15/02/2022 - Whiskey AMPS=149 PMPS=166 (she snuck a snack before testing)

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11 Feb 2022

So after a bit of a helluva weekend chasing my vomity vomity girl around with Cerenia and any food at all to try to get something into her, she seems much less vomity and is again happily eating her LC food...apparently Pampers Pouches (our equivalent of Friskies are a no go for Whiskey, they make her vomit like crazy - which after a vomity Friday was terrifying.

We had another ear assessment with the vet this morning, he is much happier with them, now we are down to medicating twice daily and cleaning every second day (instead of every day).

He wants to check again on Monday next week (as ear cleaning didn't happen with her feeling so awful). He took a slide and checked it, says he saw a 'nice balanced' variety of bacteria, NO EAR MITES moving around, but still some of the fungus he's worried about, hence the next week check.

My Question:

He is also going to do some reading to see if he can find a 'safe' anti fungal treatment for cats, so anyone who has any ideas please chime in.

Told him that I am going to do a couple of colloidal silver drops in each ear before medication twice daily, as it is a safe anti-fungal, he did not seem convinced, but didn't say don't try it.
 
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Wow! Looks like you had quite a weekend! (Btw, the link to your previous post doesn't work)

Is it the Pampers pouches that made her vomit or the Dichlorvos? You had put the Dichlorvos on her? Your post said anti-fly but I assume you mean anti-flea? :-)
Must make it very hard to treat her for fles/mites etc if she is allergic to most of them!

I'm going to tag a few members for your anti-fungal query:

@tiffmaxee
@Wendy&Neko
@Suzanne & Darcy
@Katherine&Ruby
@Sue and Luci
@Chris & China (GA)
@Sienne and Gabby (GA)
 
Hi Bhooma, both the Pampers Pouches (pate and jelly) made her vomit like a steam train, so did the Dichlorvos.

Regarding the dichlorvos, I didn't actually put it on her (I'm terrified of any insecticide product on her now); it was on a fly strip that we were using in the house and it set her off with vomiting after being up for 2 days, so after a day of cerenia and starting to eat again, and kept it down by the evening.

The next morning (Sat) I thought I'd give her a treat which was a Pamper Pate pouch, which she promptly vomited up; so more cerenia later, and her starting to cautiously eat; I gave her a Pampers Jelly pouch on Sun morning which she promptly vomited up as well. 6+ hours of no eating (even after Cerenia) she finally started asking about food again and kept something else down. Unfortunately the only thing she would eat was a MC food, but seeing as it was at least SOMETHING I felt it was better than nothing.

Thanks for tagging people for anti fungal meds :)

ps, fixed the link - sorry, I am allergic to pure html links without specifying what they link to in plain text!
 
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I’m glad she stopped vomiting. Fungus is one thing I don’t know anything about. I hope someone else has ideas. @JaxBenji might know about this but she’s not around much.
 
I'm sorry but I have no experience with fungal infections/fungus overall. I hope someone else has some experience in dealing with that issue.
 
tiffmaxee said:
Read this. Was the type of fungus identified?
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/cat-...ody-systems-of-cats/fungal-infections-in-cats
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Thanks for the link. I'll ask him specifically which fungus it is tm (they are closed already). He did mention it but now I'm a blank about the name!

tiffmaxee said:
I’m glad she stopped vomiting. Fungus is one thing I don’t know anything about. I hope someone else has ideas. @JaxBenji might know about this but she’s not around much.
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Also glad I no longer have a vomity cat. It's terrifying with a diabetic cat! Also, she is eating again, I went through tins and tins of food on the weekend trying to get her to eat anything!
 
It sounds like you had a really rough weekend with Whiskey. I'm happy she's feeling better now and keeping food down. It sounds like you are making really good progress with the ears.

I have used a product called Mometamax in cats ears for fungal infection. It worked. Now these were not diabetic cats, however and there is a steroid component to the ear drops that will increase BG :-( If your vet can find a straight anti-fungal perhaps that would be better.

