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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2006Rosie has acne
This morning an abscess broke open under Rosie's chin. A trip to the vet resulted in the diagnosis of acne with a secondary infection. The problem spots were drained and flushed and we brought her home with some medicated wipes and Clavamox drops. I tried to give her the drops, but she shook her head and most of it splattered on her face and who knows where else. I don't think she got much if any. Any hints on how to get her to take her medicine and purrs for healing would be appreciated. Thanks, Annie and Rosie > This morning an abscess broke open under Rosie's chin. A trip to the vet > resulted in the diagnosis of acne with a secondary infection. The problem [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Annie and Rosie Lots and lots of purrs on the way for Rosie to heal quickly. Are you using an eyedropper or syringe to give the Clavamox? I have more success with a syringe than I do the eyedropper. I can get it in there faster ;) Sam is currently taking Clavamox pills. I wish they'd given me the liquid because he'll hide a pill for what seems like hours and wait until my head is turned and spit it out. Lacey on the other hand, slings liquid medication everywhere!! When she had that bad URI she had dried pink medicine all over her white chest. It took a week to get it all cleaned up. That girl I'd rather give pills. Each one is a little different. Good luck and lots of purrs, Julie, Hobbes, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus > Lots and lots of purrs on the way for Rosie to heal quickly. Are you > using an eyedropper or syringe to give the Clavamox? > Good luck and lots > of purrs, > Julie, Hobbes, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus I was using the eyedropper that came with the medicine. Today I went to the store and got some Fancy Feast salmon food and mixed the evening dose of the medicine in a little bit of food. Rosie gobbled it down. Of course, Cinder also had to have some of the new food (without medicine, of course). I hope I can get them to go back to their boring regular food when the medicine is gone. I just can't tell you how thrilled and relieved I was to read that Sam came through the surgery so well. Annie > This morning an abscess broke open under Rosie's chin. A trip to the > vet resulted in the diagnosis of acne with a secondary infection. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Annie and Rosie Purrs on the way for Rosie.  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > This morning an abscess broke open under Rosie's chin. A trip to the vet > resulted in the diagnosis of acne with a secondary infection. You know that using plastic food/water dishes can cause acne? sorry if I'm trying to teach my grandmother to suck eggs. Since I found that out, my two have stainless steel dishes only and washed after every meal, that's to say, they have a fresh dish for every meal even if they haven't quite finished the last one, which goes in the chicken bucket. The chickens just *love* a bit of left-over cat food. It's amusing to see a chicken that notices a chunk of cat food amongst the layers pellets. She will snatch it up and run for it, immediately alerting the others who are not so stupid that they don't realise she's discovered something special and chase her to try and snatch it out of her beak. She can only try to eat it as quickly as she can, otherwise she is mugged. ;-) Tweed > You know that using plastic food/water dishes can cause acne? sorry > if I'm trying to teach my grandmother to suck eggs. LOL, I haven't heard that expression before. Does it mean "telling you something you already know"? Joyce > > You know that using plastic food/water dishes can cause acne? sorry > > if I'm trying to teach my grandmother to suck eggs. > > LOL, I haven't heard that expression before. Does it mean "telling you > something you already know"? Sort of, but it really means that I suspect you have as much/more knowledge as me, so if I offer this advice, sorry if you know it already. Tweed >> This morning an abscess broke open under Rosie's chin. A trip to the vet >> resulted in the diagnosis of acne with a secondary infection. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Tweed Hm, I just realized what I can do with some unappreciated cat food we have around. Involves the large flock of wild chickens up by the movie theatre. Jo >>> This morning an abscess broke open under Rosie's chin. A trip to the >>> vet resulted in the diagnosis of acne with a secondary infection. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Jo They will love you for it! However, don't give them dry cat food unless you soak it first. Wet food they will just gobble down fine. It will give them much needed protein if they are wild and just scratching a living. Meat protein makes their feathers strong to withstand bad weather. Tweed > You know that using plastic food/water dishes can cause acne? sorry if > I'm trying to teach my grandmother to suck eggs. > Since I found that out, my two have stainless steel dishes only and washed > after every meal... > Tweed LOL. I think sucking eggs is one skill I can live my entire life and not regret never having done it. I've heard about the plastic dish problem. The water dish is ceramic and the food dishes are stainless steel. The dishes are washed immediately after a meal of wet food, but they like to nibble on the dry food, so it is not all eaten immediately. However, those dishes are also washed before the next use. Rosie has been with us almost 7 years, and this is the first time she's had this problem. Maybe she's regressing to be a teenager? Annie >> You know that using plastic food/water dishes can cause acne? sorry if >> I'm trying to teach my grandmother to suck eggs. