What is for clavamox

My 5 month old sphynx (she weighs right around 5lbs) was prescribed Clavamox this morning by her vet. For a bacterial infection in her eye stemming from an injury on her eye when she was little. We’ve had difficulty healing it. I’ve taken her to the vet 4 times. She’s also on 2 different eyedrops.
Her dose of Clavamox was 1.0 MiL (a full dropper) once every 12 hours. I gave her first dose as soon as we got home from the vet around 12:30. At 2:30 she vomited and has since vomited 3 more times. So 4 in total. I, of course, have been in touch with the vet all day. Calling them basically every time she has vomited. They’ve told me not to give her any more antibiotics for the day and to give her a 1/4th of the dose twice a day starting tomorrow morning.
She’s still drinking, eating, and being playful at times. She’s also in a cone. And she basically freezes up and refuses to move with the cone on so she’s spent most of the day in my arms. But as soon as I let her take a break from the cone (completely supervised of course I don’t want her rubbing her eye anymore) she’s up bouncing around, playing, pouncing on me. She also pooped and peed since all of this has been happening.
But I’m still a nervous ninny about everything as this little cat is my BABY. My vet has given me her personal phone number to call if she isn’t better before she opens back up on Monday. So I’m able to get a hold of them whenever I start to feel worried or she starts getting worse.
I would just like some further opinions on if this is the antibiotics causing the vomiting and what can I do to help her feel better. When she vomits, she shivers in my arms for quite a while afterwards.
How much water should she be drinking to prevent dehydration? I’m just worried out of my brain and would like to hear from ya’ll on the matter. Honestly any sort of insight on the situation would be wonderful as I am a bit worried.

Hi all, I have a cat who just turned 5 last April and he has been having a whole slew of health issues since getting some teeth removed, so I'll lay out the timeline and express my thoughts at the end. If anyone else has had a similar experience or has an explanation, please let me know!
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• April 24th: Went in to get some bad teeth removed (pretty standard, three of my cats have had this done now and they were all fine) and seemed to be recovering well over the next two weeks.
• May 8th: we noticed he had been more lethargic the last couple days and we hadn't seen him get up yet at all that day, we went to get him up and he sort of flopped over. He was very wobbly as he got up; walking slanted and not being very responsive. We made an appointment for the vet the next day.
• May 9th: Got bloodwork, an ultrasound, and X-Rays after getting a physical exam and showing discomfort when being touched in his belly. We found his upper GI was a bit inflamed but nothing else out of the ordinary. He had a Cerenia 0.7 ml injection and we were given Gabapentin 100mg to give him at home, but they did not have an official diagnosis. At this point he was walking fine but wasn't eating.
• May 10th: After no improvement whatsoever, he was brought back in to be looked over once more via ultrasound to make sure there was nothing else going on, and all that was found was the GI still a bit inflamed. At this point, the vet was pretty confident it was gastroenteritis and she gave us Maropitant 16mg and Clavamox Chews 62.5mg on top of the Gabapentin 100mg. By May 16th he had finished his medicine regiment and was thankfully back to normal it seemed.
• May 18th: Since his last visit to the vet, he'd been totally normal but sometimes we would notice what looked like labored breathing out of nowhere. After his surgery we were told he might be hoarse from the aspirator, so at the time the best I could figure was maybe it was due to lingering effects from that. Based on what happened on May 18th, I now know that those moments of breathing were much more important. Around 11pm he started breathing heavily on his side again, but this time it progressed very quickly. He was restless and keeping getting up, laying on his side, breathing heavily, and repeat. When he started open-mouth breathing we rushed off to the closest emergency vet 45 minutes away. The ride down was one of the worst experiences of my life because we really thought we'd lose him. He was hacking up some kind of phlegm that looked like he was foaming at the mouth and he was straining to breathe the whole time. When we got there, the doctor told us she suspected heart failure due to undetected heart disease but said she would try to stabilize him. Thankfully she did, and they held him for the next 24 hours to make sure he stayed stable. His lungs had been taking in fluid, hence the trouble breathing and hacking up fluid. She gave us Lasix for fluid regulation and Clopidogrel as a blood thinner to give him indefinitely.
• May 30th: Since that awful night, we've met with our home vet many times about what happened and he recommended an echocardiogram so that if it is heart disease, we would know for sure. The echo was yesterday on the 30th but we do not have results yet. Those will likely come next week. Since the 18th, he's been mostly normal save for 1.) random bouts of laying on his side and breathing heavily while zoning out (when it gets bad, we give him an extra Lasix pill to mitigate any possible fluid buildup that may be causing it) but HE usually snaps out of those within 5-10 minutes and 2.) he hasn't been eating his hard food. He'll eat turkey, various wet foods, temptations hard treats, and puree tubes but no interest in his regular food at all. The foods he will eat, he doesn't necessarily gorge on. Yesterday we were given Mirtazapine Transdermal Ointment 5g to improve his appetite, and it does seem to get him to eat hard food but he def doesn't want the food without it.

