Is your cat sick? Cure antibiotics for cats. However, they can be used for the treatment of animals only for the purpose of the veterinarian. Self-medication with antibiotics can lead to disastrous results.
What antibiotics can I give to cats?
There are many different antibiotics that have different effects on the body of cats. However, the main purpose of these drugs is to fight against pathogenic bacteria, fungi and protozoa. Use antibiotics for cats for infections, as well as for the prevention of diseases.
There are antibiotics of local action. For example, for the treatment of skin diseases in cats are applied powders, ointments, sprays containing antibiotics. Conjunctivitis is treated with drops or ophthalmic ointments. In addition, antibiotics for a wide spectrum of action are prescribed for cats. Such drugs are administered intramuscularly and intravenously. Antibiotics for cats and in the form of tablets are used.
The most commonly used for the treatment of cats are such antibiotics:
- penicillins - bicillin, ampicillin, amoxiclav and others, are used in the treatment of purulent and burn wounds, ulcers, are effective in peritonitis, infections of the urinary tract and respiratory system;
- streptomycins can be used as a supplement to penicillins or, as an independent drug, are effective in conjunctivitis , endometritis, respiratory infections;
- tetracycline in the form of ointment helps fight with conjunctivitis and skin infections, and in injections and pills are used to treat the gastrointestinal tract and respiratory system;
- sulfonamides and cephalosporins are prescribed for sepsis, pyometra, skin diseases;
- gentamycin is used in the treatment of eye diseases , gastrointestinal tract, nasopharynx, urinary tract.
All antibiotics have side effects. And although modern drugs must act selectively, in fact antibiotics kill many useful bacteria. And it does not depend on whether the drug is prescribed in injections, pills or ointments. Therefore, after treatment with antibiotics, the veterinarian must prescribe funds that will restore the normal intestinal microflora in the cat.
To the frequent side effects after taking antibiotics can be attributed to the emergence of an allergy or an individual intolerance to the drug. In this case, you should cancel this antibiotic or replace it with another one. Therefore, if diarrhea, vomiting, itching, swelling, skin rash or baldness has begun during your antibiotic treatment, your cat's breathing becomes difficult, you should definitely contact a veterinarian who may change the dosage of the medicine or cancel the drug.
As a rule, the antibiotic must be pricked by intramuscular injection.