Urinary Tract Infection?- Bladder Stones Match..

[SQ]

Are you sure she is not dehydrated?

 

[lilspaz68]

Did your vet palpate her abdomen looking for masses as well?

 

[jorats]

I'm really sorry you are going through this, it's hard especially when the funds are so low.
Keep her diet at a very low protein. Try to give her lots and lots of water. Give her things like watermelon, iceberg lettuce. I would even give her the liquid in tuna cans anything to up her water level.
Keep doing the meds though, 4 doses is not enough to see a marked improvement.

 

[SQ]

I'm wondering if sub-Q fluids might help ...... if she isn't getting enough fluid

 

[RattusNorvegicus]

Ed peed today, and it was a lot, and normal looking! I won't get my hopes up yet, I will have to see her pee next time. I only have enough more Flagyl for maybe 2 more doses.

 

[jorats]

Keeping my fingers crossed!

 

[mamarat]

Hoping for the best for your girl.

 

[RattusNorvegicus]

So before I had her potty for me today, it looks like she had a drop of blood on her urethra, but her urine looks normal. Well, almost. It's still a little off, but not too off. NOW I have a dose or two left of Flagyl, and can't get more at the moment, so hopefully it'll stay away. I can't wait to tell my vet. Thank you everyone for helping me figure this out!

 

[victoria]

It's unlikely going to go away if you only have 2 doses or Flagyl left... you should usually treat for at least a week after the last symptoms...

 

[RattusNorvegicus]

I'll see if my mom will lend me some money.

 

[RattusNorvegicus]

Well her urine is back to being how it was. I don't know why. I never stopped the Flagyl.

I did stop Baytril though, and the time she was off I do believe that's when her urine cleared up. She was off it for a couple or a few days, but got congested and wheezy so I started it again. I wonder, could this be the Baytril? It did start while she was on Orbifloxacin. I could see if Doxy+Zithro will keep her URI away.

 

[lilspaz68]

Try baytril/zithro which is in my opinion a more potent combo than zithro/doxy. The baytril might keep fighting the urinary issue. Sounds like the flagyl wasn't doing anything for her.

 

[RattusNorvegicus]

The thing is her urine seemed to clear up when she was off the Baytril. It might've just been coincidental though.

 

[RattusNorvegicus]

Do you think Baytril/zithro would be better than Baytril/Doxy?

I still am unsure whether the Flagyl was helping or not but I found this:
http://www.1800petmeds.com/Metronidazole-prod10098.html

$0.89? I might as well buy two and try again. Why do vets sell antibiotics for so much? The Flagyl I bought from them was around $30, and all they do is crush a tablet like above and mix it in flavoring right?

And for 146mg tablet of Baytril it's only $4.49! Am I forgetting something, or is this so much cheaper?

*Edit to say minimum quantity I can buy is 10, but it is still so much cheaper!

 

[mamarat]

I've had better results with Baytril and Zithro combo.

 

[RattusNorvegicus]

Does anyone have a Flagyl tablet they can send me? I am sure my vet will allow me to try it, I just really don't want to ask again.

 

[RattusNorvegicus]

I emailed my vet. So I will see what she says. Poor Eddy, she's just not herself.

 

[Kate476]

I'm so sorry you're going through all of this.. sadly I'm of no help.

 

[mamarat]

Poor you, poor little girl. hugs

 

[jorats]

I wish we could help more... it's hard watching our babies go through these things.