Sally, all I know is they thought Frankie's blindness might be from several
rounds of 5 mg per day of Baytril. The vet said this was the low dose that has
been recommended since cats were going blind on higher doses....the vet we saw
is an opthalmologist who did the research for Bayer. I am not being pushy.
Maybe you can ask the question on petvetcafe ~ the yahoo group where vets
belong....??
Laurie
----- Original Message -----
From: Sally Davis
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: Whitey's Update
I just went to the warning page for Baytril and his dose is withing the safe
range. It says not to exceed 5 mg per KG Junior weighs 6.35 kg so that would
equate to a dose up to 31.75 mg. Thanks for the heads up.
Sally
On 10/10/07, laurieskatz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sally, this is a very high dose of Baytril.....have you asked your vet
about it?
----- Original Message -----
From: Sally Davis
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: Whitey's Update
HI Michael
I am way behind on emails, but I will respond to the Baytril question.
Junior is currently on Baytril it kills all the good bacteria in the gut and
gives him diarreah. So As soon as he gets on this I get him on probiotics. He
has not had any diarrhea. His dosage is 22.7mg per day. I have read some about
the dangers, but he is already mostly blind from an infection he had in the
early stages of his FELV infection.
By the way everyone. Junior had his one year anniversary of on 10/6. He
tested positive a year ago on that date. He is currently battling a URI.
I will go back and read Whitey's story.
Sally
On 10/10/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ok, guys, here's an updated on "Whitey" (Ugh, I hate thatname, but Jeff
won't let me change it now), 24 hours into the "intervention" ;)
I've done a lot of thinking, and soul searching. And I've decided I'm
not gonna put him back outside, or make any effort to contact his "owners."
I've decided they don't deserve animals, and I even seriously considered
reporting them to the humane society, but figured I'd best just get him better
and leave it alone as long as they don't make a fuss over it. He still has a
long road to recovery, but once we get him better, I'm either gonna keep him in
the sunroom (and figure out a way to make an "outside" area for him, or
hopefully find him a good home. Jeff is trying to convince his mother to take
him. Its a very quiet house with no other animals, and I know he'd be taken
good care of there, and Jeff would see him often. We don't know if she'll say
yes, but right now we're just focused on getting him healed. I even offered to
provide his food and litter to sweeten the deal :)
Anyway, I spoke with the vet and Jeff yesterday when I got home and got
a bit more details. Apparently not only does he have hyperthyroidism, a benign
tumor on his thyroid, severe gingivitis, teeth needing pulled, severe ear
infection, and a grade 3 heart murmur, but he also has mouth ulcers. :( The
vet said he's surprised the fella can even eat. But let me tell you, that boy
eats :) He's been eating Sheba and drinking catmilk as fast as I can give it
to him, several times a day. He's just acting completely at home in the
sunroom! He's not once yeowled or tried to get out. He's found his "spot" out
there, and he's been quite content! I've been paying closer attention to the
fella, and I do believe he's hard of hearing. I don't think he's completely
deaf, but I do believe he has hearing problems. For starters, Jeff was
vacuuming the indoor/outdoor carpet out there, and he just laid there and
slept. You can open the door and call him in a low voice and he doesn't
respond, but if you yell, he looks up. He's also using the litterbox.
Hallelujah! lol I was afraid he'd never figure it out after being outside so
long. Jeff set up a webcam out there so we can keep an eye on him while we're
in the house :) (I'll send you guys a link if Jeff ever figures out how to
connect it to the internet and not just our personal wireless network.) I think
cleaning out his ears as helped some with the imbalancing. He's still wobbly,
but seems much better than he was! I swear, he just amazes me. I can't
imagine what a rough life this little guy must have had up to this point...and
for him to be so calm, and loving, after living through such hell, it just says
he's a very special boy.
A couple of questions now....
1. The vet put him on Baytril for the infection/mouth ulcers. I know
you guys are familiar with it....what are the side effects, what do I need to
look for? Is that the broad spectrum antibiotic that kills the good intestinal
bacteria as well? do I need to get some yogurt and/or probiotics? :)
2. How long should he go before I get concerned about the litterbox
use? He's peed in it, but so far hasn't had a bowel movement. He's not been
out there even 24 hours yet, so I'm not too terribly concerned, but how long do
you guys think I should wait before I start to worry?
Michael
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