Re: question about antibiotics and diarrhea

[Marylyn]

See if you can get apple pectin or phylum (bad spelling--unflavored metimusuiel--again bad spelling).  They helped with several critters who had this problem.  My alternative vet recommends the apple pectin over other fibers.  I don't know why.                                                               If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures                                                  from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who                                                  will deal likewise with their fellow man.                                                                   St. Francis ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 12:25 PM Subject: question about antibiotics and diarrhea It has now been over 24 hours since Lucy got her last Clavamox, but she is still having completely liquid diarrhea-- 3 times already this morning.  I gave her probiotics twice, to no avail (in the past they have seemed to make her worse, actually).  Has anyone had a cat get diarrhea from antibiotics, and if so how long did it take to straighten out? I am worried that, since she has IBD already, this is becoming something more than just the antibiotics.   Also, I took her temp and it was 102.2.  I know that this is basically a high normal temp, but her temp on Wed after her fever broke was 101.5.  Does this mean she has a fever again? I was worried about taking her off the abx early.  I just pilled her with some lysine (though for all I know that is giving her diarrhea) and gave her fluids. I also gave her flagyl this morning, but not sure if that is a good idea or not. Normally if her bowels get loose I up her pred, but I am worried about doing that because she still has a little bit of the URI and is off the abx.   She is eating, but only a few licks at a time.  She only wants plain raw turkey or turkey baby food, and will have a few licks of each about every hour. I force-fed her some of the raw turkey this morning as well, but am wondering if maybe I should just give her intestines a break.   Any thoughts would be appreciated.   Thanks, Michelle