done if they had worsened instead of improving: I've never had to cross that bridge. I am so sorry for the loss of all of you who have lost puppie to parvo. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post by Betny (1) | (02/03/2008) Contact I'm sorry your puppy passed away. I had a 9 month old pit bull puppy who had ALL of his vaccines and still got parvo. Vaccines don't always work especially in young puppies who still have their mother's anitbodies. My vet gave me Tamiflu along with some anti diarrhea and anti nausea medicine. unfortunately for him it was too late and he died the next day. Now another outbreak is going around here and my 2 Tibetan Mastiff/ Lab mix puppies have gotten it. Both have had their shots. The female got it first and the vet I took her too gave her Tamifle, Amoxicillian, and some anti Diarrhea and anti nausea madice. He also told me to giver her unflavored pedialite. That bill ended up being $125. If you have insurance you could get your doctor to give you Tamiflu...it is a human drug used to treat the flu and has been known as a miracle drug for parvo dogs. Then a couple days later her brother started showing signs and we took him to a different vet who gave him Cerenia and metronidazole, both very inexpensive. The most expensive thing on his bill was the $40 office visit. It's been 4 days for Nola and she is doing great, she's started eating again (plain white rice and chicken broth is what the vet told me to give her) and is chasing the cats. She no longer has diarrhea or nausea. It's been 2 days for her brother and he is already acting way better. For future reference if you do not have the money for the expensive vet bill, you can try your doctor for the amoxicillian and or tamiflu. Also pedialite is GREAT and you can give them children's dosage of immodium ad for the diarrhea. For the people who left the rude comments, you need to have a heart and learn when to keep your mouth shut. No one expects something or someone to get deathly ill, and not everyone has extra money laying around. Have a heart and some compassion. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By jb (Guest Post) (01/30/2008) My puppy has parvo and I took him to a vet there is no cure for it just to make sure they get plenty of fluids. Per my vet even if you put him in an animal shelter there is only a 50 50 chance they will make it. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By Teresa. (Guest Post) (01/29/2008) I am truly sorry for your loss also. I think some of the things people said were right, but there are times when people cannot afford a vet. I understand that-because I am one of those too. But I think some of the things people did say were harsh and I know I will get feedback from this but I do not care what others say. Some people I think can be cruel and rude when it comes to things like this. I am sure everyone loves their pets, but until you have been the not being able to afford some things in life, they do not know how it is! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By Vickie (Guest Post) (01/29/2008) I am sooo sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to you along with my prayers. I had not checked my email...I see I am too late. We keep a bottle of Penicillic for livestock in our ref. You can get it at stores that keep things for livestock, like Tractor Supply. We had two beagle dogs come down with it we think, their stool was runny and look like it was pure blood? I really do not know what they had? We gave them shots of the Penicillin, in their water electrolyte with vit., and terrcyin. You can get in in the powder form to add to water. You can order all the web too. Feed them with rice and pumpkin at last but the at first it was rice and chicken. We gave them too the pink stuff for human upset stomachs too. My babies pulled out of it. They are back themselves for a couple of months now. I wish I could have been here sooner. Again, sorry for your little one. I know you miss him. We could not afford a vet either so do not feel bad. They are high or higher than a human doctor. Here is a picture of our Suzie, she is our joy. God Bless, Vickie Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By Unhappy owner (Guest Post) (01/28/2008) Your dog is suffering! Parvo is a life threatening illness that needs immediate vet treatment. If you can't afford a vet, you should take him to a shelter and give him up. At least they will do everything they can for him. I hope you can take care of him because he does not look good! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By (Guest Post) (01/28/2008) I am very sorry about your loss. Before you go through that again, I am nearly certain that Parvo can live in your house for some time. I believe that is what the bleach is for. Please look into that more before you bring another puppy into your home or you may be setting yourself up for more heartache. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post by Arky (4) | (01/28/2008) Contact Girl, if you love that puppy, get it to a vet as fast as you can...Parvo is nothing to mess around with and the vet would surely let you make payments...it doesn't take long for Parvo to kill a puppy.. I hope your baby is still alive, and gatorade and pedialite may help, it doesn't cure... I will pray for you, I know what you are going through..but I would die before I let my dogs die if I could prevent it.....and at times you can't do it...all you can do is try sister, vets love animals and understand the situation, Please don't put it off any longer, what a beautiful baby .....hugs...Linda...Aka..Arky Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By ashley (Guest Post) (01/27/2008) I want to thank everyone for the help but sadly nemo passed away later that day. It was so hard to let him go but I had to so I gave him a proper burial. I wrapped him in his favorite blanket. Now I know if I ever get another puppy, the very first thing I will do is get him all shots all protection, cause i couldn't go through that again. I still have pictures and video of nemo though, so he wont be forgotten. