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A couple of days ago our 5 year old English Shorthair, named Bailey, had an allergic reaction to a can of Chicken and Lobster cat food. His throat swole a bit causing him to wheez and he had bad diarrhea and vomitting. We took him to the vet the next day and she told us he was basically OK and it should just pass. His breathing is now fine but he still can't keep any food down - he hasn't eaten in 48 hours so now he's just fetching up bile.
We took him back to the vet today and he was given an electrolite injection pouch "thing" under his skin (to provide his essentials while he's not eating and drinking...), an anti-acid drop (we have to give him one a day until he's better) and the vet also gave us some Amoxycillin to give to him.
Now the problem is we're very wary of giving him the Amoxycillin. He's seems pretty happy in himself and the vomitting has eased a lot now (just once in 10 hours so far today) and I hope he's on the mend. The vet warned that the Amoxycillin could well give him diarrhea. I've also had Amoxycillin before myself and both times it made me feel completely awful. If he's on the mend we're worried about upsetting his system more with this antibiotic - when, as I understand it, it's only being used to fight any infections that may occur from ulcers caused by the acid in his stomach, which he might not even get anyway. The Amoxycillin isn't actually being used to fight his current condition - just as a backup in case of any secondary problems.
Both the vets we saw were wonderful, and assured us that any side-effects of the Amoxycillin were out-weighed by the positives. I just can't see it tho.....unless Bailey is lucky and just isn't affected by it at all. But I really don't want to pump him with drugs if it isn't really needed....but at the same time I want to trust the vet.
Any advice on this issue?
Thanks![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
A couple of days ago our 5 year old English Shorthair, named Bailey, had an allergic reaction to a can of Chicken and Lobster cat food. His throat swole a bit causing him to wheez and he had bad diarrhea and vomitting. We took him to the vet the next day and she told us he was basically OK and it should just pass. His breathing is now fine but he still can't keep any food down - he hasn't eaten in 48 hours so now he's just fetching up bile.
We took him back to the vet today and he was given an electrolite injection pouch "thing" under his skin (to provide his essentials while he's not eating and drinking...), an anti-acid drop (we have to give him one a day until he's better) and the vet also gave us some Amoxycillin to give to him.
Now the problem is we're very wary of giving him the Amoxycillin. He's seems pretty happy in himself and the vomitting has eased a lot now (just once in 10 hours so far today) and I hope he's on the mend. The vet warned that the Amoxycillin could well give him diarrhea. I've also had Amoxycillin before myself and both times it made me feel completely awful. If he's on the mend we're worried about upsetting his system more with this antibiotic - when, as I understand it, it's only being used to fight any infections that may occur from ulcers caused by the acid in his stomach, which he might not even get anyway. The Amoxycillin isn't actually being used to fight his current condition - just as a backup in case of any secondary problems.
Both the vets we saw were wonderful, and assured us that any side-effects of the Amoxycillin were out-weighed by the positives. I just can't see it tho.....unless Bailey is lucky and just isn't affected by it at all. But I really don't want to pump him with drugs if it isn't really needed....but at the same time I want to trust the vet.
Any advice on this issue?
Thanks