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I'm glad to hear he's coming around Skip. It is very possible he was born with the Babesia parasite. Hopefully you'll get some answers soon.

Wouldn't hurt to read up on it though, good info here on this site as well as Merck and other sites.

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[skip11]

Thanks. I really hope they can pin point the exact cause because it's just really weird. I don't think he's born with babesia because none of the dogs from the kennel ever had babesia. I will keep you guys updated.

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Babesia is hard to find when a dog doesn't have symptoms. You can test every dog in a kennel and get false negatives. Stress one out and boom, there it is.

There is absolutely no way to know if a kennel is 100% babesia free. Babesia has been found in every red blood cell organism on earth.

He may not have it, but it wouldn't be surprising if he did.

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[skip11]

Ya that's true, kinda hard to know if they don't show any symptoms. So we brought Achilles home. His fever has gone down and body temp has been stable for 2 days. He's still weak but moving around. Doxy is continued for another 2.5 weeks and metrodinazole for another 5 days. Also med to help increase his RBC. I hope he makes full recovery. Another blood work is coming up in 2 weeks, so let's hope his hematology is back to normal by then.

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Did they run a Babesia test?

[skip11]

They're running a PCR and blood smear test right now. Just waiting on the results. Supposedly this will help confirm if he has babesia or any sort of blood parasite or not.

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His Coombs' test is negative as well.

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He's full of energy today. I know we're supposed to limit his activity but it's practically impossible with him being a house dog lol. Ended up taking him out for a short walk to empty. I will not be doing any intense exercises (springpole, jumping, etc.) with him for about 2-3 months or maybe less depending on his test results.

[S_B]

Sounds good Skip, glad to hear it. Keep your boy stress free, you don't want yet another relapse.

Let us know on that test. Keep up the good work!

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[skip11]

Thanks! Yes I'm trying to give him just enough exercise so that he doesn't go crazy in the house but still low-ish intensity so he doesn't get any physical stress in the body. I figure if I just chain him up (he has a 4.5m chain from the backyard that reaches just the inside of the house), he'll get mentally stressed even more because he can't do anything. He's the type that doesn't do anything when he's chained up + he's the only dog right now so he'll get bored. When he's free in the house he's biting everything pillow, shoes, furnitures and humping the pillows too. You know how it is with these dogs when they're not tired.