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post by kimhis (1092) | (01/27/2008) Contact I hope you got to the vet and got the puppy cared for, since vets will take payments. Use home remedies on other items, but if it's a living thing in your care, do the right thing. God bless you and your puppy for a long happy life together. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By har'iet (Guest Post) (01/27/2008) Even after having 2 or the three shots our Britney Spaniel ended up with parvo. The vet had him isolated and on iv's for a week. We weren't sure he would make it. Recently I helped a friend who had two golden lab pups. The first to come down, began drinking again in two days and pulled through. The other just kept getting worse and finally died. Both were seen by the vet. The vet gave them an iv when there to help rehydrate them, but sent them home to be cared for. I think if they had sent an IV home, the second could have made it. It is a very devastating illness for dogs. Even after they have had it once, you need to keep up immunizations for parvo. Do see a vet (the human societies have them and see if you can at least get iv's if the dogs are not drinking on their own. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By Ragteller (Guest Post) (01/27/2008) There are so many good ideas here already, but one thing, do NOT give raw eggs to any dog or cat. Cook them first. Raw eggs can cause liver damage over time. If your dog isn't vomiting, try small amounts of the juice from fruit cocktail. The ER Docs I work with said it is the closest thing to the electrolytes they need and also keeps the blood sugar level close to normal. Good luck. Just so people know, some dogs can receive several booster shots for Parvo and still get it. My Vet said the vaccine is good, but it has a lot to do with the animal's genetic make-up and how healthy the lineage is. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By Linda (Guest Post) (01/27/2008) Parvo is deadly to dogs, esp. puppies. This animal must get to a vet! If you can't afford emergency care for a deathly ill animal, you shouldn't own a pet. A pet needs the same care as an ill child-there would be no question of "can't afford" if your kid had an illness. Furthermore, did this puppy have his shots? If not, why not? That is plain irresponsible! It is extremely likely that both dogs will now die. Pedialyte won't kill the virus, may or may not keep him hydrate, and Karo and water is worse-its just sugar water-no electroytes at all. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By Teresa (Guest Post) (01/27/2008) Did your little dog get better? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post by lviars50 (3) | (01/27/2008) Contact Please call your local humane society they may help you get the help you need. I know the one here where I live, helps low income people. Please call. It sure cant hurt and may save your dogs life. Lois Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By cece. (Guest Post) (01/27/2008) Your best bet is a vet or low cost clinic. My dog had it I fed him beaten eggs and white rice. Chicken broth will work too but he needs heartguard to help clean out the virus. I am so sorry but you really need to take him to the vets. good luck Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By Marna (Guest Post) (01/27/2008) The vet is really the only viable option and even then it's not a sure thing. Parvo is very serious. But there's not a vet in the world that won't work with you to work out a payment plan or something like that that you can handle. You might also want to check and see if there's a veterinary school or university near you with a vet program that might treat the pub for low or no cost. Worth checking out anyway. Best of luck. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By (Guest Post) (01/27/2008) We had a litter of pups and one was electrocuted in the fence. She went to the vet, was okay, and a couple weeks later became ill. I tried to get a vet to see her,but was stonewalled...they wanted only to come out to the house due to not knowing just what she had....contageous. However, said they couldn't come out that day. She was lathargic, and just generally ill....getting thinner by the minute and could hardly stand, much less walk. I bought gator aid and some baby food. Began getting liqued in her with an eye dropper. Offered the baby food....thinned, and finely she was up and eating. I mixed the baby food with puppy food and water, for a time after she began to eat. She got okay, and was the first puppy adopted from the litter, in spite of the fact that she had a scar on her hip from the electrocution. I hope your puppy gets well. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By Kay (Guest Post) (01/27/2008) I pulled a pup through parvo by alternating pedilite ( UNFLAVORED) and BUTTERMILK.Buttermilk will replace his stomach acids that he needs, pidalite will replace the eletrolights his body needs. About every 15 to 20 minutes , I would give him about 1cc ( with a syringe). Place the syringe in the side of his mouth Back next to his jaw teeth) this way it is harder for him to spit it out. Also you can use about 1/2 cc of Immodine ( like humans take for diarrhea) about every hour. I did this night and day for 3 days before I could see any results. But it saved the pup. