Tues 22nd Jan: Puppies and tick fever

Puppies will always sleep together no matter which litter they belong to

It was all about the puppies today, and sadly the almost inevitable tick fever that it becoming more and more frequent and harder and harder to treat.  The simple one-off injection just doesn't work any more so we have to go straight to Liquid Gold, the name used for Atovaquone because it's so expensive.  It's also tedious to give as it's three times a day, and has to be used alongside another drug.  If you have one dog it's bad enough, but with many dogs and puppies all needing their medication three times daily it's time-consuming and difficult. 

The four ex-AFCD puppies are on it, and the other four that came yesterday covered with ticks and fleas, are unsurpringly also infected, with one puppy having to stay in hospital on a drip.  On top of the time needed to care for tick fever puppies, it also means they can't be put up for adoption until their treatment is over and blood tests show they have recovered.

Eddie

We need foster homes for the puppies, and we would also really appreciate donations to help cover the cost of the treatments they need.   In case you're a new reader the contact volunteer for fostering is Cindy, email foster@hongkongdogrescue.com, while volunteer Dana handles the vet funding donations.  You can contact her at vetfund@hongkongdogrescue.com for information about how to help us and the dogs and puppies that need expensive veterinary care.

Thank you!

One of the 4 chubby girls from AFCD