I have read and been told different stories regarding Parvo. One Vet told me Parvo only lives a couple weeks. So as long as it's been a couple weeks, your home is safe. And if the dog/puppy has had 2 sets of shots - he's fine around Parvo. ?????????
I've also been told by another vet, Parvo can live a year or two. Bleaching does help, but how do you know you got every single little spot. Was the puppy on furniture? Carpeting? Did you bleach your clothes? Interior of car? He touched your other dogs, did you bleach them? Obviously not, but I think you get my point. Most of what you find on the internet supports this theory. But you can not trust everything you read online!!!!! I know that first hand by what I saw my child writing online :-P So I dont know what opinion to give you. At minimum, I would at least wait a couple weeks. Maybe bleach again. And make sure the new puppy had 2-3 sets of shots prior to coming to your home. But still could be a risk. Even with that being said - from what you wrote, I didnt think your pup had parvo. It would need to be tested and/or if he had bloody diareha to know for sure. Or if you've ever been around it before - you'll know by the smell. It's unforgettable!! Sandi Spears ------------------- Please help Rolie Polie Olie http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?action=2&pet=4085603 Mastiff Hope Rescue www.MastiffHope.org Bulldog Rescue Railroad Double S Ranch & Rescue stepht24 wrote: >On friday afternoon we picked up a 5 month old chihuahua from a >breeder. The breeder told us she hadn't fed him since she knew we >were coming to get him (she didn't want him to get car sick on the >45 minute drive back home). When we got home I offered him some food >(the same kind of the breeder had him on) but he wouldn't eat. I >wasn't overly concerned being he was a new strange place, new >people, new dogs etc. We introduced him toour other dogs, he played >with some and was drinking water fine. Sat. morning he still >wouldn't eat, peed and pooped - everything looked normal. Took him >to the vet. for his check up at 11. He had some ear mites but >nothing else wrong. His coccidiosis (sp?) level was normal but since >he wasn't eating for me the vet went ahead and put him on albon. She >said he could stand to gain a little weight but other than the ear >mites seemed healthy. When we got home he threw up the wormer pill >they had given him. I was giving him nutra cal since he wasn't >eating and the vet gave me some electrolite fluids which he was >drinking. I called the breeder (she had asked me to call her after >he had his vet appointment to let her know how things were going.) >When I told her he wasn't eating she was pretty concerned but we >were still chalking it up to the anxiety of changing homes. She did >mention that after we picked him up Fri. she found oneof his >rubber/plastic toys that he had chewed into tiny pices and she >wondered if he had ingested any of it. > > I gave him the albon later that evening and he threw it back up. He >played with the dogs some, still peeing/pooping normal - still not >eating. Around 11 pm he started vomitting 2x an hour. By 2:30 am I >called the vet. because I didn't think he would make it till >morning. The vet. suggested it was parvo but wasn't sure after I >told her he had no fever and no diarreah. We decided I would keep >him comfortable till morning then call the breeder and take him >back. It was a long night and there were times I really thought he >was going to die. I started calling hte breeder at 7 am. She called >me back at 10 am and asked me if he was still alive. I told her he >was but I dind't know for how long. We took him back to her. She >called me an hour after we dropped him off and said he seemed to >have perked up a bit being back home but still wasn't eating - >though he wasn't vomitting either. Still no fever or diarreah. >Monday I called the vet. and asked them what I should do in case he >had parvo. and they told me to wash down everything with a bleach >solution. (which I did - He never was out in our yard. I carried him >formt he car to the house and he was paper trained) The breeder >called me Monday afternoon and said when she got up that morning and >checked on the puppy he had passed a piece of the toy and a small >piece of cloth. He was still very weak but seemed to be doing better. >I guess my main ? is- do you think it's safe to go ahead and get a >new puppy? The vet's office had said even if it was parvo since he >wasn't in the yard, as long as I cleaned everything with the bleach >solution we should be safe. What do you think? > >Stephanie > > > > > > >" Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! >Join today! " >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
