Saturday, May 10, 2008

Convenia...a wonder drug for future ferals?

Dolittler discusses a new one-injection long-acting antibiotic. Imagine if this were available for caretakers to use on feral cats they might be able to capture for a vet visit, but which likely cannot be handled daily to be medicated. It doesn't even matter if you can get them in a cage. If they won't eat an antibiotic in their food, you are crap out of luck. Or the shy cat that eats a bite and runs if you look at her hard. How do you know she's getting the dose she needs?

How about cats that have an upcoming dental, but currently have abscessed teeth and need a week of antibiotics beforehand? Can you hear me thinking "Fluffy" dear Wildrun visitors?

Would I fork out $40 for antibiotics for one feral cat? Given how much Clavamox I've wasted, yeah, there are times I probably would.

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