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Now that I've laid out the timeline, I just can't help but feel like it's weird that all this is happening right after his surgery. His mouth healed great; no issues whatsoever! But then the gastroenteritis. Now possibly HEART DISEASE? What the hell is happening? This is a 5 year old cat that has NEVER had issues before. The only reason he went to the vet was because I suspected dental issues based on his rancid breath, and I was right. Best thing to do was remove the diseased teeth. Been through that many times now with no issues with my other cats. But it's like getting that surgery flipped a switch and now it's one thing after another! Maybe its just pure coincidence, but is it not strange???
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Our ACD started out with what seemed liked a bad tooth infection, causing fairly pronounced eye/facial swelling. We took her to our normal vet who extracted one molar. Most of the swelling went down, but she seemed to be having issues breathing due to presumed nasal swelling. We took her to another vet on the recommendation of the first vet to get x-rays and more extractions. The second vet ended up removing another molar on the other side. After not seeing improvement, we brought her back to the second vet and they ended up removing another tooth next to the second molar. Upon attempting to examine her nasal passage, the scope was met with resistance/nasal bleeding. They advised we needed to see a specialist for possible CT/rhinoscopy. The specialist has quoted us $4-7k to essentially "see what is going on" and not necessarily give us any answers. We are also getting recommendations to go to a dental specialist, for a similarly priced dental CT/surgery. One of the techs at our original vet also mentioned BOAS surgery to possibly open up her nasal passages.
The nasal swelling has gotten to the point where she can barely breathe through her nose at all. She will seem normal through the day, behavior has not changed or gotten worse, but at night she will snore alarmingly loud, like a person with extreme sleep apnea, and at times stop breathing until she startles awake and opens up her mouth.
Also of note - when I feel the bridge of her snout, it is no longer smooth. Near the middle it feels like the skull bone is bumpy or may even have holes in it. We are wondering if perhaps the infection got so bad that it irreparably damaged her sinuses and is causing the breathing issues.
At this point we are at a loss on what direction to go in, and would appreciate any advice or insight. We have done the initial consult with the internal medicine specialist, and have the initial consult with the dental specialist tomorrow. I have included the internal medicine specialist's summary below, and will attempt to attach her x-ray. I've circled the area that I believe to be "bumpy" on the x-ray, even though the vets said it was "unremarkable".
• Species: Canine
• Age: 6-7
• Sex/Neuter status: Female/spayed
• Breed: Australian cattle dog
• Clinical signs: Unable to breathe through snout, extreme snoring/stopping breathing, bridge of snout no longer smooth/bumpy bone
• Duration: 6mo
• Your general location: Maryland, USA
• Links to test results, vet reports, X-rays etc.
Skull X-RAY
• History: Riley, a 6 year old, female spayed, Australian Cattle Dog / Blue Heeler, is presenting today for nasal congestion & discharge. Riley was adopted from a breeder as a puppy and has been an overall healthy girl. She is very active and goes on hikes, enjoys playing ball, and runs with the owner. She enjoys chewing on things and at the end of November cracked her left upper fourth premolar while chewing a bully stick (owner found a piece of tooth). On 12/16 she did not greet the owner, was hanging her head, not eating well and flinching when approaching the face. On 12/17 swelling was noted over the nose and around the left eye with crusting discharge from the left nasal cavity. She was evaluated by the primary care veterinarian on 12/18/23. The primary care found the left, upper 4th premolar (#208) to be infected and prescribed amoxicillin and also gave injections of dexamethasone and penicillin. On 1/2/24 the left, upper 4th premolar (#208) was extracted and Riley was continued on amoxicillin. On 12/24 there was third eyelid elevation in the left eye with a bulging appearance and swelling around the eye. The owner was visiting family and treated Riley with carprofen, which improve the swelling. Riley was evaluated by the primary care veterinarian 1/24/24 for nasal congestion and facial swelling. The primary care recommended dental radiographs to ensure all the roots were removed during the dental and Riley was referred to You'll Never Walk Alone Veterinary Hospital 1/26/24. A physical could not be performed without sedation so Riley was prescribed Clavamox and carprofen until a sedated evaluation could be performed. Riley was evaluated by [redacted] Veterinary Hospital 2/1/24 and in-house lab work revealed mild decreases in RBC (5.10 M/uL, HCT (34.6%), HGB (11.7 g/dL), and ALKP (<10 U/L). Dental evaluation revealed that the upper, right 3rd premolar (#107) was loose and, upon extraction, had caudal root disease with purulent material. Dental radiographs showed no root retention from the upper, right 3rd premolar (#107) or the upper left 4th premolar (#208). Skull radiographs were unremarkable. Riley was given an injection of carprofen and prescribed two more weeks of Clavamox and Carprofen as needed. At her recheck on 2/27/24, the owner reported that the symptoms were decreased while on antibiotics and NSAIDs; however, once those were stopped, the congestion came back and there continued to be left sided facial swelling. Riley was treated with clindamycin, and told to continue carprofen. She was sedated 3/14/24 and there was scant, yellow discharge from the right nostril and decreased airflow from the left nostril. Dental radiographs revealed a periapical abscess of the upper right 4th premolar (#108) and the tooth was extracted. The nasal cavities were flushed with saline using a red rubber catheter. There was resistance in the left nostril with the red rubber but none in the right. She was given injections of enrofloxacin and Cerenia and prescribed enrofloxacin and carprofen to go home. Other than than nasal congestion and facial swelling. Riley is currently doing well with normal energy levels and behaviors. Her appetite, drinking, and eliminations are normal. There is no obvious pain when eating or drinking and no difficulty swallowing. The facial swelling improved with carprofen and tooth removal, but there is continued swelling on the top of the nose which is firm to the touch according to the owner. Riley is sneezing and having sneezing fits as well as nasal congestion. She has pawed at her face and has episodes of gasping and waking up to breathe through her mouth at night. No coughing.
Medications: None Historical: Carprofen 50mg every 12 hours Enrofloxacin Clavamox Amoxicillin Clindamycin
Heartworm & Flea/Tick Preventative: Unknown
Imaging: Radiographs: 3/14/24 Dental: In-House Interpretation Periapical abscess of #108 2/1/24 Dental & Skull: In-House Interpretation Skull radiographs = normal. Dental = No retained roots of previously extracted #208, No retained roots of current extracted #107 Lab work: 2/1/24 (In-House) CBC: RBC (L) 5.10 M/uL, HCT (L) 34.6%, HGB (L) 11.7 g/dL Chemistry: ALKP (L) <10 U/L
Vaccine History: Rabies: UTD, due 1/2027 Distemper: UTD, due 1/2027 Lyme: UTD, due 1/2025 Lepto: UTD, due 2/2025 Bordetella: Unknown
Weight changes: Weight loss of 1.96 lbs (53.24 lbs/24.2 kgs) from 55.2lbs/25.1kgs on 2/27/24

I have a 15 year old tabby cat that is my whole world, honestly I’ve had so many pets but never bonded to one the way I have with him.
About a week ago he had a sudden onset of pancreatitis that caused gallbladder inflammation and blockage as well as slight hepatitis. He spent 1 week in hospital (half at an ER and half at a specialist) received IV fluids and other medications. He is jaundice (poor guy looks like a banana), icteric and his eyes look so weak. He has lost almost all his body weight, I can feel his bones when I hold him. The vets were optimistic that he would get better with the supportive care but he didn’t.
They said his last option is a surgery to place a stent in the gallbladder, which would later have to be removed (so 2 surgeries). They said it’s a rare surgery and in healthy cats survival rate is 50%.
He is taking all his oral medications (antibiotic Clavamox, buprenorphine for pain, Denamarin for the liver, Ursodiol for bile flow, Cerenia for nausea / abdominal pain)
Yesterday his eating slowed down a lot. He had only a handful of temptations treats and a few licks of wet food. Today, he won’t eat anything at all. He’s still drinking plenty of water.
Should I take him back to the vet for a potential feeding tube? I’m scared he’s too weak to handle surgery, definitely he can’t handle the gallbladder stent which is secondary to pancreatitis so it wouldn’t cure him anyway.
I don’t want him starving to death because he feels too sick to eat. I’m at a loss of what to do. I don’t want to torture my poor old boy. But I want to give him the best chance at recovery too. He’s extremely lethargic. He only walks a few steps before laying down. He’s still able to use the litter box normally.
What would you do in my situation??

