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Hi all,
I had to start my 12 year old girl Bitsy on Clavamox today as her urinalysis results from Monday came back pointing to a UTI. A culture to know more specifics is currently being done and she just had her first dose about an hour ago. Was quite surprising as she wasn’t showing any symptoms and we initially did the test mainly to check out her kidney health. Just today (before starting the Clavamox) she started acting a little off— sleeping more/in some new places and not as interested in her food, but still no litter box issues and otherwise acting normal and is currently stretched out on my lap, so I believe we caught it quite early.
From everything I’ve read here and elsewhere online Clavamox seems to be pretty harsh and often causes diarrhea and some other issues. I constantly see people suggesting S. Boulardii for antibiotic related gut/poo issues and was thinking of preemptively picking some up tomorrow (if the local health store even has it) so I can either begin dosing her before issues arise or start at the first sign of them. From what I gather this is a very well tolerated and safe supplement, but do you all think I should ask my vet about giving her it beforehand? In all the threads I’ve read I’ve never seen anyone say “talk to your vet first!” regarding S. Boulardii, so I just wanted to double check if it really is that safe that it doesn’t require “vet approval”.
I had to start my 12 year old girl Bitsy on Clavamox today as her urinalysis results from Monday came back pointing to a UTI. A culture to know more specifics is currently being done and she just had her first dose about an hour ago. Was quite surprising as she wasn’t showing any symptoms and we initially did the test mainly to check out her kidney health. Just today (before starting the Clavamox) she started acting a little off— sleeping more/in some new places and not as interested in her food, but still no litter box issues and otherwise acting normal and is currently stretched out on my lap, so I believe we caught it quite early.
From everything I’ve read here and elsewhere online Clavamox seems to be pretty harsh and often causes diarrhea and some other issues. I constantly see people suggesting S. Boulardii for antibiotic related gut/poo issues and was thinking of preemptively picking some up tomorrow (if the local health store even has it) so I can either begin dosing her before issues arise or start at the first sign of them. From what I gather this is a very well tolerated and safe supplement, but do you all think I should ask my vet about giving her it beforehand? In all the threads I’ve read I’ve never seen anyone say “talk to your vet first!” regarding S. Boulardii, so I just wanted to double check if it really is that safe that it doesn’t require “vet approval”.