My question is, would oral anti-fungal medications like Fluconazole which is given for Ringworm be effective in the ears or does it have to be applied to the ears directly. Could it treat the ears systemically? I have a feeling that it probably needs to go into the ears though! It's something I would ask my vet about.

Here's some information on Mometamax from Petplace.com.

Overview of Mometamax for Dogs and Cats
Mometamax is a medication to treat ear infections in dogs and cats. Otitis externa (outer ear infections) commonly include infection with both bacteria and yeast organisms. Many medications designed to treat these infections will include multiple medications to treat all aspects of the infection. You can learn more about otitis externa in these articles from the Petplace library: go to Otitis Externa (Ear Infections) in Dogs and Otitis Externa (Ear Infections) in Cats.

Mometamax contains three medications to treat your pet’s otitis:

  • Mometasone – a synthetic steroid that will help reduce inflammation in the ear canal. Inflammation is a large source of the pain associated with otitis, this will help your pet become comfortable more quickly.
  • Gentamicin – an aminoglycoside-type antibiotic that will treat a wide variety of bacteria types found in ear infections.
  • Clotrimazole – an antifungal medication used to treat infections caused by fungi (yeasts and molds). It is effective in the treatment of the common skin and ear yeast Malassezia pachydematitis and in control of the skin fungi (dermatophytes), Microsporum, Candida, and Trichophyton. The drug is also used occasionally for treatment of fungus infection of the nasal cavity.
 
P.S., I didn't get the tag for this post! But I was just thinking about you and Whiskey and wondering how all the ear treatment was going... so I looked for your post and found it. Too bad the tags seem to work intermittently.
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
P.S., I didn't get the tag for this post! But I was just thinking about you and Whiskey and wondering how all the ear treatment was going... so I looked for your post and found it. Too bad the tags seem to work intermittently.
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LOL, thanks, we are getting there, had a bit of a tough time this weekend, but now she seems happier - I think when this is all done I will post a close up pic of those magnificent ears, they are ENORMOUS!
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
It sounds like you had a really rough weekend with Whiskey. I'm happy she's feeling better now and keeping food down. It sounds like you are making really good progress with the ears.

I have used a product called Mometamax in cats ears for fungal infection. It worked. Now these were not diabetic cats, however and there is a steroid component to the ear drops that will increase BG :-( If your vet can find a straight anti-fungal perhaps that would be better.

My question is, would oral anti-fungal medications like Fluconazole which is given for Ringworm be effective in the ears or does it have to be applied to the ears directly. Could it treat the ears systemically? I have a feeling that it probably needs to go into the ears though! It's something I would ask my vet about.

Here's some information on Mometamax from Petplace.com.

Overview of Mometamax for Dogs and Cats
Mometamax is a medication to treat ear infections in dogs and cats. Otitis externa (outer ear infections) commonly include infection with both bacteria and yeast organisms. Many medications designed to treat these infections will include multiple medications to treat all aspects of the infection. You can learn more about otitis externa in these articles from the Petplace library: go to Otitis Externa (Ear Infections) in Dogs and Otitis Externa (Ear Infections) in Cats.

Mometamax contains three medications to treat your pet’s otitis:

  • Mometasone – a synthetic steroid that will help reduce inflammation in the ear canal. Inflammation is a large source of the pain associated with otitis, this will help your pet become comfortable more quickly.
  • Gentamicin – an aminoglycoside-type antibiotic that will treat a wide variety of bacteria types found in ear infections.
  • Clotrimazole – an antifungal medication used to treat infections caused by fungi (yeasts and molds). It is effective in the treatment of the common skin and ear yeast Malassezia pachydematitis and in control of the skin fungi (dermatophytes), Microsporum, Candida, and Trichophyton. The drug is also used occasionally for treatment of fungus infection of the nasal cavity.
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Thank you so very much for looking this up - I have sent a link to the product to the vet; it looks promising despite the steroids; and will hear what they say!
 
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