I finally talked to Misha's vet....
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I finally talked to Misha's vet....
| Wed, 07-14-2004 - 1:44pm |
It had been over 24 hours so I called the vet's again and just by chance she answered. She thought the vet tech had answered my questions, which she had not. She was about to go into surgery but I got a few minutes to ask her questions. She didn't seem to like me questioning the decisions of the other vet who saw Misha on Monday. I told her her symptoms didn't totally match the description of Cystitis on the web. She said it depends on what type she has whether she has a high ph or any crystals. She said I can continue giving her the Clavamox 2 x a day (even though she admitted she herself prefers to prescribe Baytril, which Misha had taken for her URI last month, and only had to take one pill per day). I told her Misha had thrown up yesterday and didn't seem to want to eat much since. She told me not to "hover" over Misha and just let her "be a cat" and she might eat more. (Maybe the vet was in a bad mood today?) I told her I was leaving her alone plenty of times and was not hovering. (Actually, Misha tends to eat more if I am there in the room with her. She follows me around a lot anyway). She said if she throws up again it's probably because Clavamox can upset her tummy. She said at that point she'd have me only give her one dose a day. (I told her giving her 2 pills a day plus the liquid Prednisolone has been very difficult). I questioned why I had to give her Prednisolone which suppresses the immune system. She said it was to reduce inflamation because of "spastic" urine dribbling. I said I had not observed Misha dribbling anything, and that she urinated normally in her box. (They must have misunderstood me on Monday?) She said if that's the case, I can discontinue giving the Prednisolone. (Yeah!!! She just spits some of it out the side of her mouth anyway). I hope I'm doing the right thing in badgering them about this drug. I just don't want to harm Misha's immune system, but at the same time I don't want to cause her inflammation. Did anyone's cat here who had bladder infections have to take Prednisolone?
I told the vet Thomie is in hiding in our basement from the stress of having a new cat in her environment. She suggested I give her 1/2 dropper of "Rescue Remedy" from a health store 2 times a day for a few days to naturally help calm her down. Has anyone here used that?
Dh just called & said she's not eating. I really think it's the Clavamox upsetting her stomach. I wish the vet would let me cut the dose to once a day, or just switch her back to Baytril since she ate just fine when taking that.
Any advice is most appreciated. Thanks for listening to my update. :-)
Hugs,
Suzy


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Give Misha some cuddles for me!
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I will let you know how it works. I've tried also spraying Feliway around just in case it helps.
Misha will love the cuddles! >^..^<
Suzy
Suzy, I think the Feliway will be very helpful.
Suzy
Suzy
When my Sammy had his urinalysis some time ago, the vet did the same thing.
Hi Suzy. I would say if poor Thomie is that stressed out, I would give her the Rescue Remedy and use the Feliway too.
I talked to the vet tech late this afternoon and told her Misha had not been eating much since starting the pills. I asked her to check with the vet about whether I should switch to Baytril, or just reduce the dosage from 2 pills a day to just 1 a day. She called me back and said I can just give her one Clavamox pill a day. I hope that's enough to still kill the bad bacteria. I was happy not to give Misha a second pill tonight (and of course she's happy to only have one pill in the morning and no more prednisone). She started eating a bit again tonight. That made me feel better.
Fuzzy must've been lucky to be allowed to give a sample the natural way ;-) I guess every vet has a different way of doing things?
Just a short while ago I found both Misha & Patches sleeping within a foot or so of each other on the top of the sofa! I love seeing things calm down!
I'm off to bed soon. Thanks again for the feedback. (BTW....How's Trouble doing?)
(((Hugs)))
Suzy
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