If any vets can weigh in here it would be really helpful. I’m looking for advice on what the quality of life for a senior cat potentially undergoing gallbladder stent placement would be like.
I have a 15 year old domestic short hair male cat, neutered, 10-12 lbs (has been losing weight with everything going on), FIV+ (although also vaccinated) with hyperthyroidism (on methimazole) and early kidney disease who just spent a week admitted in hospital and kept on IV fluids for pancreatitis and cholangiohepatitis. Basically his gallbladder is nearly blocked from inflammation as no masses or stones were seen on any of the 3 ultrasounds he has gotten. Pancreatitis has been classed as moderate. He is jaundice and icteric. He still has a good appetite and drinking plenty of water. He had labs everyday in hospital and while his ALT is trending down, his bilirubin and other gallbladder specific labs are getting worse.
Yesterday the vets told us he was doing great, expected to make full recovery and that we can take him home once he tolerates oral meds. They said the jaundice and bilirubin will take a while to come down but he can still go home on meds and a low fat diet. Today he has been tolerating oral meds and still taking food and water like normal. However speaking with the vet today, she said since his labs are getting worse and he is lethargic today (he’s much more lethargic and almost limp when I hold him, this was not the case the last two days), the vet said his last hope is a repeat ultrasound and then a rare gallbladder surgery where they place a stent that basically buys time while the inflammation reduces. The whole process would have to wait until Monday due to availability of their staff and equipment.
I’m very nervous that if I put my sweet 15 year old boy through this rare invasive surgery that he may not have the strength to recover from it. I don’t want his final days to be dealing with post op pain and complications. Knowing he is 15 I don’t know how much time the surgery would give him or what his quality of life would be like. For now I have brought him home where he can be comfortable. He is eating and drinking well but very very lethargic and sleeping. He’s been through a lot this week.
Meds: buprenorphine every 12 hours for pain, methimazole every 24 hours, clavamox antibiotics every 24 hours, Demarin every 24 hours, ursodiol every 24 hours. He just started ursodiol yesterday and his second dose was today. He also has Mirtaz if needed for appetite but he’s eating fine (low fat prescription diet)
Would doing the surgery buy him a lot more time and better quality of life? Or would this just put him into a downward spiral of suffering?
I should also add that we have spent $15,000 so far on his hospitalizations and ER visits and the surgery is an additional $10-13k :(

Hi, I’m at a loss of how to get answers to this.
On Tuesday evening, my 8 year old chihuahua dog presented symptoms of pyometra. She had a yellow pus like liquid surrounding her vulva and appeared to be pooping a tan/yellow liquid diarrhea as well.
I took her to the emergency vet near me who recommended an emergency spay after doing an abdominal radiograph examination and confirming uterus infection as well as some GI upset. We completed it and she had done well through the procedure and was stable. She stayed overnight and was experiencing some liquid diarrhea and incontinence.
I took her home the following afternoon and that night she had several bouts of urinary incontinence.
Yesterday her urinary incontinence improved, but she now is experiencing some fecal/bowel incontinence. She will poop, but does not seem to realize it or does not have the urge to get up. I have no idea what it could be.
She is 12 lbs and is on Clavamox (1.5 tabs every 12 hours), Gabapentin (50mg every 12 hours).
Please help, I am really struggling for answers here. The emergency vet hasn’t really been helpful when we’ve called. They have either suggested to bring her back in or wait it out. I don’t blame them for this since there’s only so much they can do but we are just trying to get some kind of answers.

Hello, My cat is a 10y11m neutered male DSH who is currently undergoing lomustin treatment for mast cell tumor disease. He has multiple external tumors and there is some evidence of splenic involvement. He had his first treatment on 5/7 and seems to be responding well to his chemo and other meds (prednisolone, loratadine, amitriptyline (long term med), gabapentin, topical 1% hydrocortisone). His rumors are visually smaller and smoother and he is MUCH more comfortable.
He began showing sx of a URI (sneezing, “puffing”/sniffling, clear runny discharge from eyes and nose, open mouth breathing but NOT panting) about 6 days ago. He was seen on 5/18 at his regular vet for a CBC as part of his cancer tx, and they did an exam and chest x rays at that time. No sign of any lung nodules or pneumonia on x-ray, said it’s likely viral and prescribed 500mg lysine treats daily. The following day, his breathing seemed worse to me (I think he was just extra stuffy on waking up) and I took him to the emergency vet, who placed him in an O2 cage and did an exam. Findings were similar to the previous day, clear lung sounds. They prescribed 62.5mg/day clavamox to avoid secondary bacterial infection. On Monday his CBC came back with elevated white cell count suggesting possible bacterial origin. Since starting Clavimox on Monday, he seems a little more energetic and is breathing with his mouth closed, but he sounds much more congested and “snotty”. His nasal discharge also now contains opaque white mucus, as opposed to the clear fluid it had been up to this point. Eating, drinking, litter box habits have been unchanged this whole time, and he has a great appetite (as usual).
My husband and I are due to go out of town for the weekend and while we have an amazing pet sitter, I am nervous. How long do URIa typically last in cats, and given he is on immunosuppressant meds, what should we expect as a typical course? I called our regular vet and left a voicemail to see what they think and have also been in contact with his onc team (who do not seem overly concerned). Should I be concerned or is this pretty normal? I would have hoped to see more improvement by now from the abx. Thank you!

Hello,
I have an 11 year-old chihuahua (Lily) that I recently adopted from my city shelter. The shelter did a dental and removed 12 teeth. She only has one canine tooth and one molar remaining. She also had a three inch burn that happened at the shelter from a heating pad while they were doing her spay and dental. She was on Clavamox and gabapentin when I brought her home from the shelter and I was told to use silver honey for her burn and I did. The burn is all healed now. The shelter said Lily was licking excessively and pawing at her mouth. I've had Lily for one month now and besides the pawing/licking she also sounds like she is trying to cough something up at times and coughs after she drinks water. The pawing/licking is not constant but it happens when she gets excited for about anything like dinner, me coming home from work, getting ready to go for a walk, etc. Sometimes the pawing is so strong it is like she is trying to pull her bottom jaw off! When Lily is laying down or calm, it still happens but not nearly as much.
The veterinarian I am seeing did chest and throat x-rays and there was no sedation to take those x-rays. The x-rays showed no tracheal collapse and nothing stuck in her throat but the radiologist noted that potentially there could be some upper or lower airway inflammation present that is causing her cough. Because of the potential airway inflammation they recommended a bronchoalveolar lavage at the cost of $1,852. She also put her on Clavamox again for another week. She also prescribed a mouthwash, 1-2 ml three times a day for a week and it didn't change anything.
Bloodwork was done and Lily's liver values were a bit high and she was prescribed an anti-inflammatory for two weeks to see if it helps her stop pawing/licking at her mouth. The doctor said if the anti-inflammatory helped stop her pawing/licking, then it could be a dental issue with a tooth root. There has been no change after one week on this medication. She also has me giving her one pill of Hepato TruBenefits once daily and she is also on .9 ml of Gabapentin twice daily as needed. I was told the next step would be an oral exam and dental x-rays and that Lily would need to be put under general anesthesia and intubated for this procedure. I don't want Lily to be intubated and sedated, I think that's overkill. I'd be charged for a dental ($1,900) and she only has two teeth. Maybe it's just sticker shock and I understand things change but I remember animals being sedated without intubation for oral examinations when I worked in the veterinary field ages ago. I can understand doing a dental but I don't see doing a bronchoalveolar lavage when the coughing is so inconsistent. I don't know what to do, I don't think she can live the rest of her life this way and I can't afford to do everything that has been recommended. My concern is what happens if I were to do all of this and she still has this issue. What do I do then, put her to sleep? This isn't a way to live and I feel so bad for this little dog going through so much and nothing has been resolved yet.

