oh lordy...... this was about 8 years ago! and I know that coccidia was around too and I believe that albon was used for that (think it was Bandit) but then Smoky developed soft to runny stools with fresh blood at about the age of 5 months - I can't tell you how many fecals were done, they eventually checked for clostridium (perfringens) and voila! treated him with tylan powder for MONTHS and then before his next checkup, stopped it and his poop was normal (yay!) and then 8 months later we moved and the soft bloody stools came back..... for years.... Finally got those under control and then Bandit lost weight (he can NOT afford it, he's one of those 2 dimensional cats) and we got THAT under control and then Smoky started having interstitial cystitis.... currently under control with diet.....
anyhoo, the panacur did its job when they were wee, but Smoky just had other issues arise....
and it's NOT easy getting anything down their throats - when they were small enough, the office gave me liquid in syringes, MUCH easier than the little packets of powder (dosage based on weight) - and because you're only giving it 3 days a week, I'm betting that it stays in the system for several days a dose (like alcohol takes a few days to fully clear the system)
Barb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito"My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he should impress. Merely living his life, doing what pleases him, and making me smile."
- Anonymous
----- Original Message ----
From: Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 4:18:19 PM
Subject: Re: Giardia
So just the panacuur, nothing else? Three-day treatment cycles with a week in between? Once a day? That sounds too easy.
Barb Moermond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 4:18:19 PM
Subject: Re: Giardia
So just the panacuur, nothing else? Three-day treatment cycles with a week in between? Once a day? That sounds too easy.
Barb Moermond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
panacur works pretty well, but you have to make sure to get all the meds down the occasionally recalcitrant little throats so that all of the cycles of the buggies are taken out.Barb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito
"My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he should impress. Merely living his life, doing what pleases him, and making me smile."
- Anonymous
----- Original Message ----
From: Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 3:48:25 PM
Subject: Re: Giardia
I always use rubber gloves when cleaning, litterboxes or the house in general.Let me know what meds your vet uses. Metronidazole (lagyl) has been the traditional treatment but apparently panacur is also being used these days. I like the idea of panacur granules because they are odorless and tasteless and can be mixed with food, and the treatment is 3 days on, wait a week, and do another 3 days. Much easier than Metronidazole for the masses. But, of course, "easy" makes me suspicious of whether panacur really will work.I've never caught it that I know of. But my stomach's been a little messed up the past couple of days. Now I'm wondering....
Sherry DeHaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I'M thinking I probably should warn the others about this,to tell them to be extra careful about cleaning the boxes and etc... Thanks guys never would have thought we could get it too.
Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:My vet told me that I could catch it and if I got sick I needed to go to the doctor. Online research seems to back this up.
On 10/30/06, Sherry DeHaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I have never heard that we can catch it from the cats.I will have to ask Jen about that.Since we have several that are usually treated for it.You would think she would warn us. :)
Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Yes, it is a little icky. I can also catch it, apparently, though I never have.
On 10/30/06, Sherry DeHaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:that causes major poopies!!!
Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi Wendy,It is a parasitic infection.On 10/30/06, wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:What the heck is Giardia? I thought you were talking
about a cat at first.
:P
Wendy
--- Kelley Saveika < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, we've got giardia. My vet is giving me enough
> meds to treat all 30
> cats. I haven't brought a new cat in since...May, I
> think.
>
> How could they get this without exposure to new
> cats?
>
> He says I can get it too, yay.
>
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