Hi, I am Dr. Peter and would like to help. Need additional information.
1- How long has this been going on?
2- Besides the flurbiprofen have you tried other medications?
3- Have they checked for an ulcer?
She will be 17 on march 6th. It is an old ulcer that has reactivated. She started isolating herself about a moth ago, She has very bad allergies which include staph. My vet said it is something long named like a speculous. She said normally they'd operate, but because of her age, she doesn't want to do that. Today is the first day she isn't eating.
She was on allergy med.neo- polydex before this long term.
If the ulcer is not healing he can try other medications like Atropine in conjunction to gentocin opthalmic applying the gentocin every 3-4 hours. Another nonconventional method with non healing ulcers that works very well is to take some of her blood centrifuge and extract the serum. Then apply several drops 3 times a day in the ulcer.
If you have additional questions I will be online for another hour.
Dr. Peter
She is an older cat so you can collect too much blood; 5-6 cc then allow to clot for at least 20 mins and centrifuge for 10 to 15 mins should give you 1-2 cc; then apply 1 or 2 drops. This works by using her same antibodies to fight the infection and heal the ulcer. I have used it many times with very favorable results.
It is done 3 times a day and see how she does in 1 week; if your vet needs a reference tell him/her to look up an article in "The Capsule Report."
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