Sorry if this is long, but I want to get all the details in because I am worried!
My husband and I adopted a puppy from a rescue on Saturday and by Sunday he became sick and was diagnosed with parvo. He spent about 24 hours at the animal hospital, then the vet called and said he is doing great and drinking water and keeping down food so he is okay to come home. Well, he ate great when we brought him home that night and the next morning (eating food prescribed by the vet), but then started refusing to eat, but would drink water and was not vomiting or anything. That evening I decided to try and give him a little of his hard puppy food to see if he would eat that and he did. He then ate about 1/4- 1/3 cup of plain chicken and rice with a tiny bit of puppy food mixed in. A few hours later he vomited, so we took him back to the vet. The vet said he may have just been irritated by the dry puppy food and he was slightly dehydrated. She gave us a bag of fluid to inject once a day to keep him hydrated.... SO here we are now today (day 4 since dx), he has not wanted to eat, but drank some water. My husband gave him 3 pieces of the dry food mixed with his soft food just to see if he would eat it, and he picked out the hard food to eat. We don't want to give any more of the dry food though as we don't want to upset his stomach. The vet also gave us anti-nausea meds to help. What are some things we can offer him to eat that will be gentle on his stomach. We've tried the chicken and rice so far. I'm planning to get some lean ground beef and try that. What about yogurt or I saw they have goats milk for puppies at Pet Smart.
One more thing...if anyone's been through this and can offer any other advice or words of encouragement, I would appreciate it!
My husband and I adopted a puppy from a rescue on Saturday and by Sunday he became sick and was diagnosed with parvo. He spent about 24 hours at the animal hospital, then the vet called and said he is doing great and drinking water and keeping down food so he is okay to come home. Well, he ate great when we brought him home that night and the next morning (eating food prescribed by the vet), but then started refusing to eat, but would drink water and was not vomiting or anything. That evening I decided to try and give him a little of his hard puppy food to see if he would eat that and he did. He then ate about 1/4- 1/3 cup of plain chicken and rice with a tiny bit of puppy food mixed in. A few hours later he vomited, so we took him back to the vet. The vet said he may have just been irritated by the dry puppy food and he was slightly dehydrated. She gave us a bag of fluid to inject once a day to keep him hydrated.... SO here we are now today (day 4 since dx), he has not wanted to eat, but drank some water. My husband gave him 3 pieces of the dry food mixed with his soft food just to see if he would eat it, and he picked out the hard food to eat. We don't want to give any more of the dry food though as we don't want to upset his stomach. The vet also gave us anti-nausea meds to help. What are some things we can offer him to eat that will be gentle on his stomach. We've tried the chicken and rice so far. I'm planning to get some lean ground beef and try that. What about yogurt or I saw they have goats milk for puppies at Pet Smart.
One more thing...if anyone's been through this and can offer any other advice or words of encouragement, I would appreciate it!