My cat Espn (16) has a history of UTIs. Back in 2014, my vet said he had a type of bacteria that would "flair up" in stressful situations (likely due to his PU surgery back in 2012).
In September, we assume it flared up after a stressful vet visit- 2-3 times we found urine right outside of the litter box.
They didn't analyze the bacteria from the first Urinalysis, just gave him an antibiotic shot (Covinia maybe?). When he retested a few weeks later, they said it hadn't been effective. He was prescribed Doxycycline.
After 6 days on Doxycycline, he was vomiting up everything he ate. We managed to get him into a new vet on an emergency basis after 4 days of not eating and vomiting and they gave him probiotics and anti-nausea pills.
We got him back to eating full meals with a daily probiotic and Digestive prescription food. After a week, the new vet put him on Amoxicillin twice a day.
After 3 pills, he was vomiting again and stopped eating. We immediately stopped the antibiotics but over the last 2 days he is only eating about half of his daily food.
I just spoke with the vet who said, "Let's give him Covinia." I mentioned that the old vet had tried that and it didn't work. So she said, let's give him probiotics and digestive food, then start Amoxicillin again. I get the sense that they just don't know how to move forward.
2 Questions: I'm more concerned about his not eating at this point. We haven't had any more peeing accidents (we see him use the litter), and there's no blood in his urine. Is getting the infection taken care of more important than having him eating without vomiting at 16 years old? Before the antibiotics both vets said he was in great shape for his age...now he's got diarrhea (never had before) and not eating. It's frustrating.
2nd Question- what are talking points I should bring up with the vet? They seem frustrated that I pushed back on the usefulness of the 2nd Covinia shot.
Thank you for any help!!!
In September, we assume it flared up after a stressful vet visit- 2-3 times we found urine right outside of the litter box.
They didn't analyze the bacteria from the first Urinalysis, just gave him an antibiotic shot (Covinia maybe?). When he retested a few weeks later, they said it hadn't been effective. He was prescribed Doxycycline.
After 6 days on Doxycycline, he was vomiting up everything he ate. We managed to get him into a new vet on an emergency basis after 4 days of not eating and vomiting and they gave him probiotics and anti-nausea pills.
We got him back to eating full meals with a daily probiotic and Digestive prescription food. After a week, the new vet put him on Amoxicillin twice a day.
After 3 pills, he was vomiting again and stopped eating. We immediately stopped the antibiotics but over the last 2 days he is only eating about half of his daily food.
I just spoke with the vet who said, "Let's give him Covinia." I mentioned that the old vet had tried that and it didn't work. So she said, let's give him probiotics and digestive food, then start Amoxicillin again. I get the sense that they just don't know how to move forward.
2 Questions: I'm more concerned about his not eating at this point. We haven't had any more peeing accidents (we see him use the litter), and there's no blood in his urine. Is getting the infection taken care of more important than having him eating without vomiting at 16 years old? Before the antibiotics both vets said he was in great shape for his age...now he's got diarrhea (never had before) and not eating. It's frustrating.
2nd Question- what are talking points I should bring up with the vet? They seem frustrated that I pushed back on the usefulness of the 2nd Covinia shot.
Thank you for any help!!!
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