Re: Lucy very sick again

[Lernermichelle]

My vet mentioned zithro and said it does not usually cause GI symptoms, but that she got so sick from the clavamox that he is afraid to try any strong abx right now.  We gave her .25 ml of Immuno-Regulin today, which is a pretty low dose but he has never used it before and did not feel comfortable starting out higher.  He thinks it won't do anything anyway, because there are no studies saying it does, but I know that it helps sometimes.  She came home and had loose stool for the first time in a week, I think because all she has been eating is baby food, which is not great for her IBD.  But then she ate a few pieces of her normal cooked turkey food, warmed up, and groomed herself, which she also was not doing the past two days.  She did the eye thing again, though, after not doing it since last night-- I kissed her head near her eye (not on it though) and she kept the eye closed for a minute or so afterwards.    The vet thinks we are just dealing with a URI that needs stronger treatment than her intestines can handle, so we are walking a fence.  I think if the I-R and fluids and TLC don't start clearing up her nose in the next few days, though, I am going to try Amoxicyllin and see if it can help her beat the URI without trashing her intestines.    Thanks, Michelle    In a message dated 11/9/2006 12:51:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:   Clavamox doesn't seem like the right thing to go back to.  Someone mentioned Zithromax.  Is there a atomic bomb type antibiotic?  Something that just knocks the crap out of the URI, but quickly?  My thought is that any new thing to her system will aggravate the IBD, so if you have to introduce something, try to lessen it's course - I don't know if there is an antibiotic that has a shorter course by design.       When my vet prescribes Zithro, it is for one dose daily for 3 days, then 3 doses 3 days apart.  In my experience, it knocks the crap out of URI quickly:).  I like my vet to go straight to Zithro and he will, but I'm generally dealing with a particularly virulent form of shelter URI that will kill cats if messed around with, especially in kittens.