Can I donate?

Only if you're absolutely comfortable doing so. I don't normally take donations but this happened at the worst time of the month for us.

Of course, I am. I worked with a lot of rescues and have seen what parvo does first hand. It won't be much but if I can help, I do.

It's been horrifying seeing a sturdy pitbull puppy turn into skin and bones in the span of two days. I've never been so stressed out. I'm just glad his sister is asymptomatic and fine. They've both begun their parvo shots (had two rounds) and this just wasn't expected at all.


My paypal is maxxmissions[at]gmail.com .

It is horrifying. I hope your puppy gets a speedy recovery. <3

I made a journal linking back here so I hope that draws in more people q_q
I wish you and your pup the best and you're in my thoughts ;;

Thank you so much. Every little bit helps right now, even if it's only a boost.

I dropped a signal boost for you! I hope things get sorted out with your puppy. ;o;

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I hope he'll recover quickly after staying with the vet. It's been hard dealing with this. ;m;

I hope he recovers soon and she's not actually infected. That's a bad situation.
Have you asked the vet about payment plans? I know some are willing.

Same here, she's acting perfectly normal including her bathroom business and keeps harassing him so I'm just hoping the vaccine kicked in better for her and she won't be affected to. She's on preventative care medicine just in case but I haven't seen anything unusual with her at all. I thought he had food poisoning at first or got into something because of the differences between how she's behaving and how sick he is.

Our vet doesn't offer payment plans, but we'll see if we can discuss something with them when we go in.

Posted a journal, really hope it helps.
I couldn't imagine my cat going through such awful disease. I really hope things get settled!

Thank you so much.

PLEASE do NOT let them interact right now!

Vaccines do not work immediately! It can take up to 2 weeks for her to build immunity to the vaccine, which means she is at risk to the virus if she comes in contact with it! Vaccines work by stimulating the immune system to build antibodies, but it is not an immediate effect, and the effectiveness of the vaccines depends completely on that individual animal's immune response (meaning that even vaccinated animals can catch things they have been vaccinated against if their immune response to the vaccine was low). Also, one shot does not fully protect; usually you have to get the shots boostered at least once (depending on the age of the animal, for young puppies it is sometimes suggested to continue to booster until they are 16 weeks old; though I don't know how old your puppies are or where they were in their vaccine series).

The best thing to do would be to keep her quarantined from her brother and any areas where her brother has been. Parvo can live in the environment for YEARS if it is porous (such as outside in the dirt). Clean any items they have shared thoroughly with bleach: blankets, toys, bowls, etc.

I would hate for your other puppy to catch it. I'm sure you're already aware, but the virus is devastating and it really takes a toll on the puppies. There's no cure for it, so all you can do is offer fluid support and treat them symptomatically to make them comfortable as the virus runs its course. It's really, really rough, and I'm so sorry that you're dealing with this. We treat it occasionally at my work and it's so hard to watch the poor animals feel so awful while we help them towards recovery.

That being said, is there any way that I could donate? I know how expensive this can get. :( Our last parvo case had to stay a week and the bill was over $1,000 after all the treatments/fluids/etc they received.

Also, I don't know what area you live in or if these are viable options for you; but some vet offices around here take outside lines of credit. There's a couple different "popular" ones around here, the most common being Care Credit or ScratchPay. It's basically like a line of credit used specifically for vet offices. They take a look at your credit score and then decide how much they can offer for you; you use that to pay the vet, and then have a certain amount of time to pay back the money (sometimes you get a couple months interest free), like paying off a credit card. Again, I don't know if these are viable options for you, but it might be something to look into if you can't raise the money quickly enough. Since the vet office will be getting paid immediately, they shouldn't have too much of a problem with it (hopefully).

Yes, I know. They've had their second round of vaccinations and are scheduled for their third round on the 16th. The vet put her on preventative care, she's on anti-nausea medication and antibiotics to handle any secondary infections but is still asymptomatic (normal stools, normal behavior, no vomiting).

