How young of kitty can u give Clinamycin?

[clight]

Last week I wrote in wondering about one of my three week old kittens possibly having an umbilical hernia that developed quite quickly. I did consult with several vets via phone who all told me not to worry and to have it repaired at the same time I have the kitty spayed//neutered.
Well, it just bugged me to no end of how quickly this supposed hernia developed and how large it became, so a couple of nights ago I looked very close at it and as I was doing so, one side of it ruptured and was full of pus. My gut feelings of it being an abscess rather than a hernia were confirmed. The other side of it did not rupture, but was just so large and the skin so thin, I pricked it with a needle and it too was full of pus. I cleaned it with peroxide, put some triple antibiotic ointment on and promptly started the kitten on Amoxicillin.
My question is, I also have on hand Clindamycin which is what we normally use to treat abscesses and such but am fearful to give to the kitten since it is only apx 3-31/2 weeks old. I was just wondering how old do kitties have to be to use Clindamycin.
TYVM for your help!

[zodiacqueen]

WOW, you've got to be very careful giving meds to kitties.  The vets go by weight to figure out the dosing.  I DO agree w/ ya....it does sound like an infection, but in my opinion, it is too risky to give the baby the clindamycin w/ out taking him/her to the vet.  Way too risky and clindamycin might not be the correct antibiotic for the kitten's problem.

Please come back w/ an update.  Wishing the best for the kitten.  =)

[clight]

Just giving u update. I noticed that the Amoxi was working well right away so I did not even bother with the clindamycin, The knot on its umbilical area is almost completely gone:) And FYI since I deal with so many kittens and cats I already knew it was safe to give small amounts of amoxi to the babies:)