Convenia Injection, Just Under 48 Hrs Later

[ravynwriter]

So our year old spayed female brit shorthair started going to the litter box with alarming frequency on tuesday evening. I felt her bladder and it wasn't full, so we were pretty sure it was a UTI making her feel 'urgent.'

Took her in to the vet on Wednesday and while they weren't able to get a urine sample out of her they agreed it was more than likely a UTI and gave her a convenia injection.

Yesterday she was doing better, not visiting the box as frequently. Last night, however, she had a little spot accident on the floor and when we wiped it up we noticed it was pinkish. Today she's still visiting the box frequently (though less frequently than Tuesday or Wednesday) and there are occasional traces of blood still. She's eating/drinking/playing normally (though we're keeping her contained to the cat room as when the urgency hits her she's still having the occasional accident instead of making it to the box.)

I was just curious; how long should we wait after the injection for her to be feeling better before we become concerned the antibiotics aren't working? Right now, so long as nothing gets worse/new symptoms appear we're planning to wait until Monday with no improvement before we call the vet back, but I was curious as to others' experiences with the convenia injection and if we're not being paranoid mums about it working?

 

[LTS3]

Some vets don't recommend the use of Convenia becauseof the long term negative effects it can have. Here's one vet's opinion: Convenia- long term antibiotic: Is it worth the risk? It would probably take a day or two for any antibiotic to really start working.

Oftentimes vets misdiganose a urinary issue as an infection when all it is is an inflammation that antibiotics will not have any effect of. Cat Urinary Tract Diseases: Cystitis, Urethral Obstruction, Urinary Tract Infection Did the vet try to get a sterile urine sample with a cytocensis?

Are you feeding canned food? That will help get water into the cat to keep the urine well diluted and from causing too much pain and issue.

 

[ravynwriter]

>Some vets don't recommend the use of Convenia becauseof the long term negative effects it can have.

The injection was given. I'll keep this in mind for future but done is done.

>It would probably take a day or two for any antibiotic to really start working.

So very shortly we should see her current symptoms improving/should see them continuing to improve? Monday sounds like a good date to reach out to the vet again if she hasn't improved beyond the small amount she already has.

>Did the vet try to get a sterile urine sample with a cytocensis?

Tried, but she had no urine. Because of her urgency she was at the time pretty much squeezing drops out any time urine even got into her bladder. It was either hold her for several hours at cost to try and get enough urine in her bladder for a viable sample, or try treatment. Given her reported symptoms and her presentation, they were pretty confident it was an infection and so were we.

>Are you feeding canned food? That will help get water into the cat to keep the urine well diluted and from causing too much pain and issue.

Yes. She gets canned as well as dry, and we're increasing the canned and adding water to it as of Wednesday to try and up her water intake. The dry she gets is a prescription food specifically for bladder issues; our male cat had a recent problem with some crystals in his urine a few months ago, and our 18 year old cat as well is having some issues. It's not her food 'officially' (she normally gets a high quality adult dry kibble as well as her canned) but she likes their bladder food more than her 'normal' food and the vet said there's no problem if she eats it, so we don't stop her.