Hi, just a quick question! Maisie has a weeks course of antibiotics, but it is also time for her to have worming/flea treatment....do you think it's ok to give them with the antibiotics; I can't find any information anywhere!
Re: Antibiotics and worming/flea treament Check with your vet, but personally I would hold off until after the course of antibiotics.
Re: Antibiotics and worming/flea treament I never give Charlie worm or flea to tick treatment if he is having other things - I reckon a week or so late is better (my vet agrees with this too).
Re: Antibiotics and worming/flea treament Thanks Julie, I think that's a good idea. Tried to ring the vets but joy....must be a busy Monday!!
Re: Antibiotics and worming/flea treament Interestingly, I was on the phone to my vets this morning. Lilly's annual vacs are due 1st Sept, but taking her in today about a skin thing (a grumbling one - think its a histiocytoma, been putting it off for a while) and coz Daisy Bunny is due her Myxi vaccs. I asked the receptionist if she could maybe get her vaccs early and she said "depends if the vet gives something for the skin" I would guess their advice might be no to the a/b's and wormers. Won't do any harm to delay it a week in my opinion. They aren't suddenly going to work one day but not the next.
Re: Antibiotics and worming/flea treament Hoping Lilly will be alright at the Vets Jacqui xx I posed the same question to our Vet re the Advocate as Millie is still on steroids, but they say its fine to treat her , i guess it depends on what the other mediaction is , and we have to treat them both because I found a flea on Millie this morning , whole house has been blitzed, bedding washed, beds zapped and outside, pesky little blighters
Re: Antibiotics and worming/flea treament [quote author=drjs@5 link=topic=7293.msg100952#msg100952 date=1407766142] Interestingly, I was on the phone to my vets this morning. Lilly's annual vacs are due 1st Sept, but taking her in today about a skin thing (a grumbling one - think its a histiocytoma, been putting it off for a while) and coz Daisy Bunny is due her Myxi vaccs. I asked the receptionist if she could maybe get her vaccs early and she said "depends if the vet gives something for the skin" I would guess their advice might be no to the a/b's and wormers. Won't do any harm to delay it a week in my opinion. They aren't suddenly going to work one day but not the next. [/quote] They'll be thinking about steroids or ciclosporin which interfere with the vaccine in theory. Having said that I've checked post-vaccine titres in a few dogs on chronic steroids or ciclosporin and they've all reacted just fine but if you don't have to go against data sheet recommendations it's better not to.
Re: Antibiotics and worming/flea treament Thanks Lochan - they didn't give me anything for it, but I have opted to have it removed next week since it has been on and off for around a year. I wouldn't want to get to the stage where the it was too large for skin coverage to be compromised. It really looks like a little bald patch that could so easily have been a small bite, which now and again scabs over. I guess we are at the stage of lets just remove it and have done with it, and find out if its a histiocytoma, a simple granuloma or whatever. Both bunny and pooch all fit and fine. Both got their annual vaccs. AND have some Bravecto ;D Also found out local preference is back to Drontal for the worms (not much lungworm up here, only a few cases and mostly on the west coast of Scotland). We seem to be quite protected in Fife - we were clear of the Foot and Mouth years back too. Back to the antibiotic and wormer question - antibiotics can make you a bit loose, so that might affect absorption of the wormers too.
