Tubby & Peanut's Mom
12-28-2005, 08:49 PM
Hi all. :)
Vacation is wonderful....except.....Peanut started being obsessed with the litterbox. She was in it constantly, scratching and straining. My first thought was UTI, but knowing the vet said this would be the first sign that her "malignancy" was flaring up/coming back/getting worse, I started to panic. I had also sprinkled some baking soda on the litter and when she went I noticed the baking soda was a little pink, indicating blood.
However, when she wasn't scratching and being obsessed with the litterbox, she was fine, even killing her little mousie, sitting by the motorhome door and open windows to sniff the breeze and begging for treats. I didn't know what to think, so I took her to a local vet this morning knowing this vet would have no idea about her previous bladder issues. As I predictated, I was given Clavamox to be given twice a day - in liquid form which I've never had before.
My question is, since I gave her the first dose this morning, she has seemed a little....lackluster? Not sure if that is the right word, but she just seems a little more "out of it" than she did before the antibiotic. Is this normal? She has eaten, pooed and peed, sniffed the breeezes and everything else since the dose, but she seems to be sleeping more with less energy.
Needless to say, I'm really hoping it's the antibiotics that are making her feel a little funky......
No matter what, she will be making a trip to her regular vet the instant we get home.
Vacation is wonderful....except.....Peanut started being obsessed with the litterbox. She was in it constantly, scratching and straining. My first thought was UTI, but knowing the vet said this would be the first sign that her "malignancy" was flaring up/coming back/getting worse, I started to panic. I had also sprinkled some baking soda on the litter and when she went I noticed the baking soda was a little pink, indicating blood.
However, when she wasn't scratching and being obsessed with the litterbox, she was fine, even killing her little mousie, sitting by the motorhome door and open windows to sniff the breeze and begging for treats. I didn't know what to think, so I took her to a local vet this morning knowing this vet would have no idea about her previous bladder issues. As I predictated, I was given Clavamox to be given twice a day - in liquid form which I've never had before.
My question is, since I gave her the first dose this morning, she has seemed a little....lackluster? Not sure if that is the right word, but she just seems a little more "out of it" than she did before the antibiotic. Is this normal? She has eaten, pooed and peed, sniffed the breeezes and everything else since the dose, but she seems to be sleeping more with less energy.
Needless to say, I'm really hoping it's the antibiotics that are making her feel a little funky......
No matter what, she will be making a trip to her regular vet the instant we get home.