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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2006clavamox
Hi, I'm currently going through quite a tough time with my nearly 9month old cat, Jean-Luc. He's been to the vet, they've ran some tests, and they're worried that he has a terminal case of FIP. Well, I'm giving him the antibiotics Clavamox that the vet prescribed in the hopes that Jean-Luc has a treatable bacterial infection of some kind. We're nearing day 3 now, and I was just wondering if anybody has used this drug before, and how quickly I should see results. I know that results may simply be due to the improvement of a secondary infection that Jean-Luc took on as a result of being so weak, but I'm just wondering if anyone has any insight. This wait is killing me...poor little guy is just so tired all the time, is anemic, etc. thanks for ANY response wren <u18868@uwe> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: > Hi, I'm currently going through quite a tough time with my nearly > 9month old cat, Jean-Luc. He's been to the vet, they've ran some [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > tired all the time, is anemic, etc. > thanks for ANY response Clavamox does tend to make kitties feel yucky. Even if they're getting better, the appearance is a trade-off for how the medicine makes them feel. Kami sends her purrs to Jean-Luc. Bon Chance!  SignatureMargarita Salt "...practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good... motives are often more important than actions." -- Eleanore Roosevelt > Hi, I'm currently going through quite a tough time with my nearly 9month > old [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > time, is anemic, etc. > thanks for ANY response I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that your kitty doesn't have FIP and it turns out to be something treatable. Clavamox can give kitties diarrhea as can many antibiotics. I suppose they upset the bacterial balance in the gut and that's what does it. None of the cats I've given it to have had that problem though so it doesn't always happen. If the problem is bacterial you should be seeing improvement rather quickly if the Clavamox is the appropriate antibiotic to address the problem. In this case if it's a viral infection causing your cat to be sick the Clavamox probably won't make much difference. I'm including a link for information on FIP. http://www.dr-addie.com/WhatIsFIP.htm Wendy My Pepper can't take Clavamox. She totally loses her appetite. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. Thanks for all the feedback. Last night I noticed that Jean-Luc is spending alot of time in and out of his litterbox, and it looks like he's constipated. I've looked into side effects from clavamox, and diarrhea is listed, not constipation. Also today I've noticed that there are spots on his tummy that hurt when I stroke them. The tip of his tail wags quite a bit too...my common sense tells me that his belly must hurt if he's constipated, but I'm not really sure. I'm waiting for my vet to call me back. I think that today (day 4 of antibiotics) is the day that I should go out and buy a thermometer to take his temperature, and see once and for all if this is FIP or not. Does anyone have any advice on the best way to take his rectal temperature? I've never done it, and I have to admit I am both eagerly awaiting, yet dreading, what I find out. This is all too scary. And sad too. Thanks again for your tips and encouragement, and the website link too. >Thanks for all the feedback. Last night I noticed that Jean-Luc is spending >alot of time in and out of his litterbox, and it looks like he's constipated. Is he urinating? >really sure. I'm waiting for my vet to call me back. I think that today (day >4 of antibiotics) is the day that I should go out and buy a thermometer to >take his temperature, and see once and for all if this is FIP or not. Does >anyone have any advice on the best way to take his rectal temperature? I've >never done it, and I have to admit I am both eagerly awaiting, yet dreading, >what I find out. Oh dear, that might not be easy; he might not sit still enough for you to do that. At the vet's they just sit there when it's being done cause they're probably scared to be there. I think they put something on the thermometer - vaseline? And they hold it in there for quite awhile. Does the vet think your cat has wet or dry FIP? LMR Wet or dry? The vet examined him on thursday morning and said that his abdomen seemed normal, and not showing signs of fluid accumulation, which would be the wet form. So, although the vet isn't even sure, if it is FIP, it's the dry form. I don't know if he's urinating. How can I monitor that? Also, I'm not sure that I should take his temperature if he's constipated. Will that be extremely painful? It took me about 15 minutes tonight to get him to drink water. Thank god he finally did. I've decided that he's only getting wet food from now on (warmed up and with a little added water), due to its high water content. I still don't know what to think about the sensitivity he has on his lower body. This only came up yesterday and today, and it's not so bad that he won't ever let me touch him. It's on occasion that he cries out when I softly pat him on his belly, lower back, or tail, and in a way that he never has before. The vet didn't call me back today, so I'll keep trying tomorrow. I don't know if I'm fooling myself into thinking he's getting better, but it seems like although he hasn't shown any drastic improvement since taking clavamox, he does seem to be more alert. Not playing like he used to, but at least noticing when my feet are tapping to music, or when my fingers are fidgeting. Also, for a couple of mornings in a row now he's purred as we've cuddled in bed, for the first time in days. Hopefully the vet will give me some advice about his abdomen pain tomorrow. >I don't know if he's urinating. How can I monitor that? Also, I'm not sure >that I should take his temperature if he's constipated. Will that be >extremely painful? Just make sure there's urine in the box every day and a fair amount, not just little drops. If there is, you know it's constipation rather than a urinary tract infection. Maybe wait until tomorrow and ask vet about the temperature taking rather than attempt it tonight. >don't know what to think about the sensitivity he has on his lower body. This >only came up yesterday and today, and it's not so bad that he won't ever let >me touch him. It's on occasion that he cries out when I softly pat him on his >belly, lower back, or tail, and in a way that he never has before. The vet >didn't call me back today, so I'll keep trying tomorrow. >Hopefully the vet will give me some advice about his abdomen pain tomorrow. Ahh, poor little guy. Hope he's okay. Let us know how it goes after you talk to vet. LMR Well, here's the update. On day 5 of taking Clavamox, Jean-Luc vomitted three times, twice within a couple hours of eating and taking his pill. At this point I decided that I wasn't going to put him through that anymore, so I stopped giving him his meds. He hasn't vomitted since. I also noticed that he's having bowel movements, so that's good. The day after stopping his pills I took his temperature and he was at 40.4, exactly the same as when we visited the vet a few days earlier. I felt really sad about this, mainly because the vet was pretty pessimistic about Jean-Luc's chances if this were the case. The funny thing is, while he was getting his meds Jean-Luc did seem a little bit better, at least a little more alert, and less lethargic. And since I took him off the anitbiotics he's doing MUCH better. I mean, he's not a hyper little guy like he used to be, but he's definitely interested in what's going on around him, purrs on occasion, doesn't sleep all day, and has even played (albeit very briefly). He's also more interested in his food. Right now his symptoms like loss of appettite and lethargy are noticeably improved. The only thing that has remained the same or worsened are his eyes. They are always runny, and his third eyelids can sometimes be very apparent. Also, he has developed a little line under each eye, like his eyes are sinking into his head. He looks old. I don't get it. So I think I'm just going to take his temperature again in the next couple of days, and see if his fever has gone down. Oh yes, and he definitely still has jaundice. >Well, here's the update. On day 5 of taking Clavamox, Jean-Luc vomitted three >times, twice within a couple hours of eating and taking his pill. At this >point I decided that I wasn't going to put him through that anymore, so I >stopped giving him his meds. He hasn't vomitted since. I also noticed that >he's having bowel movements, so that's good. The day after stopping his pills The Clamavox was probably making him feel unwell; they can do that. Here is a link with replys by a vet to people with FIP questions: http://www.vetinfo.com/cfip.html The only kind of FIP I've seen is the wet kind so unfortunately I don't know much about the dry. Maybe there will be some useful info. from the vet in that link. By the way, you are wonderful for taking care of him and trying to help him; he was lucky to have found you. LMR |
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