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"Furry Face" wrote in message . theremailer.net... On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:53:40 -0500, "Kelly Greene" wrote: Not one person responded to the my post about inner ear infections. Our cat has 3 more days of prednisolone (sp?) and a week worth of antibiotics. If she hasn't responded by then she'll be euthanized. This has been going on for 3 weeks now and she hasn't improved one iota. Prednisone is typically given to cats for cancer treatment like lymphoma or as an appetite stimulant. It has to be ramped up in the beginning and ramped down when discontinuing. She's on one every other day now. This morning she was much improved, much stronger. As I type this she's eating again! See my reply to FirstHit. Non-responsiveness to an antibiotic indicates either a wrong antibiotic was selected or something else is going on, again possibly cancer. In my 10 years experience with cats, if you don't see results and improvement with medication in 48 hours, something is wrong. Here I agree but inner-ear-infections are hard to treat especially since most of the causal bacteria are so antibiotic resistant, and they can't be reached without surgery. Outer ear infections are much easier to treat. I've had cats with them before. He said it would take time. They don't clear up (inner ear) in a few days as you probably know. But we did expect improvement in a week at least. Since this is a stray, we don't know how long she's had this infection or even how old she is. A good sign is, as sick as she's been, she managed to gain 4 oz since we took her in. My advice is to take your cat back to the vet and ask for a re-evaluation. If the vet is shaking their head, go to a different vet and try a fresh approach to the problem. |
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