Scooter Update - reasonably good news

Apparently Scooter has a strep infection, enterococcus, that's in his
skin so that's why he's been scratching so much and has so many scabs.
That has been getting better with the initial antibiotic injection and
I've been able to get him to swallow the antibiotic liquid by starving
him between meals (along with the other two cats - the whining is
endless).

I'll need to switch him to another antibiotic (clavamox?) after he's
done with this one just to make sure it really goes away. No
explanation for why he lost almost a pound over the last year except
that he's getting older, around 10. But some of it may be because he's
had this infection for the last month or two and really wasn't eating
much.

All in all, much better than I feared.

On 4/16/2013 10:53 AM, dgk wrote:
Apparently Scooter has a strep infection, enterococcus, that's in his
skin so that's why he's been scratching so much and has so many scabs.
That has been getting better with the initial antibiotic injection and
I've been able to get him to swallow the antibiotic liquid by starving
him between meals (along with the other two cats - the whining is
endless).

I'll need to switch him to another antibiotic (clavamox?) after he's
done with this one just to make sure it really goes away. No
explanation for why he lost almost a pound over the last year except
that he's getting older, around 10. But some of it may be because he's
had this infection for the last month or two and really wasn't eating
much.

All in all, much better than I feared.

Purrs continue for Scooter to get better and this nasty infection to go
away post haste.

Jill

dgk wrote:

Apparently Scooter has a strep infection, enterococcus, that's in his
skin so that's why he's been scratching so much and has so many scabs.
That has been getting better with the initial antibiotic injection and
I've been able to get him to swallow the antibiotic liquid by starving
him between meals (along with the other two cats - the whining is
endless).

I'll need to switch him to another antibiotic (clavamox?) after he's
done with this one just to make sure it really goes away. No
explanation for why he lost almost a pound over the last year except
that he's getting older, around 10. But some of it may be because he's
had this infection for the last month or two and really wasn't eating
much.

All in all, much better than I feared.

That sounds pretty serious! I'm glad he's doing better.

--
Joyce

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he
grows up, he'll never be able to merge his car onto a freeway.