Sigh. Off to the vet w/2 of my Fur Posse; *update post #9*

[Catlady711]

Sorry to hear that 3 of your 'fur posse' are having issues. I hope they all get to feeling better very soon.

Pseudomonas is quite nasty, both in smell and the difficulty in treating. Zenaquin is a fairly potent antibiotic and hopefully will take care of things after a round or two. Did the vet do a culture on it? Anyways just make sure to wash your hands good after messing with the ears and you might want to keep any elderly or very young people away from Yodie for awhile, or anyone with cuts on their skin. Pseudomonas can be contagious to humans, although usually the groups I mentioned are the ones in the highest risk group if they do get it.

Conviena is great stuff, sure beats shoving meds down them doesn't it!

Give all your babies a hug and some petting for me.

[Medusa]

Pseudomonas is quite nasty, both in smell and the difficulty in treating. Zenaquin is a fairly potent antibiotic and hopefully will take care of things after a round or two. Did the vet do a culture on it? Anyways just make sure to wash your hands good after messing with the ears and you might want to keep any elderly or very young people away from Yodie for awhile, or anyone with cuts on their skin. Pseudomonas can be contagious to humans, although usually the groups I mentioned are the ones in the highest risk group if they do get it.

Conviena is great stuff, sure beats shoving meds down them doesn't it!

Give all your babies a hug and some petting for me.

He didn't do a culture this time but he did one before and he's certain that it's the same thing again. I'm glad you told me about the contagion risks, thank you. No kids here or elderly (unless you count me, LOL) He didn't mention it to me.

Yes, Convenia is definitely "convenient". I'll opt for it any day.

Consider the Fur Posse hugged and petted. If I can catch them, that is. Now that they know they're going to be getting daily meds, the herd has definitely thinned. LOL

[Catlady711]

I'm glad you told me about the contagion risks, thank you. No kids here or elderly (unless you count me, LOL) He didn't mention it to me.

Hmmm, at the hospital I work at it's standard practice to warn of possible (even if slim) chances of contagious things. Many of these type things are already present in the environment all the time anyways (staph, pseudomonus etc) however it can enter through a break in the skin and cause problems, in people with weakened immune systems (and typically elderly) and in young children (putting hands around eyes/nose/mouth without handwashing).


http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/extra_risk.htm

Pseudomonus can commonly be found in contaminated water, even in public pools, but may also be found in ground water, ponds, ditches etc.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000126.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/derm.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/swimmers_ear.htm

As long as you keep your hands washed and out of your mouth, eyes, nose when doing Yodie's ears, and don't have open cuts you should be fine if you're a healthy adult.

I've worked around this stuff for 8 years now and have never gotten it myself so it's not something you should lose sleep over.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Mary, I'm sorry to hear that your some of your fur posse is sick. I hope that the meds will work well for them and that they'll all be feeling better very soon.

[Medusa]

Hmmm, at the hospital I work at it's standard practice to warn of possible (even if slim) chances of contagious things. Many of these type things are already present in the environment all the time anyways (staph, pseudomonus etc) however it can enter through a break in the skin and cause problems, in people with weakened immune systems (and typically elderly) and in young children (putting hands around eyes/nose/mouth without handwashing).


http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/extra_risk.htm

Pseudomonus can commonly be found in contaminated water, even in public pools, but may also be found in ground water, ponds, ditches etc.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000126.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/derm.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/swimmers_ear.htm

As long as you keep your hands washed and out of your mouth, eyes, nose when doing Yodie's ears, and don't have open cuts you should be fine if you're a healthy adult.

I've worked around this stuff for 8 years now and have never gotten it myself so it's not something you should lose sleep over.

I do have a compromised immune system but I'm fanatical about washing my hands dozens of times a day because of having 6 cats. I'm going to be extra cautious anyhow. I'm going to mention this to my vet, though. He's usually on the ball, although I could tell yesterday he was out of sorts. He has some serious, very serious health issues of his own. Thank you again.