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My dog is thin, vomiting, and has gray stool. What can I do at home?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male | unneutered | 2 months and 26 days old | 7.17 lbs

My dog WangSo is getting thin. His stool is grayish and smelly. He also vomitting, we cant bring him to the vet, cause we dont have money right now. :( Im very worried

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Answered By Jenny, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on August 13th, 2017

Being so young with those symptoms you do need to worry about parvo. This is a contagious virus that typically requires hospitalization. The only thing you can do at home is try to keep fluids in him to maintain hydration. You can use chicken broth, Gatorade or pedialyte. You can try feeding boiled chicken and rice. They do make a probiotic for dogs you can get at a pet store that can help with diarrhea. If he has not been dewormed you can also purchase that at a pet store to treat him for that in case he has those also.

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