Hi Martha, Here's a copy of a post I made about giving Dox:
About using Doxycycline, from what I've been told, it's more encompassing in it's effect on different types of bacteria than Clavomox. My vet called in the prescription to my local pharmacy and it is quite inexpensive. The tabs I get have to be quartered and therefore loose the protective coating on two sides. It is pretty nasty tasting, (I always taste any meds I give the kids), and it also has the potential to do damage to the esophagus if not swallowed all the way. My vet's liaison told me a story about a human friend of hers that swallowed it dry and burned a hole in his throat! It also can cause stomach upset. When I first started giving Grace Dox, she would vomit a few minutes later. I experimented with lots of different ways to coat the quartered pill, but what seems to work the best is using a paper thin coating of taffy made with corn syrup, and then roll it in chicken fat (kept in a small dish in the freezer), or butter. Now I know that giving Grace sugar is not the best thing for her, but it helps hide the taste and she hasn't had any problems with vomiting since I began doing this. I also follow the pill with an eye dropper of water squeezed gently into the corner of her mouth, I give her time to swallow and as far as I can tell it washes the pill down pretty effectively.
Nina
Martha Alejandra Moreno wrote:
Hello
Excuse me for my English, my first language is Spanish. I know the way I wrote sometimes is “difficult”
I wrote before regarding my 2 cats: Adri (female 8 months) and Chema (male 7 month).
I have follow your advices (food, supplements, care) and I think they have been doing well.
I have visited 3 different veterinarians, It is amazing, but seem to me that nobody wants to bother with a FeLV (+) cat. Nobody answer my questions, they give me wrong or contradictory answers (I have been reading a lot about FL in internet).
I would like to find a veterinary who answer my questions and see my cats as cats with a life for live. Do you know a Veterinary I can contact top speak about my cats?
Adri gets sick again, fever, vomiting, lethargic. Seems to me that she is in pain. I took her to the veterinary (a different one) 2 day ago . He told me that she has pneumonitis and start doxicicline and told me do not read a lot about feline leukemia, because I scare my self!!!
Anyway, I am giving Adri the doxiciline. She hates it. She has vomited after I give her the medicine. I do not know I am doing something wrong. Do you have ideas how to give her the medicine?
Alejandra
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