Species: dog Sex/neuter status: neutered male Age: 1yo Breed: pit mix
This isn’t an emergency and we have surgery scheduled for tomorrow morning im just going crazy not knowing and it’s stressing me out so I was hoping to get at least a good guess before tomorrow morning.
So I noticed my puppy (1yo pit mix) had swollen gums about 2 weeks ago. I got him into the vet but he’s very reactive so they weren’t able to get a good look in his mouth. Based on a video I was able to get before the appointment my vet is guessing it’s a mass but she said it could also be an abscess or even a fractured tooth and scheduled him for surgery to get a better look and take care of it while he’s under. She also told me that she was concerned because the swelling is up into his nasal cavity. She prescribed an amoxicillin/clavamox mix as well as rimadyl. The swelling hasn’t gone down much but that could be because he keeps aggravating it. It hasn’t seemed to bother him much at all but it bleeds off and on frequently.
The past couple of days he’s gotten more used to me looking into his mouth and I was able to get these pictures. I’m not sure how much information you can get from these but if you could give me an idea of what this might be before we know for sure tomorrow I would really appreciate it. TIA!

* Species: Feline * Age: 8 * Sex/Neuter status: Male/Neutered * Breed: Siamese/Norwegian Forest Cat * Body weight: 8lbs/3.67kg * History: None * Clinical signs: Frequent attempts at urination, low yield. Low water intake. * Duration: 3 weeks * Your general location: Canada * Links to any test results, X-rays, vet reports etc. that you have: The cat, Original urinalysis with struvite, Recent urinalysis with oxalate
Backstory;
About a year ago, I got a call from a friend of mine. She was out of town, but received word that her sister had gotten into some drugs (heroin and meth) and was found lying on their kitchen floor unconscious, and the animals had been removed from the home. She was gone for the better part of the month, so I was asked if I could provide a home for them until the whole situation was figured out.
When I got there, there was a dog and two cats. The dog was found locked in a kennel for an unknown number of days. He was visibly stressed, but overall okay. One cat (the mother) was found outside at 37C hiding under a deck, severely dehydrated. The other cat (The son, and the cat this post is about) was found hiding in the basement, seemingly okay.
I have previously lived with the two cats before, and knew a lot of their history, so they came home with me. It was decided that the house wasn't a safe place for them, so my place would be a semi-permanent home, at least until the sister was gone.
Fast forward a few months, and several thousand dollars into a vet bill, the mother had to be euthanized. Several months later, the vet we brought her to was in the news for defrauding customers, and performing unnecessary euthanasia on animals. Long story short, we no longer use this vet. Unfortunately we found this out shortly after we had to put my own cat to sleep due to late-progression kidney disease.
The son, still seemingly alright. He was very vocal for attention, and had a fairly rapid (at least from my perspective; I'm no expert) rate of breathing. However, he had always been this way. I'm not sure if he had ever been taken to the vet for it. I asked the previous owner, but he had bounced between homes for much of his life so she wasn't entirely sure.
Current, past few weeks;
Roughly 3 weeks ago, I came home from work to see Tootles (the cat) use the litterbox about 15 times in an hours time. I checked each time (after the first few, anyway) and saw that there were 4-6 drops of urine expelled, every time. I packed him into a carrier, searched for a new vet, and off we went.
The new vet seemed great, and did a short exam, feeling his bladder, etc. and requested a urinalysis. They took him away, and returned after a short while saying that his bladder didn't have enough to run a test and that we would have to collect the urine at home. He gave us a collection kit, and we came back the next day with just enough of a sample to run the test. When we got back, the vet wasn't there and we saw another one.
He informed us that Tootles had "a few" crystals in his urine, and that they were caused by a PH that was more on the basic side of the scale. The PH was 5. He said it was a low to moderate risk based on the number and size of the crystals, and we should keep an eye on things in case they progressed, but as long as we changed the diet he should be fine. He also said there was an infection that needed to be treated, and a concerning amount of blood in his urine. He prescribed two weeks of antibiotics (Clavamox, 0.75ml twice daily by mouth) and 4 days of pain medication (Buprenorphine, 0.8mg/ml twice daily by mouth) with instructions that if the cat appeared to be in distress after the pain meds were done, there was a standing order to refill one more time.
He also told us to change his diet from the current food (Tiki Cat dry food, and no wet food as we could never get him to eat any. He has a catnip allergy, and won't take treats or touch human food either. You can leave tuna or chicken out and he walks away) We came home with Hill's Science C/D wet and dry food, and he took to both instantly. We couldn't believe he was actually eating wet food; its the first time he ever has. GREAT!
We refilled once. However, when we went back to get the pain meds, we were given a quick visit to make sure we were watching for the right things, etc. Right things? The vet only said if he stopped urinating entirely, to bring him in. What right things? This is when the tech went over his results from the original urinalysis with us, and explained in greater detail. He had only 2 white blood cells in the sample, and this was likely due to the irritation in his bladder. No sign of an infection. The red blood cells were likely a response to the irritation in the lining of his bladder, and wasn't of concern as long as there wasn't any blood in his urine. There wasn't. However, she said the number of struvite crystals was alarming, and was considered very high risk at 50ppm, and we should watch for things like dragging on the floor, excessive cleaning/licking of the area, and avoiding the litterbox entirely. Thankfully we haven't seen any of those, but I'm glad somebody actually told us.
Fast forward a couple weeks, and it was time for the followup urinalysis. Still not urinating a lot, still not drinking a lot. His water dish would sit relatively untouched, but he would drink out of a jug if we filled it from the sink. Some of the time. He still eats the dry food, but stopped eating the wet food almost entirely. But overall, he was doing better and seemed to be in less pain and be more energetic/affectionate.
Low and behold, the vet says his bladder is empty again. Back home with a collection kit. it was, however, the mothers day long weekend and the vet was closed for the next couple days. My wife managed to get the sample, although there was a small amount and because of this there was a fair bit of sediment from the collection kit included in the sample. The vet said this would be fine.
I decided to wait while the sample was run, as it was only supposed to take about 20 minutes. 3 hours later, I was called in. New vet again. The struvite crystals were completely GONE! Wahoo! But there's a larger concern, since the same concentration of crystals was now found to be Oxalate. He says the machine could be wrong, but it would be costly to send the sample out to an actual lab, and he recommends taking the cat to emergency instead, and having a full battery of tests run. Xray, blood tests, more urine, ultrasound, etc. This would cost me, he estimated, between $1500-2500 per day that he was going to stay there and it would be an unforeseeable time. He then left for about 20 minutes, to consult somebody on Tootles' health plan. When he came back, he said that they can run a lot of the tests in house for cheaper, but it would still cost me $1100-1200. He then left again, this time for about 30 minutes. When he came back, he now had a different plan, and that was to give fluids via IV, and change his food to Royal Canin SO, and send him home for now. When I asked about the fluids, and if he was dehydrated, he said "a little". Then said if things don't improve noticeably, soon, we'll have to come back for surgery to have his bladder emptied, and worst case his penis removed to make his urethra larger to allow him to pass the crystals on his own.
At this point, I'm about $6500 deep on these two cats, which if I had the money I wouldn't care but its simply no longer available. I don't know who or what to believe, or what my best options are.
Should I be sitting at home waiting for this to resolve itself? From what I'm reading online, it never will, and it could just get worse. Should I be figuring out how to take out loans and take him into the emergency clinic?
Is it common to swing from one extreme to the other when treating with food that is supposed to prevent both? Could the sample have been read incorrectly based on either the sediment from the collection kit, or the fact that it sat in the fridge for a day or two? I'm at a loss here, and just don't want to see my boy in more pain.. or worse.
As of now, he's still not drinking a lot, but it is more than before. He seems to have taken, at least for now, to the new food both wet and dry. He has tons of energy, and aside from being vocal doesn't seem to be in pain but he could just be hiding it well. The final vet we had seen also attributes his rapid breathing and vocalness to the crystals, without examining him further for either, even though they've been quite long term. I'm not sure how long he has had the crystals in the first place.
Any help would be wonderful. Sorry for the long story, but I hope context helps. I included 3 photos at the top, one of Tootles, and one of each of the urinalysis.