I've done plenty of research about parvo and everything since he first started showing signs of nausea (even when he was first getting sick he didn't have diarrhea and we thought it was potentially something else), we're about to move and we're not sure where it came from since they haven't interacted with any other dogs and only go outside to be leash trained and to my in-laws. Though it's possible that someone carried it on their shoes and he got exposed to it in that way.


As of this morning he's been left at the vet because he took a turn for the worse and started vomiting water and Pedialyte. They're giving him subcutaneous injections at the moment (he's too dehydrated for an IV) and they'll be trying an IV line later tonight after more subcutaneous injections.


I don't have any credit history (never had a loan or debt) because no one told me it was important to accrue debt growing up so I'm a little screwed in that regard. ;;


But if you'd like to donate, my paypal is maxxmissions[at]gmail.com but only if you're super comfortable with it. ;;

If I remember what my vet said correctly isn't Parvo the virus that can live in the ground for up to 10 year's or something? In that case it wouldn't even have to be someone tracking it inside could have been picked up simply by eating grass or something :<

Yeah something like that, it's very difficult to get rid of but usually doesn't effect dogs over 6 months as severely. They're just under 3 months and that's likely why it hit him so hard.

Which of course is a sad thing because again with that age the immune system isn't strong enough to fight off the worst effects and causes a somewhat longer recovery compared to a older dog getting it sometimes :<

Oh geeze, yeah.. I never had credit up until I was like, mid 20's? The only reason I even had it was from buying my first car (in which my dad had to co-sign and I had to get the loan based off of his credit history). It's rough not having a credit history, and I'm so sorry that's not an option for you ;n; I wish it was something more people talked about, but most parents/elders just yell at you for getting a credit card when you're young because they don't want you to damage your credit.. instead, they should be teaching people to build good credit, because you really need it later in life when you want to buy things like a house or car!

Also, sorry for the vet spam; I've just seen waaay too many cases where an animal gets sick and the vets don't educate the owners enough? Parvo is just so contagious that it really scares me when folks have multiple animals in the home. I really hope your other baby doesn't catch it. Hopefully her immune system will be better and she'll be able to fight off anything she comes in contact with.

And yes, absolutely! As I said, I know how pricey this can get. I work at a vet office and hospitalization tends to rack up debt pretty fast :c But it really means a lot to me to see responsible owners like you who care enough about your babies to put them first and try to get the best care that you can for them~ I'll be sure to donate what I can, and have also signal boosted your journal. Hopefully it helps!

Ugh seriously, I'm so fucked on things because of that. It's ridiculous and it's even harder ever since the recession around 2007-ish when the housing market collapsed. :/ Now banks are way more paranoid about giving out loans so getting started is like pulling teeth.

I'm thinking her immune system is doing better or the second round of shots kicked in better for her. From my reading, if her brother makes it through he should also be naturally immunized and not be at risk of getting it again (or at least not at risk for some time). I'm about to bleach their kennels down and the floors to prevent contamination because we do go visit my in-laws and they have two chihuahuas (one of which is an itty bitty teacup) and we wouldn't want to spread it there.

Thank you so much for the advice, what you're able to donate, and the boost. It means a lot to have support while all of this is happening. ;;

I hope everything works out soon for you. It's always tough to have to sell characters but your art is wonderful and you have a great set of fans! I'm interested in purchasing Annabelle from you but I don't have Notes enabled. Is there another way to get in touch with you (Twitter, Telegram, Discord, email)?

Yeah! My Discord is Bourbon.#4605

Sad to say its a tight time for me to but I've dropped some signal boosts into telegram groups I'm apart of, hope it helps and your pupper gets better!

Yeah the timing is just the worst. ;; Everyone has bills to pay, and there were a couple of furry cons this weekend. Thank you so much for helping by boosting.