Tylan Injection - Small Rant

[jetcitywoman]

So we've had capri for about a month and a half and she still has diarhea intermittently. More pudding than liquid but also more pudding than solid. We've given her three doses of Drontil, been migrating her off chicken kibble to a lamb and rice kibble, fed her cooked rice, cooked chicken, pumpkin and yogurt, tried a course of metranizole... nothing so far has made her reliably solid. So we took her to the vet again this morning.

 

The vet found no worms in her stool, but something that might have looked like eggs and she found some bacteria that could upset her tummy. So she gave us several doses of Panacur and Albon. She also gave Capri a tylan injection and this is what I want to rant about.

 

Okay, I'm not really mad at the vet. It's too early to tell - it may ultimately help Capri and the vet really didn't do anything wrong. Capri yipped a little at the needle and screamed as the med went in. Which made me cringe but I understand that some meds burn under your skin. i've had quite a few, myself, so I know how it feels. Still... my poor baby. Even though she's very good when being handled, she was cringing so hard the doc had to pull the needle out and find another place to finish the injection. I guess she's a sensitive dog because there wasn't anywhere better. Just finished the injection in her shoulder.

 

Got her home, and the injection site apparently still itches or burns because she started scratching it and screaming when she scratched. Dave and I tried to stop her from scratching, petted her while holding an ice pack on her shoulder. Poor thing. Panting hard, scratching, crying, can't rest at all for more than a few seconds. It is getting slowly better, an hour later and she's not crying anymore when she scratches. Man, this stuff is nasty. Has anybody here had this experience? Is there a way to soothe a hurting dog that doesn't reward anxious behavior?

 

So, mental note, (and the doc said she'd make a note in Capri's record about this too), minimize injections as much as possible. My mental note, avoid Tylan!!!

[GeorgeofNE]

Ouch!

 

I wouldn't consider this "anxious behavior" in the same sense as, for example, my dog used to shake before we got on the plane to Nantucket. Your dog is reacting to something painful, so I say soothe her all you want!

 

I hope she feels better soon.

 

FYI, from what I understand, your dog is MORE inclined, not less, to have loose stools on a lamb-based diet.

 

Have you considered beef? George was chronically soft until I switched him to Solid Gold's beef forumula.

[duncan41]

Poor Capri! Poor Mom and Dad! Not exactly a successful trip to the Vet. No experience with Tylan injections, but I sure hope you can get to the bottom of the pudding poop! Sending healing thoughts for Capri and gentle hugs for Mom and Dad.

[Guest LadyChester]

I rarely offer medical advice but if the injection site is red and itchy perhaps some benedryl might help.

[jetcitywoman]

I rarely offer medical advice but if the injection site is red and itchy perhaps some benedryl might help.

 

Thanks everyone! Capri is better now (it's been about 5 hours), and so am I. After she stopped crying when she scratched, we just tried to give her quiet time to herself but she was still too sore to rest, so we just went about our business. After a hot bath for me, and a nap for her, we're both better.

 

We need a smiley face icon for "Whew!"

 

Yeah, when it hurt to scratch, we debated either putting some benadryl on it or ice pack. I couldn't see exactly where the injection site was, just that she kept scratching that shoulder, so we tried the ice pack. But it's good to know that benadryl would be safe to use also.

 

We'll keep trying different foods suggested here and the meds that the doc gave us. Just intuitively it doesn't "feel" like a food allergy. But we really don't know WHAT it is, so we're trying everything. I'll let you all know what we finally find to fix it.

[Guest BlackandBrindle]

Make sure that any benadryl you give her is just plain benadryl and not the non-drowsy kind.

 

The generic works just as well too

[Batmom]

Next time she has to have an injection, ask vet to inject anti-inflammatory/antihistamine first. That is what we do for Zema. Glad your pupper is better now!

 

Different foods work for different dogs. Sometimes it takes a bit to find the right one.

[Guest IrskasMom]

 

 

My Boy has consistently firm Poop with Pro Plan Beef and Rice. for Capri and Mom.

[GreyPoopon]

There have been lots of Tylocine injections here, and the vet always warns that they hurt. Fortunately, my girls have not reacted as badly as Capri; even more fortunately, the injections worked.

[Guest K9_Lady]

I don't know about the injection but Amy gets Tylan Powder in her food when she has a problem.

 

Hope she is better soon.

[Sambuca]

Bu had pudding poo no matter what we fed him. Pumpkin made him worse. He is now on metamucil. He just needed a high fiber diet.

 

Good luck and I hope she feels better soon.

[tbhounds]

Ok--as far as the pudding poo----I'm NOT a big fan of the Hills foods but, there is one food that you might want to add to what you are feeding already--try adding W/D. It's a high fiber food that works great for bulking stools. You have to get it from your vet but, honestly it works well. Would I feed it long-term-no but, until you find a food that works for your pupper it's a quick fix!