savagem wrote:This is Susie
She came from a shelter in Georgia and went to a foster home for a rescue in Buffalo, New York. Two days later the foster home had personal problems and Susie and her pups needed to be moved. So she came to me with her 8 pups. The pups are now about 5 weeks old and are doing great. Susie is still pathetically thin and has horrible diarrhea. She went to my vet about 1 1/2 weeks ago, where she was vaccinated and found to have a HUGE load of hookworms. After I wormed her I saw roundworms as well. She was given Panacur for three days about 1 1/2 weeks ago. I had her on Canidae all-stage kibble when she first came, and her stools were fairly normal. The vet told me she needed a puppy food, so I put her on Wellness Kibble. Since then she's pretty much had watery diarrhea. The "other" rescue recommended a raw diet, but I don't know if I want to get into that right now. Should I put her back on Canidae kibble?
I've been chasing Susie around with a bottle of 1 part bleach to 2 parts water. Her stools are so watery that I cannot possibly pick them up from the lawn, so I pick up as much as I can and then soak the area with the bleach solution. I hope I'm killing whatever might still be in her stool? Puppies have been wormed with Nemex, and will continue to be wormed on a regular schedule. Puppies will accept canned Canidae, canned wellness, and kibble soaked in Esbilac equally well. What is the best diet for them? And since they are eating so well, would it be healthier for Susie if I weaned them now? I know that nursing them is taking huge amounts of calories from her right now. I've gotta go out for the evening, but I'm hoping that I'll have some great advice when I check back in? I hear there are some very knowledable folks here. This is the very first time I've ever fostered puppies, so please forgive my ignorance. And I'll be damned if I'm going to turn these sweet babies and their mama back over to the rescue they came from.
I have to ask the mods to make it a sticky for the fosters who have pups and the new puppy owners on the foruma-bull wrote:Oh, "Patch-O'-Pits"---I didn't know that thread was here, . Thanks.
Patch O' Pits wrote:I have to ask the mods to make it a sticky for the fosters who have pups and the new puppy owners on the foruma-bull wrote:Oh, "Patch-O'-Pits"---I didn't know that thread was here, . Thanks.
cheekymunkee wrote:Patch O' Pits wrote:I have to ask the mods to make it a sticky for the fosters who have pups and the new puppy owners on the foruma-bull wrote:Oh, "Patch-O'-Pits"---I didn't know that thread was here, . Thanks.
I'll ask the others what they think!
She has watery diarrhea, and I'm not sure what to do to get rid of it. A raw diet was suggested, but I don't know if another change in diet is the best choice right now?
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