Cat taking Clavimox and it's not agreeing with him.

Thursday, Whiskers was acting differently.  Thursday, his nose was completely stopped up and breathing hard from it.  He also had foul watery stools that were tinged pink.  He was taken to the emergency vet and diagnosed with severe upper respiratory infection as well as some ulcers on the back of his mouth.  He was dehydrated too.   

He does not want to eat.  Luckily I have been syringe feeding ever since.  I gave him his Clavimox after food tonight.  He then threw it all up directly after dosing him.  He threw up yesterday after 1 of the Clavimox doses too.  Now we need to begin feeding again and slowly.   I was wondering if anyone has heard of Clavimox causing this type of reaction in cats?

Call the vet and ask for a different medication.

I have used Clavamox in the past.  I did not have the same experience you did but found the medication did not do anything for my kitty.  I called the vet and told him it was doing nothing and he gave me a different medication.  I don't recall what the medication was right now but the second one worked.  I would talk to the vet about it and ask for a change if necessary.

Lovemycats2 said:

Thursday, Whiskers was acting differently.  Thursday, his nose was completely stopped up and breathing hard from it.  He also had foul watery stools that were tinged pink.  He was taken to the emergency vet and diagnosed with severe upper respiratory infection as well as some ulcers on the back of his mouth.  He was dehydrated too.   

He does not want to eat.  Luckily I have been syringe feeding ever since.  I gave him his Clavimox after food tonight.  He then threw it all up directly after dosing him.  He threw up yesterday after 1 of the Clavimox doses too.  Now we need to begin feeding again and slowly.   I was wondering if anyone has heard of Clavimox causing this type of reaction in cats?

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Oh yeah..... I dealt with 14 moths of diarrhea after my IBD cat took it for an UTI - prescribed at the E-vet. My regular vet doesn't prescribe for his patients, unless he feels there is no other choice (which usually there are) and I will never give it to any of my cats. Many cats have no issues on it..... but many cats also have bad issues while taking it Sorry you are one of them. I would put your kitty on a good probiotic ASAP

One of my cats gets prescribed Clavamox fairly frequently, in conjunction with Depo shots for chronic rodent ulcers. I'd say she's been on Clavamox maybe 5 - 6 times in her nine year life. The last three times (including just this month) she's vomited occasionally on it. This most recent time she vomited after every dose - I simply stopped giving it to her. Oddly, my vets are always telling me that vomiting is common with Clavamox, yet they send it home with her knowing she doesn't tolerate it well lately. I will say in the beginning it never bothered her. Once, my emergency vet switched from the Clavamox to Baytril (which the cat had never had before) and she was fine on it.

Carolina said:

Oh yeah..... I dealt with 14 moths of diarrhea after my IBD cat took it for an UTI - prescribed at the E-vet. My regular vet doesn't prescribe for his patients, unless he feels there is no other choice (which usually there are) and I will never give it to any of my cats. Many cats have no issues on it..... but many cats also have bad issues while taking it

Sorry you are one of them. I would put your kitty on a good probiotic ASAP

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Thank you   He was given a probiotic that is added to his food.  This was very sudden.  He's been to the doctor Wednesday night and still won't eat on his own.  I am struggling to find a vet in my area that is affordable.  He was taken to emergency and the cost was astronomical.  I do not qualify for care credit either. 

All the while I am going to be tending to this kitty.  I will not leave his side for very long.

I just lost a kitty in December to oral cancer.  Now he's sort of hiding in the spots where that kitty would hide so it's a pain point.  It may be because he is followed around with syringe food that he is being fed constantly. I am feeding a very small amount at a time because his stomach seems to be upset along with this upper respiratory infection.    

stephanietx said:

Call the vet and ask for a different medication.

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Thank you so much.  It truely is the best thing to do.  Unfortunately, I am unable to afford much.  I got him into the emergency room because I had a bad feeling that it would have been worse that night had he not recieved attention from the doctor.  This is where he got his medicine.

