Hi Therese,
I would be doing research on treating Giardia & research treating Heartworm, I would treat & get rid of Lucy’s Giarda first then wait 1 month re test poo’s to make sure the Giardia is all gone, if not you’ll need to do another round of Panacur C to kill the Giardia & a round of Metronidazole to kill any bad bacteria in stomach & bowel, then when the Giardia is all gone wait a month again make sure her poos have firmed up & stay firm everyday then re test her poo’s again to see if the Giardia has gone…. Is her vet a good vet, is he treating her Giardia? some vets become attached to their patients & are really good, if you feel her vet isn’t really good look for another vet in the area, a busy vet practice normally have very good vets….
Lucy is in a bad way & needs to heal her stomach & bowel first to become healthy enough to handle the Heartworm treatment….
70% of our immune system is in the gut, a healthy gut is a healthy dog….
once all her antibotic treatment is finished for the Giardia & her Giardia has gone then start giving Purina “Forti Floria:” probiotic, a few dog probiotics were tested & “Forti Floria” had live cultures & came 1st best dog probiotic, you can give probiotic 3 hours before you give antibiotics or 3 hours after you’ve given antibiotics….or just wait till course of antibiotics is finished, Probiotics help stop diarrhea, until the Giardia is treated she’ll have diarrhea..
With the boiled rice buy the short grain rice, it’s a short fat grain rice with rounded corners or there’s long grain rice it’s long skinny rice with pointy corners. Hills use the short grain rice in their I/d Intestinal Health wet canned vet formula’s, you have to over boil the rice so the rice swells & it’s gluggy & there’s no sharp corner’s on the rice like the long grain rice has…..cause her bowel is irritated from having Giardia & diarrhea at the moment boiled rice can irritate her bowel more causing more diarrhea, this happened with my boy, but she might be OK with boiled rice, some dogs are but if she’s not then try boiled potatoes instead like I’ve suggested in my first post…..
Crazy4Cats has dealt & with Giardia & it’s hard to get rid of….
