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I actually meant the FIV test, not the FeLV test. I think FIV tests are
wrong 80% of the time on ELISA. Not that it matters all that much if he is
FeLV+.
Clavamox itself is a combination of 2 antibiotics. I myself have
given Dox with a half dose of Baytril combo for a week to get rid of a bad
persistent URI. It is a combo used by the woman who runs the shelter my
cats came from, only when URI does not respond to normal course of
treatment. I think that, early on, I may have caused a young cat to stop
eating by doing this, though, when i did not understand the effects such abx can
have on the stomach or the effects of not eating for a few days. I brought him
back to the shelter for additional treatment (he was a positive foster) and they
euthanized him, which I was shocked and upset to learn and am haunted by. I
adopted all the other fosters I had to protect them from such things, and that's
how I ended up with 6 positive cats. But I did have a very good result
with combining dox and baytril with Buddy, one of the others, who had been sick
when I took him in and nothing else seemed to knock it out. After a few days on
both he felt so good that he started climbing the window screens!
Michelle
In a message dated 8/29/2006 11:31:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
They did run the felv twice, both times of course on ELISA. When I bring him in for another cbc, I'll have them retest using IFA. I'm not sure when I should be thinking of bringing him back in. The vet wants to do another test, but she didn't give me a specific time frame, (she wants to check on his anemia and see if the abx are helping). I think my using the feline interferon is throwing her. I'm hoping that Spence continues to improve and I won't feel the need to monitor his blood work as closely. Hiedeyo had expressed concerns about using two different abx at the same time. Has anyone else ever been advised to do this? I'm trying to remember, but I think this is the first time I've ever had anyone on more than one type at the same time. I think my vet suggested it because she doesn't want to stop the Clav before the course is over. Hmm... I wonder why she isn't having me stop at 7 days instead of going the 14. I guess I'll be calling the vet's office again. |
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