Background: Hank a three year old lab, who is otherwise healthy has already had two surgeries to remove fragments of migrating foxtail that had migrated through his lungs and become lodged in his iliopsoas muscle. His second surgery was 3 months ago. His first surgery was 9 months ago. He's currently on Clavamox
Last night, after a rather long day of running and swimming at the beach, I discovered an all too familiar lump on the side of my dog. The lump is in a similiar location to where Hank had an abscess 9 months ago, related to the foxtail. The lump also follows a now healed surgical incision.
When I pushed on the lump he reacted with some displeasure.
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I’m no vet but based on my experience so far it seems Hank’s last surgery didn’t do the trick.
Hank is a family dog and we all really love the guy but after spending about 16k to treat this so far, we are now asking ourselves with what the end game is here. We can’t keep paying for surgeries and we also don’t think it’s really great for him to endure the anxiety of hospitalization, continued antibiotics and pain and discomfort.
I guess, first question I have is - could his lump be swelling from too much play. Again, it’s been three months since his last surgery so I guess I’m just hoping this is it though I know it's not likely.
How treatable are these foreign migrating bodies in dogs? Are multiple surgeries common?
And lastly, if we forego another surgery, what’s the prognosis?
We’re going to schedule another appointment to get him looked at but we’re just swirling with a lot of questions. It’s really tough when money gets mixed in with emotion but we’re trying to arm ourselves to make a decision that’s overall right for our family.

Hi there, never been to this sub before but I am very upset about my sweet baby (7, 8 in June, male shorthair orange cat, neutered, weight in post here, no significant medical history and we are in the Midwest US) who is very sick.
About 2.5-3 months ago he stopped eating his dry food, I stupidly assumed he just didn’t like it anymore, so I changed it out. He didn’t really like that one either. I started giving him wet food around 1x/day and brought him to a vet to see if he was ok (March 18). The doc said he had ear mites and dirty teeth and probably needed a teeth cleaning but gave him clavamox and bravecto as well as a FeLV/FIV test which were both negative. At this time I discovered he had lost 2 lbs out of his 12 lbs he had weighed two years prior at his last vet visit.
Second vet visit(April 9): he’s lost more weight, and now he’s having diarrhea which I had attributed to the medications and change to wet food. This time he was given kenalog, convenia and Albon liquid. They also ran a CBC which only showed elevated white blood cells, everything else was within range. He had also started scratching A LOT around his ears and neck and doing a weird leg shake with both of his back legs.
Third vet visit (late April): went to a different vet, this time they gave him a steroid injection and said they wanted to re-run bloodwork if he showed no improvement. The steroid injection seemed to help his itching but within a week his whole belly was hairless and the inside of his legs as well, and his neck looked like a lion cut there was so much hair missing. We also noticed his urine was dark brown so we took him in again.
Fourth vet visit(around 2 weeks ago): scratching is getting worse and urine is very brown, they did a urine pull (not sure what you call that) and said he had a UTI based on blood in the urine, started him on another round of antibiotics and prescribed a supplement to help his diarrhea (dasuquin) as well as revolution plus and douxos3 for his paws which hd a foul smelling greasy brown substance on them and are inflamed. They are still inflamed and virtually hairless :(
Fifth vet visit (yesterday): still getting worse and now he’s down to seven lbs. now they did X-rays and the vet is saying there are calcifications around the gallbladder and stomach region. My question is what does this mean exactly? Vet is saying we need to go to IM clinic which is 900 dollars for more X-rays and potentially a diagnosis which if it’s t-cell lymphoma (what she was leaning towards) would be 6k+ for a 50% shot at 2 years remission. I hate to make this about dollars and cents but I have spent 2k on vet visits and tests and everything in the last 2 months and that is an awful lot for us right now.
As it stands right now my poor Cheeto is basically on death’s door. He has been drinking TONS of water and I have been giving him canned food and scrambled eggs whenever he wants it. He still has a very voracious appetite, moreso than when this whole episode began. He was FINE in February. At least to my eyes. Now he is skin and bones and can barely move. We are discussing EOL care but I just wanted to see what anyone else thought of the imaging etc.
https://imgur.com/a/nsFz1J2
Any help or opinions would be really appreciated.
Thanks so much.

