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« on: January 23, 2018, 03:37:23 am » |
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Any of you ever dealt with this before? My buddy is hunting one of my dogs while I’m in Afghanistan and after a hunt he started acting lethargic. Let him rest for a week and tried feeding him double rations but he didn’t want to move, had no energy, wasn’t eating, etc.. he had me get my wife to take the dog to the vet to see what was up. Well by the time he got there he had diarrhea. Long story short the vet ran some blood work and ended up saying he had a bacterial infection called Clostridium. He had two small punctures and the vet believes that’s where the bacteria originated. Wound up with a hefty bill
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Mike
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« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2018, 06:51:04 am » |
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I've never heard of that one before.
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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2018, 04:31:39 pm » |
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Apparently if it’s just on the skin it can be treated with amoxicillin. If it’s under the skin (as was the case since it was in a puncture), it releases a toxin that causes swelling and shuts down the organs. Just wondering if it’s a rare thing or if many people have dealt with it. My dog was the only one to get it
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« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2018, 04:32:21 pm » |
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It has all the same symptoms as parvo
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« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2018, 11:04:07 pm » |
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This same thing sounds like what happened to a couple dogs we had a few years back. Got sick after feeding them deer scraps. Got punctures in thier stomach and got bacterial infection. We lost two good dogs. I don't feed deer scraps anymore.
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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2018, 03:55:16 pm » |
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It’s a nasty crap bug that is hard to kill in hospital settings, it’s one of the “superbugs” ,, lotta Clorox and when you are fooling with that dog and tending to those wounds be sure to be extra careful, gloves and really scrub your hands good afterward
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