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So Sam has a UTI. He had been taking Clavamox mixed with food beautifully. His culture came back positive for strep though, which is resistant to EVERYTHING. The doctor prescribed trimethoprim sulfa. I mixed the pill into his food and it immediately caused projectile vomiting. Thus began the almost two week long trial and error to get this pill down him. Here is what we have tried so far.
- Pilling with pill gun (by every single staff member at the vets, all with more experience than me)= caused vomiting
- Pill dipped in butter then pilled= vomiting
- Pill in pill pocket then pilled= couldn't get it down
- Pill crushed and mixed in stronger smelling food= didnt' touch it
We then had it made into a liquid through compounding it at a pharmacy
- Liquid mixed in food= didn't touch it
- liquid squirted into mouth= vomiting
We then went back to the pharmacy and had it compounded with double the amount of flavoring
- liquid mixed in food= won't touch it
- liquid squirted in mouth= vomiting
This med is not available in a sub Q, IV or IM form- that was my first question because that would solve all my problems.
- Pilling with pill gun (by every single staff member at the vets, all with more experience than me)= caused vomiting
- Pill dipped in butter then pilled= vomiting
- Pill in pill pocket then pilled= couldn't get it down
- Pill crushed and mixed in stronger smelling food= didnt' touch it
We then had it made into a liquid through compounding it at a pharmacy
- Liquid mixed in food= didn't touch it
- liquid squirted into mouth= vomiting
We then went back to the pharmacy and had it compounded with double the amount of flavoring
- liquid mixed in food= won't touch it
- liquid squirted in mouth= vomiting
This med is not available in a sub Q, IV or IM form- that was my first question because that would solve all my problems.