Hi everyone, I posted here last week about people’s experience with having an older bird and getting their blood taken and whether it’s risky.
For context, I recently went to a vet and they assigned my cockatiel on Clavamox antibiotics since the bacteria in his fecal test came back uniform which is considered abnormal, whereas birds should be having varied bacteria. I called later in the week because I was concerned about the weight loss he was experiencing (I believe from the antibiotics). They had me schedule a checkup which we went to, but when they tested his feces again the results were unclear because he’s still had not finished his antibiotics, so the visit didn’t give me any more clarification. So it doesn’t really make sense why I had to come in when his antibiotics were not finished and would affect his test.
My primary reason for posting this is because I read some pretty concerning reviews posted within the past year about people bringing their birds for blood exams to this vet hospital and their birds dying. I know there’s an inherent risk since cockatiels are small, and I got reassurance from my last post about people who have older tiels that get blood drawn just fine. Those reviews I saw more or less have me worried about doing any more exams at this particular hospital. I’ve had an okay experience so far but I have not done any “invasive” exams.
For now they want me to finish the antibiotics, watch his weight, but if I notice his weight continuing to drop they put me in for another check up in 2 weeks. From what it seems like it might come down to having to get a blood test done to rule out any potential illnesses, but after seeing those reviews I feel incredibly concerned and quite frankly, panicked.
If there is anyone who has an avian vet they have good experiences with and trust in New Jersey, preferably Central Jersey but I will be willing to travel if necessary. Thank you from a panicked tiel parent.

Hi, Thank you for taking the time to read this: One of the cats we care for where we live (rural area) was involved in a cat fight approx 16 days ago. He suffered 8 bites to his paw and leg (R) as well as multiple other bites on his body. We took him to a new vet: So far, he's had 2 rounds of 3-day Onsior, 14 days of antibiotics (Clindamyacin and Clavamox), and Gabapentin for pain. The abscesses appear to have healed but he's still limping and cannot put weight on that paw. Specifically, it's the middle digit of that paw. The other digits appear to be normal but the middle is extremely sensitive to touch and protruding at a slightly different angle. Xray didn't show any fractures. The vet said that the swelling is going to the 'lowest point of gravity' which is that digit. I'm concerned there is something else going on.
His only improvement re: limping was when he was on the Onsior. He was able to put a little weight on it and walk around but it was only for 1-2hrs each day. He's been off of it for 2 days and his paw is beginning to redden and swell again. The vet wants to put him on a 3rd round of 3-day Onsior because she thinks if he can keep putting weight on it, the lymphatic return will eventually diminish the swelling. (?)
I'm nervous about the 3rd round of Onsior given the risks for kidney issues. Since this is a new vet, I don't know whether this is good advice or not. Do you have an opinion on using Onsior 3x in less than 21 days? Or can you think of what else might be causing the prolonged inflammation? She said if it's an abscess that we can't see, it will just have to heal and the body will "resorb" the fluid causing the inflammation. I don't know if that's a real thing or not. I would be grateful if you could provide your expertise. Thank you in advance!
Requested information below:

• · Species: Cat
• · Age: 2 yrs old
• · Sex/Neuter status: Male, Neutered
• · Breed: Russian Blue
• · Body weight: 10.7lbs
• · History: Stray, suffered numerous cat bites on paw and leg (R)
• · Clinical signs: multiple abscesses, swelling, and unable to apply any pressure on that paw, specifically the middle digit
• · Duration: 16 days
• · Your general location: Indiana
• · Links to test results, vet reports, X-rays etc. N/A

TLDR. 15 yr old cat is currently "stable". But after 8 weeks and 2 vets will only eat treats, missing two teeth and gums not healing. One ear has a sore that won't heal and secretes dark red/black gunk. Has been unstable for 2-3 weeks. Still moving around without pain as far as we can tell, but unstable and occasionally falls. (Photo and video link below)

• Species: Cat
• Age: 15
• Sex/Neuter status: Male Neutered.
• Breed: Orange tabby
• Body weight: 15+ when healthy. Currently 9-10
• History:
  • Our boy has had ear problems for the past few years. He is 100% indoor. Usually a weekly wash with tri-rinse would help. Early March that stopped being effective and it got bad enough for us to schedule a vet visit. A week before the visit he lost his top left fang (same side as the ear issue in the photo). Noticed he wasn't eating as much.
  • March 4. Vet 1 - visit 1: 12 lbs.
    • They cleaned his ears at the vet and gave us Epi Optic and Animax to clean and administer at home. (Once daily) He let it happen, but hissed the entire time and pooped on the table.
    • For the tooth. They checked his teeth, noted decay and gum inflammation. Said that his natural bacteria to break down food is probably out pacing his ability to heal due to age (I'm paraphrasing, but that's how I understood it.) Gave him Covenia at the clinic. Gave us Gabapentin to help with pain (.5 twice daily orally).
    • Ears cleared up nicely. First few days he fought me and actually peed in the shower. Would have to scruff him. Eventually he stopped fighting.
    • Eating gradually got worse. We tried 8 different wet foods thinking that would be easier on his teeth and gums. He had the appetite and would come running for food. Take a few bites then violently shake his head and paw at his mouth. After a few days Temptations treats were the only thing he would eat. Even if he would shake and paw he'd generally continue eating after. I figured out that if I gave him the Gabapentin, then fed about an hour after he would eat 20-30 treats 2-3 times a day.
  • March 25 Vet 1 - visit 2: 9lbs
    • Concerned about the lack of eating and the obvious mouth pain. They gave Depomerdrol to hopefully stimulate appetite. (which i didn't think was really the problem. I'm pretty sure he's avoiding the foods because they hurt. Wet stuff getting stuck in hole from missing tooth?)
    • Did blood panel. Came back fine, even cleared for surgery.
    • Told to recheck in 1-2 months.
    • No real change at home.
  • April 22 Vet 1 - visit 3: 9lbs
    • Blood work came back ok. Basically they want to put him under to pull teeth. Not saying that isn't the solution, but I'm skeptical this will work considering the tooth he lost 7 weeks ago still has a hole that's not healed.
    • More Gabapentin to help with the feeding routine.
    • Perscribed 1.2 cc Clavamox daily to help fight infection of teeth.
  • For context on this next bit. We have a local mobile vet that we used to go to. They are nearing retirement age and can be hard to get ahold of. We have another cat that a different vet told us needed to be put under to have all his teeth pulled. We were able to get him to this mobile vet for a second opinion. They had him for 15 minutes, pulled a few teeth, brushed the rest. He's been fine for 7 years now. So...
  • April 26 Vet 2 - visit 1: 9lbs
    • Bring him to the mobile vet for a second opinion. Tell them all the above. She seems to agree with what they've done so far. She decides to clean his teeth. Finds and pulls a rotten molar.
  • He seems less agitated, but no change in eating habits.
  • Currently:
    • Issue 1. Still will only eat treats. I give him .5 cc of gabapentin about 30 before I feed him. He'll eat without it, but he eats more with it. Still has significant mouth pain. Paws at it and growls. Sometimes to the point where he falls to his side with both paws on his head. (Video of pawing at mouth pain. 30 sec shows slight head shakes at rest. He'll sit like that for 30-60 min at a time if he's undisturbed. Then usually when time to feed he'll wake up and do this. Does it more while eating and randomly throughout the day.)
    • Issue 2, His left ear has a soar under the top fold and is secreting dark red/brown/black gunk that collects at the lower folds of his ear and hardens I clean it daily but shows no sign of improving (Photo)
    • Issue 3. He's losing balance. Our house is open beam and he likes to climb up and sleep above my closet. Typically he'd just jump down and land on the bed. He no longer sticks the landing. At best he falls over, his back legs don't cooperate. He's bounce off the bed on landing. Also just walking, if he shakes his head while walking he will stumble or fall. I'll try to get video of this. I realize Gabapentin can cause this, but it's 24/7. For instance we had to be away for a night this weekend, so the drugs are out of his system and he had the issue described getting off the closet and stumbled walking around the rafters.
• Clinical signs: See above
• Duration: See above
• Your general location: Hawaii. Multi-cat home. (4)
• Links to test results, vet reports, X-rays etc.

