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Rushing Bugsy to the ER vet - UTI - in and out of the box... Just saw blood...
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Hi Everybody!!
Bugsy is doing really well!
A bit traumatized from the 2x/day meds he is taking, but health-wise he seems to be doing fine. He is eating all wet - I doubled his wet food intake so he is never hungry for dry food. Right now I am having to feed him 4 meals, as he doesn't eat much per meal; I want in a week or so reduce it to 3 meals, then to 2 meals a day.
He is drinking water, no longer peeing blood
His bottom looked better today too... I couldn't do a whole sanitary shave like I planned as he would get startled with the clipper, but I was at least able to take the dry poop out, so that was good... I also put some neosporin ointment there; I hope it helps. Besides that I bought some alcohol free baby wipes to start cleaning him every day.
As soon as we are don with his antibiotics, I will give him an emergency dose of Bene-Bac, and he should get better in no time
Bugsy is eating just fine... no problems there at all...
As far as Fortiflora goes, I don't like the ingredients in it...
Bugsy is doing really well!
He is drinking water, no longer peeing blood
His bottom looked better today too... I couldn't do a whole sanitary shave like I planned as he would get startled with the clipper, but I was at least able to take the dry poop out, so that was good... I also put some neosporin ointment there; I hope it helps. Besides that I bought some alcohol free baby wipes to start cleaning him every day.
As soon as we are don with his antibiotics, I will give him an emergency dose of Bene-Bac, and he should get better in no time
Probiotics do not cancel antibiotics, but antibiotics simply kills the bacteria on it, so it just doesn't work.
Bugsy is eating just fine... no problems there at all...
As far as Fortiflora goes, I don't like the ingredients in it...
Which ingredients do you see as problematic? Is there something you see as particularly bad or just something that is missing in comparison to Bene-Bac?
I went with Fortiflora as it was my vet's recommendation and only learnt about Bene-Bac here later. I think Bene-Bac is supposed to be as enticing, so if it's supposed to be a better product and would work for a picky cat then I might try it next time when needed. It's not like vets aren't known for promoting only exactly the product they have on their shelves.
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What makes Fortiflora so enticing for the cats is its first ingredient, Animal Digest. I do not feed Animal digest for my cats, specially for Bugsy and Hope, who have food allergies and I do not know what is in it. I also do not see the need for salt in probiotics, aside from taste. Bene-bac is also 2x as strong as Fortiflora, and has many different strands of bacteria, which is nice. You can work with Bene-bac on their standard emergency dosage as in the package, which stops diarrhea very fast, or in a smaller daily dose, which I figured by comparing the bacteria amount with other probiotics.
My cats eat Bene-Bac just fine, and never had a problem with it... When I used Fortiflora in the past with one of them, I had an "addiction" problem, where the kitty stopped eating unless it had fortiflora in it - it took me a long time to take her out of it and it was quite problematic...
Glad he is feeling better!
Thanks for the anitibiotic/probiotic info too, might come in handy one day.
Thanks for the anitibiotic/probiotic info too, might come in handy one day.
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Just to report Bugsy is doing great!
He did have a little throw up episode, but he is fine now
His bottom is still sore, thanks to Clavamox, and he is now on the emergency dose of Bene-bac; it should work in no time.
Aside from that, he is peeing like a champ, eating all wet food he can, playing, and being my loverboy he has always been!
On another good note, the insurance already paid too
so the money spent on the ER can go back in their emergency funds savings account now.
I also started Bugsy on a supplement called Cranberry relief, with the approval of his vet, and from now on will make sure Feliway is always on the walls.
I just hope we don't go through this again any time soon!
He did have a little throw up episode, but he is fine now
His bottom is still sore, thanks to Clavamox, and he is now on the emergency dose of Bene-bac; it should work in no time.
Aside from that, he is peeing like a champ, eating all wet food he can, playing, and being my loverboy he has always been!
On another good note, the insurance already paid too
I also started Bugsy on a supplement called Cranberry relief, with the approval of his vet, and from now on will make sure Feliway is always on the walls.
I just hope we don't go through this again any time soon!
Glad to hear that! Thanks for the update.
I'm so glad to hear he's doing better.
Glad to know Bugsy is getting better.
