Seven Oaks

We finished the latest kitty antibiotic several days ago, so I decided it was time to check in with a vet again. This time we went to the Seven Oaks clinic, the only one in Plymouth we haven’t tried yet.

I wasn’t able to collect a urine sample before we went, but the kitty obligingly peed on the floor in the exam room, so they were able to use a syringe to suck up a nice fresh sample to analyze.

Looking at the kitty, at her pee, and at her records, the vet decided on three things to try: first a blood test for FIV / feline leukemia, which turned out negative; then two simultaneous treatments, the Hills C/D diet and another antibiotic (Baytril).

I’m not terribly happy about the prescription diet — not so much because it’s expensive, as because the first several ingredients in the dry food aren’t meat, and both the wet and dry contain by-products and other low quality ingredients. But at this point, my main concern is to get the cat’s urinary tract unirritated again, and this diet is designed to do that. And the Wellness dry food, Natural Life wet food, and ground beef didn’t make any difference except to lose her a quarter pound of weight.

I am happy with the clinic — Amy and the kitty were both much calmer there than they’ve been at previous vets.

Needless to say, I’m also not happy about having to give 21 more pills to the kitty. They did give us a pill gun, and these pills are also crushable, so we have some options.