Doxie has a fever!!

[P3tm0m]

I noticed Doxie was panting quite a bit and getting lots of drinks, so I took his temp and it was 103, I gave him some baby tylenol and it's came down, but I'm scared to death!! He's been sneezing and has his yukky nose that has to be cleaned off (I thought it was allergies), but after losing Jill, I don't want to take any chances with him. He's up to date with his shots. I hate going up to the vets so soon after losing Jill-Im sure I'll be crying, but I want to make sure he's ok. He's the only one I have left.

[sandvand]

Originally Posted by P3tm0m

I noticed Doxie was panting quite a bit and getting lots of drinks, so I took his temp and it was 103, I gave him some baby tylenol and it's came down, but I'm scared to death!! He's been sneezing and has his yukky nose that has to be cleaned off (I thought it was allergies), but after losing Jill, I don't want to take any chances with him. He's up to date with his shots. I hate going up to the vets so soon after losing Jill-Im sure I'll be crying, but I want to make sure he's ok. He's the only one I have left.

Oh, I'm sorry I would be a nervous wreck too! But I don't think your suppose to give dogs tylenol, they usually use buffern, which is ASA. I hope its just a cold. keep us posted.

[P3tm0m]

Thanks I didn't know that, I just thought you weren't supposed to give them aspirin. We also have baby aspirin.

[fairlight]

What do you mean yukky nose?....is it watery or the green stuff? The green stuff usually means signs of an infection. A baby asprin would be fine P3 but I am not sure about tylenol. I don't think it will do any damage, but when Vanilla had problems the vet said use asprin. PLEASE keep us posted.

[fairlight]

Whoops...you posted when I did ! hahahaah. For pain or muscle pain etc, our old country vet said use asprin. Nothing is going to happen with you giving Doxie tylenol, but next time you may want to try an asprin.

[P3tm0m]

When he sneezes, he has the yellow icky snots where I have to get a kleenex and actually get it off or he'll try to himself-very disgusting!! He reminds me of a kid with a snotty nose.

[fairlight]

Sounds like an Upper Respiratory Infection to me.

[P3tm0m]

Originally Posted by fairlight

Whoops...you posted when I did ! hahahaah. For pain or muscle pain etc, our old country vet said use asprin. Nothing is going to happen with you giving Doxie tylenol, but next time you may want to try an asprin.

I wondered about that, but mom said no aspirin will upset his stomach. We had always given the pups aspirin before but she went out and bought baby Tylenol for them.

[Bosley Slave]

I'm so sorry to hear about Doxie, sure sounds like a infection to me also.


Taken from vetinfo4dog.com:
Based on reactions in our canine patients, this is the ranking I would give
these medications: safest = acetaminophen (Tylenol tm), also safe =
aspirin, less safe = ibuprofen (Advil tm, Motrin Rx). However, this is
the ranking that I would give them based on the reports in the literature
and factoring in the likelihood of a bad reaction causing death: safest =
aspirin, also safe but less so = acetaminophen and less safe = ibuprofen.
The reason for these rankings include these things. Aspirin is reasonably
likely to cause gastric ulcers, which can be life threatening if ignored
but which respond to withdrawal of the medication. Acetaminophen doesn't
seem to cause ulcers but there are uncommon reactions to it in which liver
failure occurs and this may not respond to therapy, so death is a
possibility. Ibuprofen is very likely to cause ulcers, with 100% of dogs
developing ulcers with the use of ibuprofen in at least one study. On the
other hand, lots of my clients come in and tell me "I gave my dog an
ibuprofen last night" and I have only had to treat one or two cases of
ulcers and I can't recall a dog dying from this medication, yet.
My personal preference for pain and fever in dogs is aspirin but we do warn
our clients to discontinue the medication if the dog stops eating and to
call us or come in for a recheck if that happens.
In cats the situation is different. Acetaminophen is very toxic to cats and
this medication should simply never be used to treat a cat. Aspirin has a
long half life in cats, at least 24 to 48 hours, so it will reach toxic
levels pretty quickly if it is given more frequently than once every 48
hours and the dosage is 10mg/lb so a baby aspirin (81mg) is a much more
appropriate dosage for a cat than an adult aspirin. I have not seen much
information on ibuprofen and cats but it is a good idea to avoid all
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications in cats, at least until one of
them does prove to be safe in someone's clinical trials. Mike Richards, DVM

[fairlight]

P3...there are so many NO's and Don't's, but if you have tried it and it worked for you then go for it. It won't get rid of the nasty boogies but will probably bring the fever down. I hate to say this, but of Doxie isn't feeling any better tomorrow I would have him at the vets on monday. The URI can drop and considering the age of your pooch it could get worse.