What should I do if my Samoyed catches a cold? What are the precautions for Samoyeds to catch a cold?

Oct 25,2023
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The main symptoms of Samoyed cold are: depression, loss of appetite or loss of appetite, blurry and tearful eyes, cough, pus-like nasal mucus, accelerated breathing, elevated body temperature, chills and tremors. If not treated in time, it may be complicated by other diseases such as tracheitis and bronchitis. There is also influenza, which is caused by a virus and occurs in an epidemic manner. The main symptom is high fever. So what should I do if my Samoyed catches a cold?

What should I do if my Samoyed catches a cold?

1. Bupleurum injection 1-2 ml, intramuscular injection, 2 times/day.

2. Penicillin 50,000 units/kg body weight, intramuscular injection, 2 times/day.

3. It is best not to use human cold medicine if your Samoyed has a cold. If this is not possible, you can give your dog a small amount of oral Chinese patent medicine isatis root or cold granules.

4. Your Samoyed should rest more, drink more water, and increase nutrition, especially vitamin supplements!

5. If the weather is cold, you should also pay attention to keeping your Samoyed warm to prevent him from getting cold again.

6. It can help Samoyed relieve fever, remove the cause of the disease, and prevent secondary infections.

7. Strengthen the feeding and management of Samoyeds to prevent cold stimulation.

8. Steam-assisted treatment: Boil a cup of ginger water and put it under the Samoyed’s nose. Let it breathe the evaporated water vapor to drive away the cold and speed up recovery.

9. Supplement nutrition. A Samoyed's cold is just like a person's illness. The body is in a weak period, so it needs to supplement more nutrients so that the Samoyed can recover as soon as possible.

10. Feed your Samoyed ginger soup. Everyone knows that ginger soup can dispel colds. Although many Samoyeds may not like the taste of ginger soup, each Samoyed’s situation is different. If you try to feed it, you may catch a cold. At that time, his sense of taste was relatively dull, so he drank it.

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