Frankie did go blind. He had lots of baytril as a kitten when the vet was treating asthma as an URI. It's the high doses that are the concern. You might do a google search. My vet tells me he had the lower doses but he had repeated doses. His blindness could be the baytril or genetic. No one can tell me for sure. L
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 6:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] day 9 of baytril Baytril can cause blindness but it is a rare complication. I have had many cats on it and none has ever gone blind. On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Twisted Princess < [email protected]> wrote: > hi, me again... > > i know you can't believe everything you read on the internet but i have > read from several sources regarding b aytril can cause blindness. one person > mention it will after 10 days. my vet has my cat on it. he gave me 4 ml and > the dose is .3ml so that is nearly 2 weeks. i called the office and they > said just give it to him until its gone. > > i called my regular vet who's office apparently has been told not they can > not give an opinion that would be opposing another vet. any idea here? today > (friday) is the 9th day he has been on the medicine - at least here. he may > have been on it the 3 days he was at the vet, i don't know. > > the office person is suppose to get back to me to me as to whether our vet > does the LTCI. the vet who treated the cat does not. anyone know of a good > vet that does in the long beach california area? i don't drive freeways, i > hardly drive at all so it basically has to be in long beach or within a few > miles of long beach. > > and i guess the baytril is for the uti and not the felv. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties stores and save a kitty life! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home?tag=rescuties-20 http://www.zazzle.com/rescuties* Buy or renew magazines and help our kitties! http://www.magfundraising.com/rescuties Help us spay some kitties! http://rescuties.chipin.com/feed-hungry-animals "Rather than helping, it's easier to point fingers and say "take them first as long as you leave me alone". _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