The only one location I know of is less costly than a regular vet.  I am so frustrated that there will be a whole process involved running a series of tests that I can not afford before he can get something else.  It's because the ER that he went to is not a regular vet which he got his medicine from.  I do not qualify for care credit.

I know that there is a place, in my metropolitan area that has vetrinary care for low cost.  I have been trying to locate it.  Online.  I live in Chicago and there are hundreds of vets online and I can't seem to find it yet.

Thank you to every one else too.  I don't know if I should continue to give it to him in the meantime while I am searching on line for this low cost vet.   If I do, it will certainly not be so he can vomit his entire breakfast or dinner that I gave him. 

He does feel cooler as he had a fever when he went in.  I could tell because I just know the way he feels when held.  He does not feel like that anymore so I am hoping that he is at least making a miniscule amount of progress.  He does not have ocular discharge, but a stuffy, dry nose.  I will be giving him small amounts of water at frequent intervals.  He does drink water though.  Thats something he seems to do on his own right now.     

And in addtion to his drinking water, he does enough of that on his own.  He is dehydrated where I was giving him a little every hour, but after we just nebulized he vomited a lot of water.  I just happened to be on the phone with the doctor when it happened and she mentioned that I do not need to force water since he is already drinking alot on his own.  He will get enough moisture from the syringe feedings. 

We've reached the conclusion that I will space the Calvimox doses out a bit instead of directly after dinner and see if that doesn't help.

If it still has not worked, it's time for a different antibiotic.      

Please keep us posted if you have the time

Don't know if this will help or not, but when my Sven got sick from Clavamox, his Vet recommended giving him 1/4 Pepcid AC (over the counter) twice a day to help with the nausea.  I also fed him meat only baby food, which was gentler on his tummy.  (he always gets sick on Clavamox, so we seldom every finish his prescription )

mrsgreenjeens said:

Don't know if this will help or not, but when my Sven got sick from Clavamox, his Vet recommended giving him 1/4 Pepcid AC (over the counter) twice a day to help with the nausea.  I also fed him meat only baby food, which was gentler on his tummy.  (he always gets sick on Clavamox, so we seldom every finish his prescription :anon: )

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Sally, why not look for another option instead of go on doing that? There has to be another option for Sven.... Not finishing a course of antibiotics is not good... you risk stronger infections and superbacterias

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mrsgreenjeens said:

Don't know if this will help or not, but when my Sven got sick from Clavamox, his Vet recommended giving him 1/4 Pepcid AC (over the counter) twice a day to help with the nausea.  I also fed him meat only baby food, which was gentler on his tummy.  (he always gets sick on Clavamox, so we seldom every finish his prescription

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Sally, why not look for another option instead of go on doing that? There has to be another option for Sven.... Not finishing a course of antibiotics is not good... you risk stronger infections and superbacterias

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Next time we WILL insist on something different, since now he is CRF and cannot afford to be sick with anything else!  I was speaking of the past to try to help out the OP.

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Next time we WILL insist on something different, since now he is CRF and cannot afford to be sick with anything else!  I was speaking of the past to try to help out the OP.

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After several days of force feedings and nebulizations, Whisker's liver was found to be in good condition when his Papa took him to the vet.  He was given an injected antibiotic, taken off the Clavimox and given subcontanious rehydration and an appetite stimulant.  He began to eat just a few licks the same day and needed just a little more help in feeding him.  Now, he's eating on his own.  I am so happy because Whiskers is senior, but he's still got all his meat on his bones and his eyes are beautiful clear green.  And they are not sunken anymore.

The most important things were to 1) Get his fever down which happened after his ER visit and 2) Rehydrate him more.

He is doing well and the new cat Amelia is influencing him to be more active than he has been in a long time.  He likes to watch her and moves about the house again more than I've seen him do in a very long time.  I am also happy that he has Amelia's companionship and his health again since he lost his brother in December.  He is very well and getting better every day now. 

He is and always has been a real champion.  Whew!       

oh my gosh I'm so glad he's improving. Clavamox made my sister's cat Midnight puke all the time as well. It didn't help her at all and just made her nauseous. It helps some kitties and others have bad reactions to it.