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The Canine Parvovirus often strikes at the least opportune moment (not that there’s ever a good time for your dog to be stricken by Parvo, of course) - you may find it’s 3:00am on a Sunday morning, and the vet’s clinic is closed.
So, what can you do?
You may already be aware that Parvo dogs can dehydrate rapidly, which is why vets will put them on an IV drip, but of course IV drips are not something you can just pick up at Walmart.
And if you don’t know about the risks of dehydration, a quick bit of research on the Internet will soon point you in the right direction.
The good news is that there is a home hydration therapy that is, in the vast majority of cases, at least as effective as IV fluids and Sub Q fluids …
… and it’s called the Parvo Emergency Tea Recipe.
What is it?
It’s something you can make at home, using ingredients you can pick up at most decent supermarkets and/or pharmacies, and it’s designed to do a few different jobs.
Firstly, it’s a natural electrolyte fluid that will help prevent your sick dog from dehydrating. (We know that many people, including vets, will recommend using Pedialyte or Gatorade for this, but our experience has shown that both of these products can cause additional vomiting, which is the last thing you need if your dog has Parvo.)
Secondly, it can actually help to calm down any vomiting - without any chemical-based drugs that can cause, of course, further problems.
Thirdly, some of the ingredients in the Parvo Emergency Tea will help boost your dog’s immune system, which will be under heavy attack from the Parvo virus.
Now, there are a few things you need to know about this emergency tea, the most important of which is that you must administer it every single hour, and that does mean both day and night, until you can begin full treatment for the Parvo.
You see, you’re basically acting like a human IV drip, and one of the keys to treating Parvo is to administer small amounts of fluid on a regular basis - because not only is dehydration a danger with this virus, but so is overhydration too.
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But even more important than that, you need to understand that the Parvo Emergency Tea is NOT designed to treat the Parvo virus - while it does try to mimic the Parvaid product using easily-obtained ingredients, it is not nearly strong enough to treat your sick dog. You should therefore NOT rely on this tea recipe to get your sick dog better again - it is designed to buy you some time and sustain him until you can get proper treatment started (and we would, of course, recommend the Parvo Treatment Kit). |
While it is true that a very small number of dogs do seem to pull through using nothing more than the Parvo Tea (as well as tons of TLC), we have found this happens in about 0.1% of cases - which is about one dog out of every 1,000!
Are you willing to bet that your family pet is the one lucky dog in a thousand?
We know we wouldn’t - our doggies are far too precious to us.
So, while we would always encourage you to make and administer the Parvo Emergency Tea as soon as you notice any of the classic Parvo symptoms (i.e. not eating, not drinking, not playing / being lethargic, depression, dehydration, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever or chills), please, for the sake of your doggie, make sure you get him treated immediately!
One of our customers had a dog that died only five hours after the first bout of diarrhea, which shows just how aggressive the Parvovirus has become. This is so fast that you barely have time to react, which is one of the reasons why we strongly encourage all dog owners to have a Home Parvo Treatment Kit on hand at all times - just in case.
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