NakedZiggy
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Hello everyone,
Apologies for asking a question here when I'm not a regular member; but, I really need your help.
My senegal, Simon, has had a clostridium infection in his intestines for about a month. This results in stinky morning stool of softer consistency. Our vet (an avian specialist) is suggesting some odd treatments, and for this reason, I wanted to hear what other parrot owners have to say.
Simon was first prescribed metronidazole dosage once a day for seven days. During this treatment the odor disappeared within 2 days and consistency returned to normal. We did a gram sample and it indicated there was no clostridium present. 5 days later, the odor returned and a subsequent gram stain revealed clostridium once again. As far as I know it never went away as its tricky to test for. Next our vet now prescribed Clinsol for treating the bacteria.
[FONT="]This medication is used to treat dental and skin infections in dogs and cats. According to drugs.com, "Dogs: Skin Infections (wounds And Abscesses) ..... deep Wounds And Abscesses Due To Bacteroides fragilis, Prevotella Melaninogenicus, Fusobacterium Ecrophorum and Clostridium Perfringens. Nothing in the way of avian is mentioned, nor do we know if his clostridium is the perfringens type as another lab test proved futile in growing any bacteria."[/FONT]
[FONT="]1.) In light of this, does it seem like reasonable treatment or should we change vets?[/FONT]
The primary warning on Clinsol (below) states that the medication may actually promote more clostridia.
The use of clindamycin hydrochloride occasionally results in overgrowth of non-susceptible organisms such as clostridia and yeasts. Therefore, the administration of CLINSOL Liquid should be avoided in those species sensitive to the gastrointestinal effects of clindamycin (see CONTRAINDICATIONS).
2.) What's the best treatment for this bacteria? he's had it appear a few other times in the past even though his cage is cleanly...we've been given metronidazole as well as baytril previously. The vet recommends an x-ray because of Simon's "pre-disposition" to acquiring this again. I don't think it ever went away...
thank you eveyrone,
Zig
Apologies for asking a question here when I'm not a regular member; but, I really need your help.
My senegal, Simon, has had a clostridium infection in his intestines for about a month. This results in stinky morning stool of softer consistency. Our vet (an avian specialist) is suggesting some odd treatments, and for this reason, I wanted to hear what other parrot owners have to say.
Simon was first prescribed metronidazole dosage once a day for seven days. During this treatment the odor disappeared within 2 days and consistency returned to normal. We did a gram sample and it indicated there was no clostridium present. 5 days later, the odor returned and a subsequent gram stain revealed clostridium once again. As far as I know it never went away as its tricky to test for. Next our vet now prescribed Clinsol for treating the bacteria.
[FONT="]This medication is used to treat dental and skin infections in dogs and cats. According to drugs.com, "Dogs: Skin Infections (wounds And Abscesses) ..... deep Wounds And Abscesses Due To Bacteroides fragilis, Prevotella Melaninogenicus, Fusobacterium Ecrophorum and Clostridium Perfringens. Nothing in the way of avian is mentioned, nor do we know if his clostridium is the perfringens type as another lab test proved futile in growing any bacteria."[/FONT]
[FONT="]1.) In light of this, does it seem like reasonable treatment or should we change vets?[/FONT]
The primary warning on Clinsol (below) states that the medication may actually promote more clostridia.
The use of clindamycin hydrochloride occasionally results in overgrowth of non-susceptible organisms such as clostridia and yeasts. Therefore, the administration of CLINSOL Liquid should be avoided in those species sensitive to the gastrointestinal effects of clindamycin (see CONTRAINDICATIONS).
2.) What's the best treatment for this bacteria? he's had it appear a few other times in the past even though his cage is cleanly...we've been given metronidazole as well as baytril previously. The vet recommends an x-ray because of Simon's "pre-disposition" to acquiring this again. I don't think it ever went away...
thank you eveyrone,
Zig