my puppy is sick please help me

[kierstein01]

i have a 5 month old blue fawn pit bull puppy and she has been throwing up , running a fever , runny nose, soft stool , and has been sleeping for the last 2 days and seems really dizzy and i don't have any money to take her to the vet does any body know whats wrong with her and know any natural meds i can give her she is throwing up stomach bile please help me if you know of and thing that will help

[netster53]

The main thing is to keep her HYDRATED. Also, ask your Vet for a tube of "Nutri-Cal" It comes in a tube and is thick.It is a high calorie dietary supplement for dogs and cats.You can put some on your finger and rum it on the dogs gums. It is about $4.00 a tube at my Vets office.

[Ghilly]

$1500 sounds like a ridiculous amount of money to charge someone to keep a dog overnight for a day or two for treatment!  Did they ever give you a diagnosis?  That kind of money is what they charge people to treat dogs for parvo when they have to stay in the hospital in isolation for a week.

I am glad to hear that she has stopped vomiting, hopefully she will continually get better every day.  Please keep us up to date on how she is doing.

Ghilly

[kierstein01]

she has stoped volmiting fornow and is holding toe pedia lyte down

[kierstein01]

i have went to the vet and they gave me some antibiotics and told me that it would be $1500 to leave her there and i don't have that kind of money so he told me there was an alternative which is to keep her here at home and give her nausea pills and give her antibiotics  and use a sernge to put pedia lyte in her to keep her from dehydrateing so i am hopeing it works

[ginger899]

You can take a look at this site:
http://www.thepetfund.com/
I have no idea how it works, as I just found it for you, and I don't live in the US. I am hoping you might get some help there?

[kierstein01]

does anybody know of anywhere that will help pay for treatment for my dog

[kierstein01]

i contacted the vet and they said they won't take her with out money and it is kinda stupid cause it should be just like us humans they should take her no matter what at least let us pay them on a payment plans

[kierstein01]

yes she has all of them up to a year but i cannot afford the vet and they won't take her with out money so i am kinda in between a rock and a hard place

[Ghilly]

She is very ill and NEEDS to go to the vet.  There is nothing you can do for her at home because it is not possible to diagnose her problem in an online forum.  We are not veterinarians here, we are simply dog lovers who are here to support people and provide ideas.

Are her vaccinations up to date?  Vomiting and diarrhea are indicative of parvo in puppies, so if her vaccinations are not up to date, this could even be life threatening.  You need to find a way to take her to the vet.  She is in trouble at this point because the vomiting and diarrhea have probably already dehydrated her.  Please let us know what the vet says.

Ghilly