kitten??? pain killer and anitbiotic?

Question

my kitten felll on a fork and had a wound this happend tuesday i was going to take him to the vet today because it turned out he had has an absess so last night i gave he a 1/4 of penicilln 500mg and 1/4 ibuprofen 800mg and it went down more than half the size by this morning and when i came home from school it was barely visible but can still be flet is it ok to give him more until its gone completly and not take him to the vet or even if its gone still take him i would like everyone opinion and mostly a vets opinion thamks in advance

he is 5 months

Answer 1

You really should not be medicating the animal yourself. If you give too much ibuprofin you can cause liver and kidney damage. How deep did the fork go? Deep enough to cause any organ damage? Why didn't you just call the vet? They might be able to work something out, but they need to see the animal.

Answer 2

Hi Jay,
I realise this answer is a bit late since I've been away and only just seen your question but I hope it may be useful for future reference.
You have given your kitten an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory for his abscess. I don't have any veterinary knowledge but I have cats that needed treatment at times.
From this I know that the kind of medication you have given is appropriate for the injury. However it looks like the strength is far too much and the brands you have used are designed for humans rather than animals. You gave, 125mg of penicillin (1/4 of 500mg) and 200mg of ibuprofen (1/4 of 800mg) to a 5 month old kitten. I've compared this with some medication labels I've kept from treating my grown-up cats, 50mg tabs of pet-antibiotic twice a day and 5mg tabs of pet-anti-inflammatory once a day. So your kitten received quite a large dose!
When using antibiotics there is an additional problem: that of the bacteria building up a resistance to the medication. This is why we are always told to complete a full course as it helps to prevent the bacteria from developing the resistance or from multiplying again before the infection is completely eliminated. Please see the links below for some info on this - the second link also advises against the re-use of antibiotics from a previous treatment.
So, I would say always get a prescription from your vet to get the appropriate medication. Also, you should get advice regarding the antibiotic already given, to see if you need to give any more.
If an abscess has burst then you can clean it; this happened to my cat once on a weekend. I called the emergency on-call vet, who told me that it was ok for me to clean the wound and keep an eye on it. I trimmed all the hair around the wound and washed it with warm water and gently squeezed it. First only liquid puss came out but eventually a thickish peasize lump (sorry for the gory detail). That must have been the main obstruction, the wound looked pink and clean after that. It was fine and healed in about two weeks.
regards
chirpy

Answer 3

Woah, of all things, you really shouldn't be self-medicating your kitty with a non-steriodal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) like ibuprofen. It does help relieve pain, but it's very easy to overdose your kitten, especially when the 200mg dose that was given wasn't calculated based on it's weight.. and a kitten is just a kitten! Kittens and pups, just like young children, don't clear drugs from their system as easily as adults too, and thus will be more susceptible to drug overdose.

Toxic side effects of any NSAID drug will include stomach ulcers (which, if severe, may bleed), and over time, excessive administration of NSAIDs can lead to multiple organ failure, including that of the liver and the kidney. Cats are more sensitive to the effects of ibuprofen than dogs and one tablet can cause acute renal failure and subsequent death.

Therefore i strongly suggest you do NOT give him another dose of ibuprofen, but instead take him to your local vet for a thorough examination, not only to check the abscess, but also to make sure that your cat isn't already suffering from the effects of an acute ibuprofen overdose.

With regards to penicillin, once again, it's easy to overdose your kitten if you didn't work out the dosage based on its weight. Depending on the type of penicillin you gave (eg penicillin G, penicillin V etc), your kitten could suffer from a range of gastrointestinal effects, including that of diarrhoea, vomitting, and the worse would be that of an anaphylactic shock. However, the adverse effects of penicillin are usually not as serious or common as those of ibuprofen.

Thence, i hope you do stop all medications and take your kitten for a checkup at your vet's soon. If needed, your cat might be "de-contaminated" with activated charcoal and given fluid therapy if he is suspected of experiencing ibuprofen toxicity. It's better to be safe than sorry!

Finally.. thought you might also like to know.. a common drug prescribed for pain relief in cats in Metacam, and a common antibiotic for cat abscesses would be Clavulox or Baytril (for slightly more serious cases). Your vet will be able to advise you further on this.

All the best hun.

Answer 4

If you'd given a kitten that much ibuprofen you would have killed him. Ibuprofen is extremely toxic to cats.

You obviously don't know what medications to use, so how can you be certain you're reading the signs of recovery or illness properly?

Get your kitten to the vet, immediately. He'll probably need to be treated for the toxicity of the medications to stop his kidneys and liver from failing.

Answer 5

I've never seen a kitten "fall" on a fork...
My kitty fell from the second floor onto my desk. Thank god he was ok (after taking him to the vet), but falling on a fork sounds a little fishy. That seems like WAY too much medicine for a little kitten, too.

Answer 6

That is way too much penicillin and ibuprofen is toxic to cats. Hopefully he won't have liver or stomach damage showing up in a few days. I'd take him to the vet asap.

Answer 7

I think you should call the vet instead of just taking your cat in. Talk to someone there about and they should be able to tell you if what you are doing will help completely of if there is a medical procedure that needs to be done.

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Answer 10

Do not give your kitten Human meds because you can make your kitten sick. Take it to the Vet.