Well, the new meds seem to be doing their job - Ritz is tearing through the house like her old self and giving daddycat a really hard time for trying to put that pill down her throat.

The new antibiotics are long pills, the only way we have been able to administer is to put them into a syringe thingy with water (per vet instructions) and let it liquify and administer like the Clavamox liquid..

We had no trouble with the Clavamox...but apparently this new stuff must taste really bad! Ritz had a look on her face like, "what in the heck are you trying to do to me!"....the ole kitty stinkeye!

She is very good about taking medicine - at least with us, so that's good. The pill is so big I don't know if we could get it down, but I think if we break it in halvies and do it that way we can avoid dissolving it and getting the "blechy face"...

She's been really rowdy! Running through the house, careening off our legs, acting a lot more like her old self. Her trips to the litterbox are still a bit more frequent than usual, but so far they have been "quick in and outs" and resulting in a little more pee.. no more sitting for 10 minutes....for a while there I thought she was going to set up camp in there!

so, finger's crossed that this progress will continue - not totally out of the woods yet, but really good signs. Thanks for all of your insight! This forum is really helpful and encouraging!