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Yeah yeah, I haven't posted in forever... I'm still lurking, believe me.
I thought someone on the board might be able to help me with this...
We took Dom to the vet last weekend because all of a sudden he had very bad diarrhea, and though the vet (not my normal vet, unforunately, since it was spur of the moment and he was on vacation for several days) didn't find any parasites when she did the fecal, she did say that the level of "bad" bacteria was a little high. So she gave us a Metronidazole prescription - 500mgs twice a day for 5 days (so 10 pills).
Well, Dom is doing much better. I don't know if it was the Metronidazole or the pumpkin, but he's a happy camper. :lol:
However, Jaeger is now exhibiting the exact same symptoms.
No doubt it's the same thing Dommie had going on, and even if it is something like Giardia, the metronidazole would take care of it... BUT... The not very nice
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vet won't write me a prescription to get the drugs elsewhere (I'm not paying $25 for 10 pills again when I can buy 100 of them for $14-$25 online), nor will she even give me another prescription from there (even if I was willing to pay out the a**) without bringing Jaeger in, doing a fecal, etc...and the only sites I can find online that will sell Metronidazole without a prescription have something called "Fish Zole", which I guess is 250mg Metronidazole tablets for fish tanks.
My question is can you give Fish Zole to dogs (it DOES have doseages listed for dogs and cats, but I'm a *little* leary) and, if you can't, can anyone recommend a good site for ordering veterinary antibiotics without a prescription??
Thanks for your help, as always!
I thought someone on the board might be able to help me with this...
We took Dom to the vet last weekend because all of a sudden he had very bad diarrhea, and though the vet (not my normal vet, unforunately, since it was spur of the moment and he was on vacation for several days) didn't find any parasites when she did the fecal, she did say that the level of "bad" bacteria was a little high. So she gave us a Metronidazole prescription - 500mgs twice a day for 5 days (so 10 pills).
Well, Dom is doing much better. I don't know if it was the Metronidazole or the pumpkin, but he's a happy camper. :lol:
However, Jaeger is now exhibiting the exact same symptoms.
My question is can you give Fish Zole to dogs (it DOES have doseages listed for dogs and cats, but I'm a *little* leary) and, if you can't, can anyone recommend a good site for ordering veterinary antibiotics without a prescription??
Thanks for your help, as always!