TheCatSite.com › Forums › Our Feline Companions › Cat Health › New here and fighting giardia! :(
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

New here and fighting giardia! :( - Page 2

post #31 of 33
Thread Starter 
Bear is still not getting better. I also stopped the Metro for my other cats since thir stools had been solid for DAYS now and they finished their course of meds...and this morning, it was back to runny poo for them too. I am honestly broke and fed up at this point. Poor Bear has no life at all and nothing I do is helping him one iota. How long do I keep at this? Part of me says to return him to the shelter since he has not been well since I brought him home. It is a no kill shelter and this is not fair to me to have to spend so much time and money right off the bat on a kitten that was supposed to be healthy. But then I think of my older cat too - and would it be better if this cat wasn't here to re-infect him.

The cat lover in me is fighting me, though. How could I return a cat to a SHELTER? I just want to CRY!
post #32 of 33
Hang in there sweetie. The stress of being at the shelter will only make things worse for him.

Talk to the shelter about helping with the bills. They didn't adopt you a healthy kitty.

But if you're other kitties are back to runny poo now... seems like they may still be fighting giardia.

If you need to, talk to the vet about paying the bill over several months. (That's what we do. In fact, whenever we can, we pay the vets to keep a credit there, just for emergencies that may come up).

You are scooping the boxes frequently and bleaching the boxes frequently? I did find this: http://www.vetinfo.com/cgiardia.html Now it says the panacure (fenbendazole) is given for three days, but I do know that for most the course is 10 days.

This is info you already know, but you may appreciate seeing it laid out: http://www.sniksnak.com/cathealth/giardiasis.html

How long has he been on Metro and Panacur? You may need to give it the full 10 days.

post #33 of 33
IMHO you need to see another vet... This one undermedicated your cats, which didn't help a bit. I hope you did the full 10 days for the other cats... Having poop solid for days is not good enough reason to stop the medication. If the vet gave them 5 days, I would go back and request a round of 10 days.
To be honest though, I would rather go to another vet and have him pick up where this one left off. Ask people who you know and have pets about their vets... It is a good way to find one.
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Cat Health
TheCatSite.com › Forums › Our Feline Companions › Cat Health › New here and fighting giardia! :(