Puppy update - Page 3

Insecticides work on the nervous system and can cause siezures. Insect repellents, OTOH, are mostly quite harmless, as they are applied directly on human skin. I would double check the safety of natural preparations as some of them may not be covered by the same safety standards as the more frequently used preparations..

kczaja:  this might be from left field, but i just thought of it and wanted to put it out there for your consideration.  when dogs were dieing from the bad dog food, weren't the symptoms similar?  have you been using the same bag/brand during this illness? 

Whoa everyone.....the most likely explanation is, if in fact, the sodium and potassium were low. Electrolyte imbalances are one of the primary causes of seizures in humans and animals. Let's see the bloodwork first.

Mash up some bananas in your puppys food. A nurse told me a long time ago when a puppy gets diahrea out the wango is the potassium. That is why when you go into the er and your are dehydrated from diahrea they do a potassium drip.

Bananas I keep for me ,but always have some ripe ones that I dont like ripened, for use in a pup if needed. They like it mashed up in the food or put in blender.

Hodie, that info you gave me is unbelievable. No way am I putting a substance that needs to be handled with gloves and goggles in my dog's body!  I am not touching that stuff again.

Puppy is doing much, much better. I hope she stays that way. I am putting her on Canidae with my other dogs, blending it with yogurt and pumpkin and her stool today was just fine without the tylan.  Sue- she was eating her food from the same bag.

Later tonight when i have more time I'll type out the bloodworks results and you guys can give it to me lamen's terms.

 Just to be clear.....manufacturers write for the masses and cautions often are way overblown. The bottom line is that one should not get Tylan powder on their skin or inhale it. With the fine powder that it is, to make sure one does not, one must be very careful and work slowly in a situation where there is no breeze or strong air current. In some people, it can cause allergic reactions. Severe allergens tend to cause allergies and with each passing exposure, the reaction is worse. Given that so many people use it, and probably few are really careful, I would just be cautious about how I handle it. It certainly is efficacious for a variety of intestinal problems. But, it one is using it, there is a reason and I prefer to find the root cause and solve that.

Ok, here is exactly what her paperwork said:

CANINE I-STAT RESULTS:

Glu: 168mg/dL (60-115) H

BUN:15mg/dL (10-26)

Na:127mmol/L (139-150) L

K: 2.8mmol/L (3.4-4.9) L

Cl: 97mmol/L (106-127) L

TCO2: 18mmol/L (17-25)

AnGap: 15mmol/L (8-25)

Hct: 38%PCV (35-50)

Hb*: 12.9g/dL (12.0-17.0)

*via Hct

pH: 7.430 (7.350-7.450)

PCO2: 26.5mmHg (35.0-38.0) L

HCO3:17.6mmol/L (15.0-23.0)

BEecf: -7mmol/L (-5-0) L

VET TEST RESULTS:

(ADULT CANINE)

Ok, to make this less painstaking I'm just going to list the stuff that was abnormally high or low.

AMYL: 293 U/L (300-1500) L

GLOB: 2.1g/dL (2.3-4.5) L

GLU: 173mg/dL (77-125) H

COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT:

WBC: 19.72K/ul (5.5-16.9) H   I assume this is her white blood cells? So it is high, the vet must have misspoke?

MONO: 2.83K/ul (0.10-1.40) H

NEU: 15.50K/ul (2.00-12.00) H

If there is anything else particular anyone wants to know, I can look it up. I have enough basic knowledge to understand what some of this is, but not all of it, and not the real implications of most of it. Have at it, guys.

BTW, she is ripping around the house like a madwoman, with more energy than I've seen from her in a while! I'm off to give her fluids.

Happy to hear that she is feeling better.You mentioned about switching foods DON"T!!! With the white cell being low..she may have an underlying infection.How is her temp? There is a difference of a high grade temp and a low one.Have you ever done a rectal temp? It is very easy.Purchase a simple digital thermometer.You can find them at Walmart/Target around the Pharmacy.The cost is no more than ten dollars.Have someone help you and just insert the thermometer up her anus until their is a reading.Record her temp for the next ten days.Would you do that please.I am only trying to help. Candace

I've been monitoring her temp, it's normal. I don't think my vet would let me give subcu fluids at home if I were THAT inexperienced. And as you can see by the results, her white blood cells were indeed high, I believe the vet misspoke when he said they were low. My concern with the food is what if there is something wrong with that particular bag of food that is making her sick, perhaps somehow contaminated. I think something has been plaguing her for a while, I have not seen this much zest out of her in a long time, which worries me that something environmental is poisoning her. My other dogs are 100% normal, only difference in her life is the food. I have a few other theories I'm going to go over with the vet on Monday.

Hodie, I'd love hear your take on the blood test when you have a moment!