I'm aware he's old, and it may just be time. I really hate how bad his quality of life is now and I don't want to put him through surgery to get marginal improvement, if any. I also don't want to not try something that may make things better.
Sorry for the long post. Thanks in advance for any help, or if you just read this far :)
Edit: spelling. There's probably more.

My cat (3, spayed) is quite difficult to medicate. She’s been sick for about 2 months with an upper respiratory thing (occasional coughing, raspy meow) & my vet did a PCR test which came back positive for mycoplasma and herpes.
She was given 28 days worth of doxycycline & some famciclovir for the herpes.
The issue I’m having is that I cannot get her to take it - she is not food motivated and will simply not eat if the meds are mixed into her foods. She doesn’t care about treats or pill pockets. The famciclovir pill is BIG - she pretty instantly regurgitates pills (historically speaking) and it’s large enough that crushing it and mixing with water results in a huge volume of liquid meds to give her. The vet said we could try just starting with doxycycline to see if that works so I’ve stopped attempting the famciclovir.
The doxycycline must taste foul, because she foams at the mouth and spits most of it out. I haven’t had as much of a problem giving her clavamox / other liquids in the past, but this one is bad. I don’t think she’s really ingesting much if any of it.
I guess my ultimate question is - what do I do here? Are there other options for getting her the doxycycline? Could I take her to the vet and have them give her an injection or something? Can doxycycline be compounded into a transdermal that I put on her ear? Or am I just bad at giving her meds & need to suck it up?
Furthermore, if there are no other options to get her to take the medicine, could she clear it on her own?

Hey, everyone.
I'll try to keep the introduction short. I recently adopted a feral cat who is very skittish and has tested positive for FIV. I'm not sure exactly how old he is. He has had a respiratory infection pretty much the entire time I've had him. (About 3 months now, and who knows how long before I took him in.) He also had significant stomatitis, which prompted the removal of 13 teeth.
When I first took him into the vet, they gave him a Convenia injection that was supposed to last 12 days, and his symptoms (noisy, congested breathing and bloody snot which might be due to stomatitis, I'm not sure.) seemed to improve. However, it did not last. Just days after the antibiotic wore off, his symptoms worsened.
This has been a recurring trend with the other antibiotics we've tried. Clavamox and Veraflox. He improved during the course of the antibiotic, but immediately regressed as soon as his doses ran out.
I'm basically at my wits end. I want to help him terribly, but I don't know what else I can do. If my vet just keeps giving me antibiotics that work until they run out, I'm afraid he'll just become tolerant of the antibiotics and never recover fully.
It makes it even more difficult that he's so skittish. I can't even touch him at this point. He hides from me as much as possible. So, trapping him to get to the vet is very stressful for both of us, and I want to avoid that as much as possible, until he hopefully warms up to me. So, if anyone has any advice on that front, too, I would be incredibly grateful.
Has anyone else had a similar experience with chronic respiratory issues, and if so, what have you done to get them taken care of? Thanks in advance!

Hi all! I adopted my two year old cat, Goose, when he was just four months old. Since his adoption, I’ve moved from my college apartment back to my parents house. While living in my apartment, my roommate had adopted his biological sister. Goose always got along with his sister and never had any litter box issues until we moved home (we moved back in May of 2023). It should be noted that my parents have two nine year old tuxedo cats.
Starting this past January, I noticed that Goose was going outside the litter box and took him to the vet. The vet said he had a UTI and crystals so we put him on special dietary food for cats with urinary issues. After about two weeks of not going outside the box, he would start peeing on the floor right outside the box on a puppy pee pad I had set up, since he always went there. This happened two more times, all in the span on two months. He got clavamox and cerenia each time he went to the vet. The vet also sent out a culture to see what kind of infection he had but nothing grew in the lab. After the third time, we went to a specialist to get an ultrasound of his organs, specifically his bladder and kidneys. After chatting with the new vet, he said the multiple urinalysis tests and blood tests showed that he didn’t have an infection, but rather that he was extremely stressed and anxious. He was prescribed Prozac and has been on it for a month and I thought it was helping, but he started peeing outside the box on the puppy pad again.
Goose has always been anxious and scares easily. When we moved back in with my parents, we always kept the two other cats and Goose apart but when Goose started having urinary problems, we started introducing them. We looked up all the articles and watched all the videos and successfully introduced them. We don’t have to keep them separate anymore and they get along for the most part, Goose seems to bully both the cats on occasion but it’s never anything too aggressive. Also good to note that one of my parents cats (9yo male) also has crystals and has had multiple UTI’s. We thought the pee on the pee pads was my mom’s cat, but turns out it’s been Goose this whole time. Is it a habit for him? Does he need stronger medication? Do we need to keep the cats separate again? Please help! I don’t know what to do anymore!

Hi all! I adopted my two year old cat, Goose, when he was just four months old. Since his adoption, I’ve moved from my college apartment back to my parents house. While living in my apartment, my roommate had adopted his biological sister. Goose always got along with his sister and never had any litter box issues until we moved home (we moved back in May of 2023). It should be noted that my parents have two nine year old tuxedo cats.
Starting this past January, I noticed that Goose was going outside the litter box and took him to the vet. The vet said he had a UTI and crystals so we put him on special dietary food for cats with urinary issues. After about two weeks of not going outside the box, he would start peeing on the floor right outside the box on a puppy pee pad I had set up, since he always went there. This happened two more times, all in the span on two months. He got clavamox and cerenia each time he went to the vet. The vet also sent out a culture to see what kind of infection he had but nothing grew in the lab. After the third time, we went to a specialist to get an ultrasound of his organs, specifically his bladder and kidneys. After chatting with the new vet, he said the multiple urinalysis tests and blood tests showed that he didn’t have an infection, but rather that he was extremely stressed and anxious. He was prescribed Prozac and has been on it for a month and I thought it was helping, but he started peeing outside the box on the puppy pad again.
Goose has always been anxious and scares easily. When we moved back in with my parents, we always kept the two other cats and Goose apart but when Goose started having urinary problems, we started introducing them. We looked up all the articles and watched all the videos and successfully introduced them. We don’t have to keep them separate anymore and they get along for the most part, Goose seems to bully both the cats on occasion but it’s never anything too aggressive. Also good to note that one of my parents cats (9yo male) also has crystals and has had multiple UTI’s. We thought the pee on the pee pads was my mom’s cat, but turns out it’s been Goose this whole time. Is it a habit for him? Does he need stronger medication? Do we need to keep the cats separate again? Please help! I don’t know what to do anymore!

