This area is chosen because it seems to be less painful and some believe that antibiotic injection in the posterior can be systematically removed by the renal-portal system before being effective. This regimen continued for 15 days. This course of treatment was extremely effective and produced no visible side effects. The animals showed little discomfort at the injection site and behavior continued as normal. As standard procedure, the room temperature was kept at the daytime level of 85 degrees F. around the clock for the entire course of treatment.
Higher temperatures speed metabolism and increase the effectiveness of the antibiotic.
After the injections stopped, both animals developed an eye infection literally overnight. This could be due to the immune system imbalance caused by antibiotic treatment, or a less than adequate length of treatment. In any event, this was quickly resolved with twice daily eye drops of tobramycin. Upon arrival of the second male, I initiated the same treatment but this time expanded the nasal drop treatment to include the eyes. I continued the eye drops for 3 days after the end of the injections and that seemed to keep away any secondary eye infections from appearing.