Convenia injection
Has anyone had any experience of this with their pet?
Convenia is a long lasting antibiotic injection that lasts 7-14 days.
Asti was taken into the vets as she was limping and when the vet touched a certain part of her left foot she wouldn't let him look so she was in great pain when that part was touched. The vet said I had two choices, either to give her a course of antiflammatories OR sedate her and examine the part of her foot and see what the problem was. I went for the later option. So I left Asti at the vets and picked her up at 2.15 pm. They had x rayed the part and there was nothing in her foot or puncture or wound so they seemed to think it was an infection. Well they gave her a sedative, Metacam injection which is fine, and injection of Convenia.
Well I've been reading a few scarey things about Convenia. For instance if your pet has a bad reaction to the antibiotic there's no way of stopping it, whereas if you give antibiotics in tablet form at least they can be stopped.
When Asti goes back to the vets for a check up next Monday I will have a word with our vet and say I don't want her to have that injection again, I would rather stick to the giving tablets. Hence to say I'm keeping a close eye on Asti.