Postby chuey_316 » Sat Dec 17, 2011 7:19 pm
Thanks everybody. The vet says that he has not been able to get any Immiticide and that it still has to be waited out. He has been started back on amoxicillin which I already started giving him, but the dose has been doubled. I started him at 5mg/pound, he is now at 10mg/lb.
The cough had gotten better. Before the only time he wasn't coughing was when he was laying down and totally relaxed. He can now move around and walk, and only coughs if he gets excited. We're going to wait it out till mid week and see how he's doing, and if it doesn't get better, or if it comes back worse then I'm going to ask the vet to write a prescription for prednisone, which I think will really help. I know it helped alot the 1st visit.
We don't know what stage it's in right now, but he still has his appetite and isn't laying around lethargic or anything. He's still full of energy, have to watch him closely to make sure that he's not running and jumping around. I'm keeping him laying down as much as possible.
Thanks for the tip lilangel. That's what we have been doing for him to try and keep it under control until the Immiticide is available. Only we use butter flavored propylene glycol to mix it with, it's mixed so that .5cc is equal to one 51-100lb heartgard pill. He was also started on Doxycycline 300mg every 12hr for one month, then off for one month. Damien hates anything to be squirted in his mouth, so I get creative on him. I'll ball up a little bread and inject the ivo mix into it, and ball some bread around each pill, or sometimes I'll use a mcnugget, he loves that.