Quote Originally Posted by Emeraldgreen
Thanks Catlady711, I was hoping you'd respond! I was also concerned about giving Baytril in conjuction with the Convenia but the vet said it would be okay. She said that the Baytril was a daily injection though. I know you are a vet assistant and probably were able to take it home with you to give the shots yourself. I wonder if they would allow me to? It would sure make life easier because we have to catch a ferry to get to the vet and it's expensive and time consuming. He's worth it though so if we have to go that route I will.
Did you ever notice if your Dusty's resp. infections ever got a bit worse upon starting treatment with Baytril and then got better? I'm trying to figure out what's happening inside his nasal passages if the antibiotics really are working. Maybe if the mucous (yuck!) was drying up or whatever, it would make it sound alot worse and snuffly? Hard to know.
I shouldn't be one to question your vets advice, he's the one with the degree. It's just I know some meds don't mix and since that one is unfamiliar to me it was my first thought.

Yup Baytril is a daily injection given IM (intramuscular) which means giving it in a muscle not just under the skin.

I never noticed Dusty getting worse before getting better. In fact, quite the opposite, she usually started getting better by the next morning. But her's was always a bacterial infection though.

I was able to do Dusty's injections myself but that could be because of where I work. Normally I'm not allowed to give injections to the patients because I'm not a tech. but since it was my own cat that probably made a difference.

We have had clients we've shown how to do fluids under the skin and insulin injections and the like, but I don't recall we've ever had a client doing their own antibiotic injections, could just be those particular people couldn't give injections anyways, not everyone can do/watch it. My mom couldn't even hold Dusty for me when I'd have to inject her, my hubby always had to help so I'd have to wait till he got home from work to do them.

Looking up more info on the Conveinia I see it's a antimicrobial which works differently than Baytril which is a Quinolone for bacterial infections. According to the Conveinia website it only states to avoid pennicillin dirivitives and anti-inflamatory meds, while the Baytril site says "No incompatibilities with other drugs are known at this time."

Since that came directly from the manufacturers websites and product inserts I'd say your vet is definately correct in that it's probably fine to switch over to Baytril.

Like I said, I shouldn't question other people's vets, it's just as a pet owner myself, I have the same worries everyone else has, and only enough knowledge to worry myself even more. LOL

Keep us posted.