What are the symptoms of low fever in dogs?

Symptoms of low fever in dogs

1. No spirit

Generally, dogs are active, like to pester their owners, and are very sensitive to movements around them. When a dog has a low fever, it will be the exact opposite. It will suddenly become very quiet, listless, and lie motionless all day long. When the owner calls it, its response will be very slow, or even no response.

2. No appetite

Dogs are delicious, and they can eat the food they like no matter how much the owner feeds them. But this is not the case for a dog with a low fever. It will have no appetite to eat, and even if it is the most delicious food in front of it, it will only take one or two bites at most.

3. More eye mucus

Healthy dogs have piercing eyes, and there is little eye droppings in the corners of the eyes. However, when a dog has a low-grade fever, the eyes will have obvious symptoms, such as empty eyes, redder than usual, and more eye droppings in the corners of the eyes.

4. Fever

The dog's foot pads and belly will be hot. You can touch the dog's ears, foot pads and belly to see if they are hot. If these places feel hot to the touch, you can use alcohol to wipe the dog to dissipate heat.

Treatment for Low-Fever in Dogs

1. Put the dog in a ventilated place, give the dog a lot of water, and urinating more can take away part of the body heat.

2. Wrap the ice cubes with a veil and place them where the dog sleeps.

3. Spray alcohol on the dog's four paws to cool down.

4. Massage the nose, massage the whole body, promote blood circulation and ventilate, which is helpful to the treatment.

5. Wash the dog's face with cold water, no matter the cold winter or hot summer, it has a miraculous effect on preventing colds.

6. Boil water and place it next to the dog, let it breathe steam, twice a day to speed up recovery.

7. If the dog has a fever of more than 40 degrees, it needs to be taken to the pet hospital for fever reduction.