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Need help on kidney/ question ASAP
Hi again. I had to bring my cat to the vet because anything I was trying to get her over what I thought was a UTI wasn't working, and he said she had a urinary tract infection, some crystals, some blood, and prescribed amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium tablets 62.5 mg capsules to be given twice a day. When I gave her the first one, no problem was seen. Twelve hours later when I gave her the second one, about three hours later she started to drink quite a bit of water, which she hadn't before. I phoned the vet and he said,' oh, that's normal and drinking alot of water is very beneficial for the kidneys'. I can understand drinking some water will help the kidneys to flush but I also read that too much water can overload the kidneys. The vet says let her drink all she wants but I'm wondering about that because she's sitting with her head hung over which she didn't do before this, and also I'm seriously doubtful about the prescription he gave but don't know what else to give. He says, oh, OK we can switch to Baytril. I don't know about that one either. It has side-effects too and can cause foaming at the mouth. It seems, upon doing some research that the first prescription he gave isn't to be given if there's kidney disease. My cat hasn't been diagnosed with kidney disease, she has none of the signs so far, but this drinking water now and her behavior is causing me serious concern. Why give something to a cat that's elderly something that could compromise the kidneys in any way? Please help.ajtriva on 2007-11-16
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Was blood work done? If so what do the results indicate? This link might help:
http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/ClientED/lab.asp
There are some excellent yahoo discussion groups (like wholecathealth) that may help you sort it out. 'Sitting with her head hung over' doesn't sound good. :-(
http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/ClientED/lab.asp
There are some excellent yahoo discussion groups (like wholecathealth) that may help you sort it out. 'Sitting with her head hung over' doesn't sound good. :-(
Daisy43 last decade
Thank you,Daisy. No, hanging the head over isn't a good sign but in this case I think it's because her stomach was too full of water.I have picked up the water dish and she isn't doing that now as some time has passed. But I still don't know what to do about the medication. I have tried everything in my repetoire(which isn't much) to get her over this UTI without medication but finally had to go to a vet because, as I said, what I was doing wasn't working or it wasn't specific enough to what the problem was.
A bit of a side topic. I learned years ago that a dehydrated pet (which is not in this case) will hang its head over a water dish and won't drink to save its life because it's like a switch is shut off and it won't switch back on until the animal's body reaches a degree of rehydration that will turn the switch back on but the animal itself will not reach that degree of rehydration by drinking water of its own accord and thereby turn the switch back on. So it turns into a catch-22 fatal situation if there is no intervention. If subcutaneous fluids are given(orally giving that amount of water would be too much for the animal to take and wouldn't be assimilated fast enough but sub q's get it into the system fast)and one can literally see the pet start to drink of its own accord several hours after sub q's are given( and one can easily learn how to do that oneself- a lifesaver when pets are ill because it seems that dehydration, an insidious killer,kills before the disease ever has a chance to For anyone who has a pet, learning how to give sub q's is an absolute must). If ever a pet is sick, always check for dehydration.Pinch the back of the neck,the degree to which it stays in a fold is the degree of dehydration, also a pinched look to the face, eyes slanting upwards, tightly drawn skin over the bones, a stickness to a very dry mouth and eyes. People think that an animal that is dehydrated, well, there's the water bowl... drink. But it's not the case when it gets to such a state of dehydration that the animal cannot help itself, it needs the intervention of subcutaneous fluids to turn the switch back on. And dehydration can come on in a matter of hours and it can leave just as quickly too if one knows about sub q's .
A bit of a side topic. I learned years ago that a dehydrated pet (which is not in this case) will hang its head over a water dish and won't drink to save its life because it's like a switch is shut off and it won't switch back on until the animal's body reaches a degree of rehydration that will turn the switch back on but the animal itself will not reach that degree of rehydration by drinking water of its own accord and thereby turn the switch back on. So it turns into a catch-22 fatal situation if there is no intervention. If subcutaneous fluids are given(orally giving that amount of water would be too much for the animal to take and wouldn't be assimilated fast enough but sub q's get it into the system fast)and one can literally see the pet start to drink of its own accord several hours after sub q's are given( and one can easily learn how to do that oneself- a lifesaver when pets are ill because it seems that dehydration, an insidious killer,kills before the disease ever has a chance to For anyone who has a pet, learning how to give sub q's is an absolute must). If ever a pet is sick, always check for dehydration.Pinch the back of the neck,the degree to which it stays in a fold is the degree of dehydration, also a pinched look to the face, eyes slanting upwards, tightly drawn skin over the bones, a stickness to a very dry mouth and eyes. People think that an animal that is dehydrated, well, there's the water bowl... drink. But it's not the case when it gets to such a state of dehydration that the animal cannot help itself, it needs the intervention of subcutaneous fluids to turn the switch back on. And dehydration can come on in a matter of hours and it can leave just as quickly too if one knows about sub q's .
ajtriva last decade
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