My cat got sick recently.  We tried one antibiotic, didn't seem to
work, then tried a second, the cat seems to be recovering.  The vet
wants me to continue with both antibiotics.

My cat hates the stick-syringe-in-mouth-to-force-medicine-in routine.
(She does not eat moist food, and spits out pills no matter how far I
stick them down her throat, so the syringe or eye-dropper is the only
option.)

Two questions:

1.  First, the vet wants me to keep up the antibiotics for a minimum
of seven days, preferably ten.  I tend to trust the guy, but the cat
really hates it.  Is seven days really necessary?  (It's been a week
one one so far, followed by three days on both of them.)

2.  More problematic -- it's hard enough to get one eye-dropper of med
into her, before she really wants to run away, without doing a second
one.  I had a brilliant idea:  Fill the eye-dropper or syringe with
0.5 ml of one med, then fill it the rest of the way with 0.5 ml of the
second med.  (The meds are Enroflex and Clavamax.)  I spoke to the vet
about this.  He said sticking both meds in the same eye-dropper could
render them both useless.  

Now -- *that* I have to question.  Why is it okay to stick the meds in
the cat's mouth, just seconds apart, so they mix in her stomach
moments later, but not put one after the other in the same syringe?
Is the vet correct on this, or can I in fact put them both in the same
syringe?  One syringe is at a time is better than one, then another
right away.  (I have a very fussy cat!)

Thanks in advance (from me and the cat) for all replies.

Steve O.

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