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bad case of Rickets!!!!

Bluetick pup I sold has a really bad case of rickets. Front legs are bowed bad.


what works the best to cure this?

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Had one with rickets got him some vitamins and he staightend up. You can get them at most tractor supply or feed stores.

rickets

vitamins a and d plus calicum

Also lots of sun light.
Switch feed to a low cal large breed puppy food, and less of it to reduce weight and a chance for his bones to catch up

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poor guy looks like he's in rough shape. practically walking on his forearms it looks like.

He said he's been giving him calcium pills, cod liver oil, and purina puppy chow for about 1.5-2 months now and it looks like its gotten worse

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Usually Cod liver oil and sunlight will straighten them out.
This pup had a slight case when he was 8 weeks old and he straightened out. Running loose and/or getting plenty of exercise also helps.

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What about taking him to a Veterinarian? I bet the guy who spent 100,000 plus dollars for an education can suggest something!

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I had a pup to get them and I called my personal vet he told me to feed a can a day of jack mackere for 3 daysl and it worked wonders. Sounds crazy but it worked

Cod liver oil should take care of it.

Rickets

Rickets is a disease of the bony growth plate and thus only affects young, growing animals. The most common causes are dietary insufficiencies of phosphorus or vitamin D. Calcium deficiencies can also cause rickets, and while this rarely occurs naturally, poorly balanced diets deficient in calcium have been said to cause the disease. As in most diets causing osteodystrophies, the abnormal calciumhosphorus ratio is most likely the cause.

Animals fed all-meat diets are commonly affected. Kittens fed beef heart exclusively develop locomotor disturbances within 4 wk, even though the high content of digestible protein (>50% on a weight basis) and fat promotes rapid growth, the animals appear well nourished, and their coat maintains a good luster. The predominant clinical signs are reluctance to move, posterior lameness, and ataxia. The kittens often stand with characteristic deviation of the paws. The skeletal disease becomes progressively more severe after 5–14 wk. The kittens become quiet and reluctant to play; they assume a sitting position or sternal recumbency with the hindlimbs abducted. Normal activities may result in the sudden onset of severe lameness due to incomplete or folding fractures of one or more bones. Lameness is the initial functional disturbance in growing dogs and may vary from a slight limp to inability to walk. The bones are painful on palpation, and folding fractures of long bones and vertebrae are common.

Swine kept in confined housing are susceptible to rickets because of their rapid growth rate combined with lack of exposure to sunlight. Furthermore, diets for market swine are formulated to maximize growth of lean muscle mass with little consideration of requirements for bone formation.

Diets with excessive amounts of calcium (three times normal concentrations) have caused rickets-like signs in growing Great Danes. Several other bone pathologies such as retained cartilaginous cores, osteochondrosis, and stunted growth were seen in these dogs as well.


Treatment

Correction of the diet is the primary treatment for rickets. The prognosis is good in the absence of pathologic fractures or irreversible damage to the physes. If the animals are housed, exposure to sunlight (ultraviolet radiation) will also increase production of vitamin D3 precursors.

Many homemade diets for dogs are deficient in minerals and have altered calciumhosphorus ratios. Therefore, a high-quality commercial food, or one designed by a credentialed veterinary nutritionist, is recommended.

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Rickets

Vets told me cod liver oil, Teaspoon a day.

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Originally posted by MIKE CARDER
What about taking him to a Veterinarian? I bet the guy who spent 100,000 plus dollars for an education can suggest something!

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Give the puppy MSM (1000mg), Cod Liver Oil and Vit C (work up to 1000mg).. Put the puppy on an adult formula food with calcium under 1.5% and Phos under 1%. You do not want them on concrete. I have danes and it's a common thing that happens if fed the wrong food usually.

Rickets and Adults

Being an adult..and not a young one who suffered from a Vit. D Deficiency a few yrs ago... adults actually can get it so I would Have to assume older dawgs can too? IN adult humans it is Osteomalacia. It really stinks to get it too.... I was miserably sick for months thanx to this... and now I take all sorts of vitamins and minerals and get lots of bloodwork.
It is important at any age that our critters and humans get exercise, some sunshine everyday possible in season (in some areas Vit D from sun is limited to certain times of yr) and also a diet rich in Vit D, Calcium etc.. from food sourses when possible and supplements if needed.
Thankfully if a dawg or any animal gets sufficient Vit D and calcium when young and growing... it sets you up for a Healthier old age. I refused milk... a good source of vit. D. Big Oops....
Hope the pup is well soon and grows to a happy healthy coondawg!

HappyHunting, Heather

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Cod Liver Oil

I have always used Cod Liver Oil,always worked for me.

Had a couple of pups have this problem over the years. Vet said a concrete pen does not help either. I put the pups in a grass pen and gave calcium tablets and cod liver oil. Both pups were fine in a few days to a week.

No need for a huge Veterinarian bill. 2 cc's of Cod Liver Oil twice a day, sunlight and let it run loose as much as possible and it will go away. I've had one with Rickets and that straightened him right out.