I am sorry to hear Benji is poorly, and I hope he is feeling better soon.

Keep up the water, even if you have to keep using the syringe and don't expect him to have a full appetite at first when he perks up.

A friend of mine's little staffie had something similar a couple of months ago ... there seems to be an awful lot of this going around. Has the vet had a lot of this being reported? My friend was wondering if it was related to the recent stay by travellers in the area where she walks her dog. I was also wondering if it was something being caught from the fox population.

Stephanie