10.5 y/o neutered male Briard, BCS 5. History of oral mast cell cancer, removed November 2022. Had chemo & radiation Jan-April 2023 and I believe is currently considered immunocompromised as he has been taking 5mg pred daily since surgery, and Palladia 2x/wk since June 2023 (although due to what is described here he has no had either in approximately 5 weeks).
Photos of leg that has developed alopecia and hyperpigmentation following clipping for hospitalization, suspected staph may be involved? Background below. https://imgur.com/a/Mfr9QXa
About 6.5 weeks ago he developed two areas of what looked like freckles/moles flush with the skin, which eventually flaked off. No pustules, no itchiness, no redness, no scaliness, no scabbiness/weeping, no open areas... just the freckle looking spots that seemed to just get extra dry and flake away. No other skin irritation. We saw the vet, who dx'd staph based on appearance. We didn't do a skin scraping or anything so no test results. He was prescribed a 14 day course of Simplicef.
We discussed medicated chlorhexidine baths and decided to take that route first to try and avoid oral antibiotics.
I started the medicated baths but 5 weeks ago, after 2 baths, he developed aspiration pneumonia out of nowhere and spent 2.5 days clinging to life in the ICU. He received Clavamox and Amikacin while in the hospital and for a stretch after - 7 days of Amikacin and I believe 10 days of Clavamox. He took 20mg of pred for a few days and was tapered off.
He has not restarted the mast cell cancer related 5mg pred or Palladia yet as we wanted to let his system try and recover a bit.
A little less than 2 weeks ago I noticed the spots coming back in a few areas. Same as before - flat, no open sores/pustules/scabs, no obvious irritation, no itchiness. The only difference is a few of the spots are/were a little more diffuse and looked like smudges of dirt on his skin than freckles.
I started him on the Simplicef, so he has four days left of that. He's has a total of three chlorhexidine 4% medicated baths in the last 12 days and has been dried extremely thoroughly each time.
I think in general the spots on his body are resolving, but his RF leg has something peculiar happening.
His RF and LH were shaved while he was in the hospital. The LH is regrowing hair normally, but the clipped area on his RF was badly bruised and as that has faded he has developed gradually worsening hyperpigmentation and has lost most of its hair. There is also one small spot that looks like the other areas of staph that has either faded slightly or maybe appears lighter because the surrounding skin is darker?
The hyperpigmentated area is very smooth and there are no signs of irritation in that he not itching and nothing is thickened/red/scaly/open (which has remain consistent throughout this entire process). The skin is just darkened and bald. No other areas of his body are affected, just the area on the LF leg in the area that was clipped.
I called our vet two days ago and left a message with the front desk, as well as emailed pictures. I followed up yesterday but still have not heard back.
In my googling it looks like hyperpigmentation can be a sign of healing, but I'm not finding anything about alopecia in hyperpigmented areas. Google isn't a vet and I'm concerned this is a large area of staph not responding to treatment, or maybe something else entirely.
Ideas? Is this potentially a normal progression of healing and I just need to wait for the layers of skin cells to finish turning over? Maybe weird post-clip alopecia?
Or should I potentially be concerned/trying to get him back into the vet soon for a skin scraping or biopsy, or maybe different meds or testing for Cushings/hyperadrenocorticism/thyroid problems?

My 22yr old lady has an upper respiratory infection and was put on .5 ml of Clavamox (2x/day) on Friday. She's already on .3 ml of Gabapentin for her arthritis and gets .50 of Subq fluids every third day. She hasn't been eating and I know that if they're congested cats don't get much of an appetite, but she's been more lethargic since starting the meds than before. I have a call in to our vet for recommendations, but was wondering if anyone else has some experience with this? We're at the point where we're tracking the bad days/good days and right now it's more bad than good so we're kind of bracing for "this isn't just the infection" but also kind of hoping for the best still.
Update: I dipped a little tuna water onto her nose and that helped get her started. She’s eaten one and a half fancy feast cans of food in 24 hrs and is back to her old lady self. Well keep her with her humidifier and do what we can to keep her comfortable until the vet advises us otherwise. Thanks for the suggestions!

3yr old neutered male FelV positive since around 3 months old Approx 10 lbs.
Last Friday evening, I thought his eyes looked glassy so I took his temp (rectally) and it was 106.2. Gave 0.3 metacam, 22.7mg baytril and proceeded to the ED. Temp came down to 104. Labs were unremarkable other than slightly elevated neutrophils. Advised to keep on metacam and baytril and d/c.
Fever continued to spike to 105s over the weekend but responded to NSAIDs. Took him in Monday to primary for additional check. He sounded wheezy so they did a chest x ray, gave an nsaid injection and added Clavamox.
Yesterday, I presented back to the primary vet for additional labs and a fecal. RBC and hgb was slightly low but she believes it was due to the time it took to withdraw the blood using a tiny needle. Gave him a dexamethasone injection thinking his immune system is in overdrive. His lungs sounded clear.
Today, his temp was 106.5. Gave his daily metacam. Down to 104.7
He is eating/drinking normal. Maybe a little more drinking but nothing excessive. Using the bathroom normal. He did have some diarrhea but with two antibiotics, I suspect that is normal. He does not appear lethargic. She was booping another cat in the face and chasing the kitten earlier. He has no URI symptoms. Not straining in the litter box. The only thing I can maybe think he is doing that’s different is grooming more.
I have horrible anxiety and always think worst case scenario and panic myself into a spiral. It’s mostly fear of the unknown. Vet mentioned FIP as a differential but said usually they feel crappy. No fluid seen on the x ray. No masses or abnormalities felt during abdominal palpation.
I have 11 other cats. One goes out under the car port on occasion but the rest including him are strictly indoors. I have not introduced any new animals since last summer. I have not handled any other cats in months.
I feel like we are missing something maybe uncommon. Could it be fungal ? Could antivirals be beneficial ? What would you recommend as next steps diagnostically? Is his leukemia just taking his body extra long to get a handle on it ? How worried should I be? I have his labs and x rays but idk that I’m able to upload. Thank you in advance. I need best and worst case scenario and out of the box thinking.