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Having same experience, if they follow humans then it age. UGU
Vinnie
Having same experience, if they follow humans then it age. UGU
Vinnie
Any comments/suggestions
Having same experience, if they follow humans then it age. UGU
Vinnie
He made a good call with the antibiotics. It is often easier for bets to treat what may be the problem than to wait for confirm from an unwilling patient. Let us know how that goes.
How long does the antibiotic regime last? We used to wrap pills with a little flat cheese and squish it into a small ball shape which made administering the pills easier.
I've tried this before with varying degrees of failure. Usually the cat would eat the food and leave the pill. That's why I prefer the liquid antibiotics. Squirt in mouth or mix in food.
6 Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of closet. Call spouse from backyard. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.
7.Retrieve cat from curtain rod, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered Doulton figures from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.
I've tried this before with varying degrees of failure. Usually the cat would eat the food and leave the pill. That's why I prefer the liquid antibiotics. Squirt in mouth or mix in food.
Liquid and transdermal gel are the only way to go if you want to retain your sanity .
I've tried this before with varying degrees of failure. Usually the cat would eat the food and leave the pill. That's why I prefer the liquid antibiotics. Squirt in mouth or mix in food.
How long does the antibiotic regime last? We used to wrap pills with a little flat cheese and squish it into a small ball shape which made administering the pills easier.
I've tried this before with varying degrees of failure. Usually the cat would eat the food and leave the pill. That's why I prefer the liquid antibiotics. Squirt in mouth or mix in food.
The vet said about 5 days, but gave us 7 days of pills....
Depending on the type of infection, she may need a longer regimen. I remembered when one of ours started peeing outside the box, the regular urine tests showed nothing...they grew a culture and it was an e-coli infection. IIRC she was on 2 10 or 14 day regimens before the infection was licked. In her later years she did the same thing but after ruling out infections, senility/dementia was diagnosed.
Just my 2 cents, but I'm very surprised your vet didn't recommend urine tests.
Texas Proud said:He tried to get a sample when we were in there.... but the cat did not cooperate... he said we should get one, but when I asked if it would make a difference, he seemed to indicate it would not if she had an infection... giving her the meds did not seem to be bad if she did not... it was my decision to go the way we are....
We will try this and see what happens... so far, she seems to be back to the litter box as we have her there when we are not with her.... so we still would not have a sample for him to check...
If it does come to him definitely needing a sample, there is some special litter that he should have for you to use that "holds" the liquid in it so they can test it. My sister has used it before, but I'm not sure of the name. Her vet gave it to her.
He tried to get a sample when we were in there.... but the cat did not cooperate... he said we should get one, but when I asked if it would make a difference, he seemed to indicate it would not if she had an infection... giving her the meds did not seem to be bad if she did not... it was my decision to go the way we are....
We will try this and see what happens... so far, she seems to be back to the litter box as we have her there when we are not with her.... so we still would not have a sample for him to check...
My former vet preferred to extract the urine rather than have me bring in a sample due to potential contamination of my sample. I didn't like the idea at first and resisted, but gave in after a few times.
And how did he extract I saw him squeezing the cat and thought that is what he was trying to do.....
Like blood...they put a needle into the bladder and voila, they have uncontaminated urine. There must be some pee in the bladder, of course.
Like blood...they put a needle into the bladder and voila, they have uncontaminated urine. There must be some pee in the bladder, of course.
Yup. My vet does this. Not painful for the cat and not expensive for me.
Another observation... ...over the years, our girls had a few infections, but I don't recall less than 10 or 14 days of antibiotics. More recently, one of our girls was put on antibiotics for 'just in case' (can't find reason for occasional blood in stool) and it was for 10 days.
I think I misspoke earlier in the thread.... he did not give me 5 days of medication, but 14 days.... he said we should see results in 5 days...
Now that my wife and kids have left for a vacation, I am the lucky one who has to give her the pills without any help... it does NOT look good for me...
But, she does seem to have recovered and is now going to the litter box... so the results so far look promising...