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Tome (Hendersonville, Nc) on 04/02/2011
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I do not know whether the bacteria that is causing havoc among people taking antibiotics is a problem for our animals but just in case, I would think it wise to include some acidophilus in your animal's diet while he or she is on the antibiotics. Once a person is suffering from c. Diff, it is very, very difficult to cure. The cramps alone will bring a strong man to his knees and our animals will not be able to tell us about the cramps. Also, until the c. diff is under control with acidophilus, one cannot eat even a bite of banana (in my case, at least) without bringing on the cramping.

Replied By Liz (Kenmore, New York) on 10/14/2011

My 14 yr old male Norwegian Forest cat was given antibiotics to treat dental problems he was having. I was in bad shape financially, and could not pay the full amount of all the tests and cleaning, (because the vet, like every other vet, refuses to do payment plans) so the vet put him on a 2 dose a day antibiotic. He doesn't weigh too much anymore because of his age, so I was very surprised when they told me the dose was 1mL, which was the entire tube dropper. Just seemed like way to much. Especially when they told me that he developed a heart murmur.

So I gave it to him and within the first 2 days, he started vomiting up this white bubbly phlegm all the time and had diarhrea very bad. I had called the vet, and they said it was "normal" and to not worry about it and it would go away within a few days.

The next few days were spent with him hiding constantly (which he only does when he's hurt or sick - which is very rare) and his appetite went way down and he stopped going to the bathroom all together.

Within the end of that week of him being on it, he had a stroke when I was in the middle of brushing his hair. I immediately stopped giving him the antibiotics and hoped he would recover from having the stroke because by the next day he was walking around and eating again.

But he hasn't. He's gotten worse and he's still vomiting up that white stuff. And now he refuses to eat, drink and still hasn't gone to the bathroom. And to make matters worse, I've called every vet in the city and no one takes payment plans so I can't even treat him. All they keep telling me is that he'll need a whole bunch of tests and that it's going to cost a lot of money which is due at the end of the visit, and they won't even see him unless I can pay the entire bill. Talk about being in it for the animals!

He was fine before he got put on this stuff, and now I have to watch him slowly die because of it. He was the most loveable cat and would cuddle, bring me socks, play and chase our other 2 cats around the house. Now all he does is sit in the tub or hide under the bed and we've been forced to feed him using a syringe. He was the best cat ever with the most unique personality and now I'm forced with the decision to euthenize him or not, which is the hardest decision I've ever had to make. He was my little boy and I love him to death and it's their fault that this is happening to him!

Replied By Timh (Louisville, Usa) on 10/19/2011

Liz, I am terribly sorry for this incident (accident). The Hippocratic oath has been broken again. I also hope your kitty is still alive as of this writing. If I may suggest a couple of things which might help. First, I am a big advocate of magnet therapy as it helps sooo many conditions. If you have a refrigerator magnet rub your kitty with the side that sticks to metal surfaces. Do this for several hrs if possible on a daily basis. If possible buy him a magnet pet pad to sleep on. For internal cleaning, add one drop of H2O2 3% (Hydrogen Peroxide) to his water dropper. Slowly increase by one drop until he is back to normal. Hope this isn't too late.

Replied By Ali (Dothan, U.s.) on 03/03/2012

Side effects, Dear Liz , I just found this site, so I know this comment is late in coming. But I still wanted to express my deepest thoughts to you. I hope so much your baby made it. I'm going through a serious problem with my cat too. She has been sick for so very long and is on antibiotics again, and the Vets have drained my senior income and put me in debt that will take the rest of my life to get out of, if I live that long. And yes, I'am very, very bitter about it too, because they still have not found any solution to help her.

With the office visits costing so much with every trip ( $38.00 To $52.00 a visit) I could never save up enough money to pay for the treatments they kept needing. (Seniors have a hard time trying to just pay for their pets food. I do without many times so she can eat. ) and, I feel I have to keep trying to help her and not give up on her she is my Love, a Big part of my life. Now with over $7,800 in credit card bills and watching her die, I'm beyond depressed. I can't find the strength to put her to sleep. The Saddest part about it too, is, the disrespect I felt from the office staff because I would ask about the cost of each test and why it was needed, and sometimes the test were just crazy to do. And always, always in a rush to get you out, and won't talk to you. I have never felt so lost and low in being a human being as I did in my Vets office. They all acted so insensitive to the deep love I had for my cat and made me feel like I was cheap and just a crazy cat person and wanted service for nothing. I feel I will Never try to own another pet and Not because I don't think we need to help our animals , but, because I 'am going to Refuse to EVER support another Vet in my life time. I have Learned a thing or to about them through all of this. Most of them have a need to take a serious look at their morals, and learn Money isn't Everything, and realize humans have brought on this over population of animals and put their life in harms way and we owe it to them to help them. You would think a Vet would be a lot more caring, but, they are not, it's a very sad state for those of us that do care, but, have to suffer so much trying to help them. I have Lost a Big part of myself because of my resentment about This So Called Profession of doing it for the animals. A loving Pet owner deserves more respect because of their Love for their pets. So many pets are abused so very bad.

Replied By Om (Hope, Canada, Bc) on 01/19/2013

I completly sympatise with the agony and sorrow these vets have caused to you and the kitty. I have had a cat hospice since in my early fifties and now I am seventy-seven years old with some dogs/cats remaining. Vets have killed several of these cats that should have been treated with love, not greed. I have had to experience cats dying of broken heart, abandonment and othere factors. This has broken my life to some extent. Even now I am mistreated by city hall even though everything is in order with numerous letters of support. Antibiotica are given for everything and the result is often a cat literally withering away. I give diluted buttermilk or yoghourt for a long time, even baby probiotics and have put some now on a famous tea that has the name of the nurse in reverse that cured thousands of sick people here in Canada in the past. Now I give natural Ayurvedic and western remedies that are for people which are supporting and healing.

I found vets putting down pets that should have been left to die naturally with the support of the owner as I have done. I have only one hope that in the near future there will come a completely different healing system, not a sickness system based on dollars. These vets are heartless, cruel and avaricious. I once volunteered for a vet only to realize that these people have sold themselves out to a life of money raking, forgetting their purpose in life.

My life was full of pain and because of the agony I had to witness without hardly any support of two-legged ones. The love I have received was beyond words and I know they are far more aware than people have them be. Even now I am ostracised and driven out of a international spiritual community because I am considered unclean because of my life with cats and dogs in need. God bless you all animal guardians and look forward to times when this cruel and spiritless system will disappear. Om

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