About 2 weeks ago, Somebody called Petsmart, where I work, and couldn't figure out what to do with this dog they found. Long story short, I ended up with this young (1 year, give or take...) female Husky. My friend took her home for me.
She's extremely, extremely thin, and had bad, watery diarrhea. We took her to the vet the next day, and they confirmed that she had tapeworms. They gave us deworming pills, we gave them to her. And some sort of pill with Ivermectin in it. When they were done, We took her back to the vet. She still had diarrhea, and she still had worms.
The vet said it was too early to deworm her again, so he gave us some antibiotics... We're working on that right now.
She seems to be feeling okay, she doesn't show any signs of sickness, and the diarrhea isn't that bad anymore. She's not lethargic or anything. The problem is that she won't eat.
She wouldn't eat anything when we got her, but she did eat a few bowls of dog food. Now we're giving her chicken and white rice, with a little cottage cheese. She's eating that okay.
Lastly, she did not have fleas when we got her, or not that we noticed. The day after we got her, the vet put frontline on her. I personally think it was too small of a dose. Now, I see flea dirt on her, and the people who have her claim that they saw fleas on them. So I believe she's got fleas.
What I'm thinking, is to give her capstar in a few days, and then the next day, put another dose of frontline on her. Does this sound good?
My problem is that this vet sucks. They really do. They don't help me at all... So I'll come here for advice. Any advice on care, diet, flea prevention, anything like that will help
She's extremely, extremely thin, and had bad, watery diarrhea. We took her to the vet the next day, and they confirmed that she had tapeworms. They gave us deworming pills, we gave them to her. And some sort of pill with Ivermectin in it. When they were done, We took her back to the vet. She still had diarrhea, and she still had worms.
The vet said it was too early to deworm her again, so he gave us some antibiotics... We're working on that right now.
She seems to be feeling okay, she doesn't show any signs of sickness, and the diarrhea isn't that bad anymore. She's not lethargic or anything. The problem is that she won't eat.
She wouldn't eat anything when we got her, but she did eat a few bowls of dog food. Now we're giving her chicken and white rice, with a little cottage cheese. She's eating that okay.
Lastly, she did not have fleas when we got her, or not that we noticed. The day after we got her, the vet put frontline on her. I personally think it was too small of a dose. Now, I see flea dirt on her, and the people who have her claim that they saw fleas on them. So I believe she's got fleas.
What I'm thinking, is to give her capstar in a few days, and then the next day, put another dose of frontline on her. Does this sound good?
My problem is that this vet sucks. They really do. They don't help me at all... So I'll come here for advice. Any advice on care, diet, flea prevention, anything like that will help