Hi,
my 11 week old puppy has puppy strangles.
This was firstly misdiagnosed and he was given treatment for an infection (an injection) then two days later he was able to start his treatment for the strangles.
He is currently taking a steroid, antibiotic and pain medication and looks to be improving. He has another 4.5 weeks on the steroids, slowly lowering the dosage.
Our vet wants to give him his second vaccinations on Friday (he will have been taking these steroids for 4-5 days)
The vet says this can make the vaccine less effective, but he feels that it’s more important that our pup is socialising and walking to improve his joints etc.
Just wondering what people’s opinions of this are?
The little information I have found online, the vets have waited for the steroids to leave the system before vaccinating. I don’t want to take him out and him get sick again with his weakened immune system, however I am happy to trust the vet seeing as I’m just a pet owner..
my 11 week old puppy has puppy strangles.
This was firstly misdiagnosed and he was given treatment for an infection (an injection) then two days later he was able to start his treatment for the strangles.
He is currently taking a steroid, antibiotic and pain medication and looks to be improving. He has another 4.5 weeks on the steroids, slowly lowering the dosage.
Our vet wants to give him his second vaccinations on Friday (he will have been taking these steroids for 4-5 days)
The vet says this can make the vaccine less effective, but he feels that it’s more important that our pup is socialising and walking to improve his joints etc.
Just wondering what people’s opinions of this are?
The little information I have found online, the vets have waited for the steroids to leave the system before vaccinating. I don’t want to take him out and him get sick again with his weakened immune system, however I am happy to trust the vet seeing as I’m just a pet owner..