Okay... my dear Chloe had a rather long round of antibiotics a little over a month ago to get over a sinus infection (oh, and for those who remember, her tail was fine, I just felt really guilty -- she was sneezing from the sinus infection when it happened, and since I already had a vet appointment for the next day we told the vet about the tail, she felt on it and said it was fine). We'd been late on her spay, so she went into heat while she was on antibiotics, but they didn't want to do surgery until they were sure the entirety of the infection was gone.
Over the last week I had noticed that around a few of her Soft Paws she'd had redness on the claw sheath, and it didn't look fun. I stopped applying them so a few have fallen off -- wanted to give her time to recover and see what was wrong. Since she had her spay appointment today, I asked the vet if she could look at her paws as well.
When the vet called me to say that our little one came through surgery okay, she said Chloe had a yeast infection of the claw sheaths on most of her claws.
I'm thinking that the round of antibiotics may have allowed yeast to get out of control, but I want to prevent it from happening again. The vet said she's going to need Nystatin cream applied to the claws for the next two weeks, and then after that we can likely apply them again.
I love Soft Paws -- they really have saved our furniture and allowed her to "be a cat" (also saves my belly when she's being lovey and kneading me). Has *anyone* else had this problem? Heard of it? Know what I can do to keep it from happening again?
I feel awful, she must have been in a lot of pain, but she was walking and running just fine, and not overgrooming them....
Over the last week I had noticed that around a few of her Soft Paws she'd had redness on the claw sheath, and it didn't look fun. I stopped applying them so a few have fallen off -- wanted to give her time to recover and see what was wrong. Since she had her spay appointment today, I asked the vet if she could look at her paws as well.
When the vet called me to say that our little one came through surgery okay, she said Chloe had a yeast infection of the claw sheaths on most of her claws.
I'm thinking that the round of antibiotics may have allowed yeast to get out of control, but I want to prevent it from happening again. The vet said she's going to need Nystatin cream applied to the claws for the next two weeks, and then after that we can likely apply them again.
I love Soft Paws -- they really have saved our furniture and allowed her to "be a cat" (also saves my belly when she's being lovey and kneading me). Has *anyone* else had this problem? Heard of it? Know what I can do to keep it from happening again?
I feel awful, she must have been in a lot of pain, but she was walking and running just fine, and not overgrooming them....