Has the vet indicated any other options for this problem?

With liquid, I have put it into wet food.

Or I have sprinkled antibiotic in the capsule form over canned food
which was harder to detect in this way.

Is the amount too much for your particular cat? The stuff does get cats
naueous.

my red one recently suffered a claw injury he got  climbing up a tree when
he got scared (normally indoor cat, on a leash at summer place when scared
by dogs)
the claw wasn't gone, but the "claw capsule" (don't know the English but you
get what I mean?) was fractured, one week passed before we realised he was
really hurt, started smelling a bit from infection - he was moving about and
using his paw just fine, no limping and no picking at it.
Vet took one look at it and said it had to be cleaned and rinsed, so he had
an op within the hour. Did your vet do any cleaning at all, i.e. getting rid
of all the possibly remaining hurt part and rinsing away bacteria/infection?
As I understand this *needs* to be done.
The smell would most certainly suggest the infection is not gone. The red
one went back for check-up last Friday and the vet looked at his paw and
then proceeded to sniff it to make sure - looks kind of funny when the human
does the sniffing ...
Anyway all was good and the antibiotics was stopped, he took them for a
week, he also had some other pills the first few days against swelling and
pain to the bone.
I would definitely bring the cat back - maybe to another vet?
The antibiotics we got was pills that could be mixed with the food - "liver
flavour" it said on the pack.
Good luck!

This is common when cats (or humans) take antibiotics.  Get some
acidolpholus capsules at a health food store.  Make sure that they are
capsules and are kept refrigerated.  Open a capsule and mix the powder
with canned food (it has NO taste). This would stop the diarrhea within
24 hours.

                 ---MIKE---

Healing correctly is not the immediate concern- preventing bacteremia and
sepsis is the first priority.

He's foaming from the mouth from the liquid medication- ask your vet to
prescribe pills.  You can make pilling much less stressful for him (and you)
by using a Pill Popper:

http://www.maxshouse.com/instruments+equipment/pillpopper.jpg

Just make sure to pop the pill into the laryngopharynx so it doesn't
dissolve in his mouth and he can't smell or taste it.  He's a diagram of how
to easily and quickly pill a cat with minimal stress:

http://www.maxshouse.com/Medicating_Your_Cat.htm

You can use a pill popper instead of your fingers to get the pill as far
back as possible.

Don't chase or call him to pill- let him come to you or pick him up when
he's sleeping- cats are more cooperative when the just wake up and still a
little groggy.  Pet his head gently for a minute or two while holding the
pill popper in your other hand.  In one, swift continuous motion, open his
mouth by gently by squeezing the joint between his upper and lower jaw with
your thumb and middle finger, slide the pill popper into the back of his
mouth and press the plunger to pop the pill.  Have an oral syringe with
water ready to make sure the pill clears his esophagus.  Insert the syringe
between the teeth and the buccal wall through the little gap just behind his
canine teeth (diastema). Administer the water slowly so he doesn't choke.

http://www.maxshouse.com/anatomy/mandible__right__medial_view.jpg

You might also want to try giving him a little water in this way after the
liquid amoxi to see it helps him tolerate the liquid med a little better
before opting for the pills.

If all else fails, ask your vet to show you how to administer the amoxi
injectable subcutaneously.  This is probably the easiest route of all for
both of you.  SC injections are easy and painless because the meds are
injected just under the skin and not into the muscle.

Unfortunately, diarrhea is fairly common side affect of the penicillin
class of drugs because it alters gut flora (antibiotic-associated
diarrhea).  If it doesn't subside in a few days, ask your vet if he can
prescribe a different class of antibiotic.

Best of luck,

Phil.

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The avulsed claw probably needs to be surgically removed, the wound
cleaned and stitched.  I wouldn't mess around with it any more - it's
infected - get him into the vet and get it taken care of.  If he can't
tolerate liquid antibiotics, ask for pills.    There are options other
than amoxicillin for him.

Good luck,
-L.

Odour from a wound is definitely not a good sign. Get to the
veterinarian post-haste. If you don't think he/she is doing the right
thing, get a second opinion.

Great! While you're on a roll, you might as well get the other 19
removed as well.  Something you should have done a long time ago.
Grey is an indoor cat by your own admission. He doesn't need his claws
anymore. They offer him no other benefits, and they spell nothing but
'destruction' for your home. Why do you allow him to keep them?

                        IBen