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My unvaccinated 4-month-old puppies have parvo. Should I see a vet?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 4 months and 9 days old | 7 lbs

My puppies have parvo infection.2 of them died,2 are still fighting and the rest didn't show any symptoms other than a little loss of appetite.They are 4 months old and haven't received any vaccine other than Rabies.Kindly suggest me what to do now.

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on March 19th, 2017

I'm sorry that you've lost two puppies to parvo! Take the two sick ones into a vet immediately. As you are unfortunately seeing, parvo is fatal, and the best chance of survival is intensive care with the vet. Parvo is highly contagious, and the loss of appetite can be a sign that the other puppies also have it. I would have them seen by a vet immediately as well for a parvo snap test to diagnose if they do have parvo or not. If they do, they should be treated by the vet as well.

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