kmchan1
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Jun 8, 2003, 9:29 AM
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Heartworm & a sick dog
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3 mths ago my dog (no particular breed) was diagnosed with heartworms. He was not eating, really weak, and very inactive. These symptoms started to show a week after his mom died. He was given the heartworm medication injection and told to keep him inactive for a month. Throughout passed three months, various other problems occurred. Visit 1: His skin started to red, blister, with pus. A lot of dandruffs. - the vet told us he was allergic to his current food. We were feeding him Beef/Chicken Pedigree dog biscuits. We altered his food to rice and water. His skin began to heal and dry up. However, the hair never grew back on his back. Visit 2: His nose always has excessive excretions and sometimes blood clot. - the vet told us he has throat infection. Gave him a antibiotic jab. Visit 3: Not eating/drinking. Everytime he eats, he ended up vomiting everything. Eyes always have excessive yellowish decretions. - the vet told us to force feed him water/food. If unable to feed him solid food, then force feed him porridge. However, the 3rd visit turned unpleasant with my mom and I being upset and the vet being upset. We were tired of the unending problems, and him administering merely to the symptom. He was upset on us questioning his instructions. I was so worried for my dog coz he was not eating/drinking and when I heard his solution was to forcefeed him porridge, that just did something to me. We never brought our dog back to him. I have started my dog on heartguard and supplement recently. Now, he is able to eat in small portion. Still skinny to the bone. Aneroxia dog! I feed him water with a syringe. I won't say he is fully recovered, coz we still need to take extra care of his food/liquid intakes. We don't even know whether exercise will kill him at this moment coz he is not as active as he used to be. Sleep a lot, but fortunately he looks forward and goes for his evening walk (which is an improvement, when he was sick, he lagged behind during walk). We were thinking of getting a puppy to keep him company since he practically grew up along his mom and his mom passed away shortly before he was sick. Please give me some insights on what to do. I also need someone to recommend a vet, one that's reliable and charge reasonably. Preferably within Petaling Jaya coz my dog hates car rides. kmchan1
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