My poor little Bogard is sick! It all started last Friday, when he started coughing in the morning. Kind of a gagging, hacking type of cough. He then developed a thick, green/yellow mucous discharge from his nose mostly, a little bit from his eyes. I was worried about the new Canine Flu going around, so we took him to the vet. Plus he’s only 14 weeks old, and my first puppy so I’m nervous about his health all of a sudden taking a turn.
The vet did CBC tests and found out that he is anemic, (his hemoglobin and RBC count are down.) White cells were good. Because of the green mucus discharge, she prescribed antibiotics, which he’s been taking for 1 week now. The low RBC count pointed towards parasites (he’s already been wormed 3 times by the Breeder prior to 8 weeks old) and again by my vet when he was about 9.5 weeks old. So she ordered Panacur to give him for the parasites (possible hook worms she thought?) and we administered the first tube last night.
His coughing has gotten a little better, but the mucus is still really apparent. He sneezes it and it flies out everywhere, he shakes his head and it runs down his face, he lays on his side to sleep and it drips out in large droplets onto the floor. And when he does nothing at all it runs down his little face.
This morning, he woke up vomiting a frothy bile substance, had 2 poops, one a bit on the runny side, and one fairly solid. He hasn’t had anything else to eat, but drank a little water and seemed to keep that down okay.
Other than the above he hasn’t had any diarrhea or severe vomiting. He isn’t much of an eater normally when he’s healthy, but he’s really only taking in about 2 cups/day of kibble right now.
Does anyone have any advice for us?? I feel like I’m bridging the line of being a freaked out mother and honestly concerned about his health!!