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Rosie has been with us almost 7 years, and this is the first time she's > had this problem. Maybe she's regressing to be a teenager? I think some cats are just very susceptible to chin acne. Molly came with a chin all scabbed from it. I used to clean her chin in the evening with a soft toothbrush with Neosporin. It was the only way I could get it "rubbed in" Jo .... Molly came with a chin all scabbed from it. I used to clean her chin in the evening with a soft toothbrush with Neosporin. It was the only way I could get it "rubbed > in" Jo Rosie might go for the soft toothbrush idea once the abscess heals. Meanwhile, I have to rub her chin with Malaseb Pledgets, which she does not like because it hurts her. I hope she'll at least let me dab it, but she's barely speaking to me now. (sigh). Annie > This morning an abscess broke open under Rosie's chin. A trip to the vet > resulted in the diagnosis of acne with a secondary infection. The problem [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Annie and Rosie Poor Rosie. "Take the icky drops to get better" purrs on the way. SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe > I tried to give her the drops, but she shook her head and most of it > splattered on her face and who knows where else. I don't think she got much > if any. The last few years, Frank used to do this with his thyroid meds. I'd squirt it into his mouth and he would look like he swallowed it, but then he would wrench free, run off and shake his head all the while. I still find the white stuff spattered on my furniture. Purrs that you and Rosie will find a way. Take your medicine, Rosie! SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > Any hints on how to get her to take her medicine and purrs for > healing would be appreciated. Purrs for Rosie's infection. Giving liquid meds to some cats is so totally hard! Like Julie said, I find it easier to do with a 1 ml syringe. It's thin enough to slip between the back molars so even if she won't open her mouth, it will go in. Keeping it in is another story. LOL What I hate is when they taste it, and the mouth all foams up. That's how Rhett is. He does well on tablet form of Clavamox, but Shamrock can only take the liquid because the tablets upset his tummy. His mouth foams up, too, at first, but after a few days he sort of gets used to it. Clavamox is meant to be taken with food, so I would give it to him just before eating, when he's good and hungry so that even the taste in his mouth wouldn't stop him from his dinner. Best wishes. Medicating a cat is such a pain. And, mostly literally! SignatureCheryl > Purrs for Rosie's infection. ... Medicating a cat is such a pain. And, > mostly > literally! > Cheryl Cheryl, I'd consider you an expert on medicating cats. So far, I've got Rosie to take her Clavamox in a dab of Fancy Feast salmon food, but tonight she let me know she's on to me and turned up her nose at first. After I coaxed her, she ate most of it. I think I'll try it in some milk next. I've never given her milk, but I bought some lactose free milk to see how she does and gave her a little. I've never had to do anything to hurt Rosie before, and now she acts like she doesn't trust me. Annie > I've never had to do anything to hurt Rosie before, and now she acts like > she doesn't trust me. Most cats do get over it. They seem to be able to tell when you are trying to help and forgive eventually. Hope that is true of Rosie. Jo > Most cats do get over it. They seem to be able to tell when you are > trying to help and forgive eventually. Hope that is true of Rosie. > Jo Rosie and I have a special relationship. As I've mentioned before, she is a former feral and it took some time to earn her trust in order to trap her and to tame her after I trapped her. I know she can carry a grudge, because a couple of months after I trapped her, we had to evacuate for a hurricane. I was able to touch her and she really liked bumping heads, but she was not ready to be picked up. But, we had to leave. The hurricane was headed our way and predicted to land shortly. Getting Rosie into a travel crate was traumatic for us all. We backed her into a corner and Jim threw a towel over her and shoved her into a travel crate. I'll never forget her screams of fear. Fortunately for us, the hurricane changed its course at the last minute, but the rain did catch us on the road. It took us 8 hours to go 200 miles. We were in a motel one night and came home the next day. Rosie forgave me immediately, but she would have nothing to do with Jim for three months. Annie > Cheryl, > I'd consider you an expert on medicating cats. So far, I've got > Rosie to take her Clavamox in a dab of Fancy Feast salmon food, > but tonight she let me know she's on to me and turned up her > nose at first. After I coaxed her, she ate most of it. Now that I think about it, with Shamrock I've only been able to give him liquid meds in a gelcap. He gets daily Clomicalm in a gelcap. Our vet doesn't get it that it works, but I remember the last time Shamrock had Clavamox, I put it in gelcaps but it melts them very fast. Faster than Clomicalm. Shamrock's very used to gelcaps. > I think I'll try it in some milk next. I've never given her > milk, but I bought some lactose free milk to see how she does > and gave her a little. > > I've never had to do anything to hurt Rosie before, and now she > acts like she doesn't trust me. I totally understand. Rosie is a former feral like my Bonnie is, IIRC. Even Rhett acts like a feral at times. He is totally terrified of me if I'm wearing shoes, and if I have to catch him for any reason he will run from me for weeks. Same with Bonnie, but Bonnie loves to be pet and stroked, so she forgives me sooner, but only if I don't act threatening to her. SignatureCheryl > Now that I think about it, with Shamrock I've only been able to > give him liquid meds in a gelcap. ...>> ...> Cheryl Hi Cheryl, So far, Rosie is lapping up the Clavamox as long as it is in some sort of juice or gravy from the cat food. She doesn't seem to mind the taste as long as it is sort of disguised. She doesn't like it when I wipe her chin with the medicated pad, but it is not bleeding and doesn't seem to hurt her now. She has stopped wincing when I look at her and is rubbing on me and purring while I type this. Thanks for the encouraging words, and I'll keep the gelcap option in mind. Annie > This morning an abscess broke open under Rosie's chin. A trip to the vet > resulted in the diagnosis of acne with a secondary infection. The problem [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Annie and Rosie Lots of purrs for medicating Rosie, Polonca and Soncek |
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