There is a craze to give Convenia for everything, sort of like what is happening with sedation now for things it should not be used for and was not needed for. I have talked to numerous people whose cats and dogs died after convenia and they have to live with that pain forever because they weren't consulted and or warned about the side effects. Convenia: A Long Acting Antibiotic's Dark Side | Walkerville Vet Convenia® is the most widely used antibiotic in Australian cats.

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Yet despite it having major problems no owner has ever questioned my decision to use it. Hopefully after this you will. After all, part of the reason vets use it so much is because we think you want us to.… *Kidney failure was one of the many severe possible convenia reactions people's cats had initially when it came out so it can be a reaction, and it's irrelevant if she had some form of kidney disease already. There is a caution about giving it to cats/dogs with kidney disease as well due to how long it stays in the system.

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Thank you for your posts and articles relating to Convenia! My vet has been administering Convenia to 2 of my cats periodically for a couple years. One has been diagnosed with eosinophilic granuloma (inoperable, on the tongue) which was confirmed by biopsy. The second is semi-feral and has...