"Clavamox itself is a combination of 2 antibiotics." I knew that! See
what a mean about my mind going? I'm going to do the retest on both
felv and fiv. I had always suspected he had fiv. I usually test when
they're neutered, with Spence, the vet forgot to test and I hadn't
brought him back in. It's hard to believe I've been on this list for
years and still can live so richly in denial. Not that it makes that
much of a difference. At least I hadn't mixed any kittens with him.
Big sigh. Thanks for the info about combining the abx and their
effects. I'm sorry about that pos foster baby that suffered from the
shelter's ignorance. I hate it when our lessons learned come at such a
heavy price. The story does give me encouragement about Spencer's lack
of eating. As always, Michelle, you're a jewel,
Nina
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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.
Nina
