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Originally Posted by Rocky-Baby  kennel cough. And they knew it. They gave me a bottle of antibiotic on ice - which I have in my fridge. They were very weird about it - saying "use it if you feel necessary for 5 days - or save it for whenever" - so now we'll use it. Thanks guys |
I wouldnt use anything they gave you. antibiotics have to stay refrigerated to be effective, and you have no idea if they kept it that way at all times, even if they did hand it to you on ice. With them mentioning to save it, that is scary because it could be very old and out of date, antibiotics do expire. You also have no idea if it's even the right antibiotic to treat what he has, there are many different ones that are the best for certain infections. If they were that sketchy they couldve just as easily handed you a mixture of sugar and water and told you it was his medicine. Kennel cough is one of those things that they have to 'work through' on their own, like the flu in humans, but the problem is that they often develop secondary bacterial infections due to the illness that need to be treated with antibiotics. Kennel cough, a cold, anything respiratory in these small babies can lead to pneumonia, and then suddenly he is at a high risk for death. I would still take him to your own vet and have him checked out and prescribed the correct antibiotics.
