My cat's UTI antibiotic dose: what if I give it early or late?

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! This will really depend on the reasons why he is receiving these medications. However, generally as a general rule you would just push it back and medicate when you get home and then change the time he receives those medications to match when it was given today. Good luck!

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! While it is not ideal to do that, if she has been getting that medication for a good bit now, doing it once daily instead of twice daily for 1 day should not affect things much. Have a good night!

Thank you for contacting Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach with your question about Sam. Since you didn't give all of the medication at once, you can switch the times to make it more convenient for you. Just make sure to give it at the new times consistently. I hope this helps!

Hello, thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. If you only gave the medication at 4pm and not both 4pm and 8pm she should be fine. Giving it 4 hours early is OK. Just try your best to give it every 24 hours if at all possible.

Missing does means that the antibiotics may not work correctly, and the UTI won't fully clear up. I would start Scotch's antibiotics again, and contact your vet in the morning to let them know you missed three days, as they may want to prescribe a longer course to clear up the infection.

You can split in quarters (125mg each) and give 1/4 twice daily for 5 days. If signs are not resolving in 5 days of treatment a check up would be required. Stress related (idiopathic type of inflammation) infection and presence of crystals are the most common causes of it.

Hello. Because of the half life of medications, it is important to try & stay within the recommended dosing range. If you are off an hour or so every so often, that is OK. But especially with the methimazole, you want get the best possible effects from this medication for Tony, so that means adhering as close to schedule as possible. The tumil-k is just a supplement, so timing is not as critical, but again, it is best to try your best to adhere to the proper schedule so an even amount of the medications are always present in his system to control his condition. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.