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By Joe (Guest Post) (01/27/2008) It's A lot of work but I used, A mixture of 1/2 unflavored kopectate & 1/2 cheery milk of magnesia. The types without aspirin. Aspirin is hard on their stomach ,which is already inflamed. Given 10cc every hour along with unflavored peidalyte 10cc or what ever you can get down them. Until vomiting & diarrhea stops . In about 3 days they should be Improving . Start feeding water & baby food rice cereal mixed with peidalyte. Say A prayer I did! But if you can afford it please check with a vet. You will have to clean Everything with bleach that you can't discard. Including the yard, I used bleach in A garden sprayer to spray the entire yard. Discard any bedding, & good luck. You must keep them hydrated! A Vet. can use IV fluids to do this, that one reason a vet is so important in treating this! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post by tupelohoney17 (6) | (01/27/2008) Profile | Contact http://www.stocktonpets.org/, http://www.stockton.ca.us/Animals/index.cfm . The most important thing is the dehydration, chicken broth might help, try giving small amounts of water so that your pup isn't dehydrated. You can contact these two links that I have listed for your area, I would contact someone at the numbers listed and see if they have any advice. http://www.associatedcontent.com/ar ... 08453/how_to_treat_parvo_virus.html. These links may help you deal with the immediate situation. Best result would to have your pup immunized-I hope you aren't too late to help out. Lots of knowledgeable folks at the shelters to offer suggestions as well. Good luck. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By (Guest Post) (01/27/2008) Good Luck to you and to all the pups and dogs affected by this awful disease. In 1979,, my cocker Spaniel got Parvo and he nearly died. He was at the vet for a over a week. It was not a real known thing back then like it is now. my precious one got through the parvo, then got Heartworms, had to have that treatment done He was a very happy and loved dog, then someone came off our road and into our yard and ran him over while he slept in the yard. Took me a very long time to get over him. Now I watch my dogs like a hawk! We adopted a very well behaved yellow Lab from the pound, who ended up having Heartworms! We had the treatment done and then we found out she was Pregnant and she had 11 pups, who were all prefect and heartworm free. No, we don't have all of them,, we kept one pup, and the rest went to good homes. That was last year. and Gretchen is doing just great! Janet in Iowa Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post by junebug_000 (66) | (01/26/2008) Profile | Contact You can see if you can get any IV fluids from a vet and give them yourself at home under the skin. I would call your local vet and see what they can do for you. There is a new product called Cerenia to help with the nausea/vomiting, it also works for car sickness. You might be able to call your vet and say your dog gets car sick and see if they will sell you a box of 4 tabs. It is labeled for animals over 16weeks old. The main thing with treatment is to keep them warm and hydrated. Parvo is a virus so you have to let it run its course basically and do supportive care. They are more susceptible to bacterial infections though, so antibiotics help. But you can try giving small amounts Pedialyte or Gatorade every hour if not vomiting. Make sure they are keeping enough down to keep their blood sugar up. Then after 12 hours of no vomiting, give small amounts of pureed chicken/rice in frequent feedings. Then gradually feed them more at feedings and then get them back on puppy food. The main thing for all readers...GET YOUR PUPS VACCINATED. If you get the puppy series of vaccines from your vet from 6-16 wks, there is a very slim chance your pup will ever get this. When your pup gets better be sure to get his vaccine. In case it isn't parvo that he has now, make sure he doesn't get it. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post By amywilkes (Guest Post) (01/25/2008) Give him Karol Syruyp and water that is what I gave mine and it got better. Report Spam or Abuse Request: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Post by Laurel_admin (525) | (01/25/2008) Contact I have 1 puppy who has Parvo, he is at the vet hospital with an IV. Now I think his sister is getting it. I can't afford to have both of them in the hospital, so I am giving the one at home pediatric electrolyte so she won't get dehydrated and vitamins. I can get her to the vet in Mexacali in 2 more days. Do you think she will be ok until then? Patsi from El Centro, Calif Answers: RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Sorry to hear about your pups! Parvo is a very serious disease. The vet would be the best place. If you hit the jump to feedback button on the page your question is on there are a few good tips in the related links. I went to one where it says raw eggs 3-4 times a day. Go look there and see if that can help you. Good Luck. My prayers are with you on this!!! (12/18/2007) By kay RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home My parents puppy got Parvo and they took him to the vet but she said it would be just as well at home as long as you can take care of it pretty much round the clock. I stayed with them for three days to help at night while they slept. Every half hour I have it a syringe of pedialite and every 2 or 3 hours I gave him a syringe of baby food. It took three days but he was fine afterwards. (12/18/2007) By micksgirl RE: Taking Care of a Puppy with Parvo at Home Parvo is a serious disease. I believe you also have to bleach down your home to get rid of it. If you cannot afford a vet, please contact local animal shelters (http://www.petfinder.org) and ask if they know of any free or discounted vet clinics. There are a number of these clinics in Chicago area so I assume there are some in CA. I pray your pups will make it through this. (12/20/2007) By Animal Lover Report Spam or Abuse