anemic? What do I do?

[jkb4429]

Hello

Well , I have a small problem on my hands. I have a new boxer puppy who is anemic. She had a pcv at 11 or so. Well, she was going to get a blood transfusion, but suddenly her blood shot up to 21 %. Well, I feed her what the vet suggests, iron supplements, and liver. I took her in the other day and she still has only a pcv of 21%. It has been 3 weeks and olny a small improvement. She is around 7 weeks old and is about 8 pounds. very small in my opinion. She has mad great improvemtns , but I am still worried. I would appreciate any advice.
thanks
Jason

 

[Krikkit]

Jason, I'm sorry your girl has these problems :( I don't know anything about anemia but a web search brought up these articles which might help:

http://www.geocities.com/aihadogs/

http://www.vetinfo.com/dimhanemia.html

http://www.peteducation.com/nutrition/iron.htm

http://www.holisticdog.org/Symptoms/A_B_C/a_b_c.html#Anemia

http://www.vetnet.co.uk/aiha/aiha_dog2.html

http://www.golden-retriever.com/dodds.html

http://www.peteducation.com/dogs/auto_hem_anemia.htm


Wishing you all the best - take care.

Sharon