How to deal with dog fever

1. The best way is to send the dog to the doctor immediately. After all, many dog ​​owners are not professional doctors and cannot give their dogs correct treatment. If your dog is found to have a fever, he should be sent to the hospital immediately.
2. If you are temporarily unable to go to the hospital, you can physically cool down your dog first. You can wipe the dog's body with warm water, or apply an ice pack to the dog's belly. Apply it for one minute and take it off. Apply it again after a period of time, and repeat several times.
3. You can first feed the dog some antipyretic drugs. Aspirin and Tylenol are commonly used now.

Causes of dog fever

1. Dogs catch a cold and have a fever. Colds are usually accompanied by coughs, runny noses, etc. If you find out, you need to help your dog get treatment in time.
2. Inflammation in the body can also cause fever in dogs. Common inflammations include enteritis, pneumonia or severe skin infections.
3. Fever caused by infectious diseases, such as canine distemper, canine parvovirus, etc.
4. If the body of a female dog after giving birth to puppies is insufficient in calcium, it will cause the female dog to have a high fever or convulsions.

Symptoms of dog fever

1. Temperature must be the main basis for dog fever. The normal body temperature of dogs is between 37.5 and 38.5 degrees, and puppies will A bit higher, and if the dog's temperature exceeds 39.5 degrees, it means that it really has a fever.
2. If your dog is always active and active, but suddenly finds that it is listless and not as lively and active as usual, it may be that the dog is in a state of discomfort at this time.
3. If the dog suddenly loses its appetite and licks the food a few times and then walks away, then the dog may have a physical problem.

Precautions for dogs with fever

1. Let your dog drink more water to promote urination and lower body temperature.
2. Dogs with fever must eat a light diet.