You CANNOT give injectible forms of a medication by an oral route. Also, the oral route is inadequate for use in turtle repiratory poblem. Also, with Baytril, you must inject every day in the medication course to maintain proper levels of anitibiotic in the system - otherwise the bacteria just recover and may develop resistance to the drug. Also, because of the turtle renal system. most people urge injecting in the front of the animal, not the rear part. You may alternate sides each day to reduce trauma, but injection is not particularly stressful to a turtle if done propery with a shallow injection in the area I mentioned. Trust me on this - not only am I a turtle fancier for 61 years(I have treated many, many turtles for RI and, if not too far gone, nearly all have shown significant improvemnt in a few days) I am also a former biomedical research scientist who spent much time over many years studying and prescribing proper antibiotics for prevention and treatment of infections in animals with artificial heart implantations and other bioprotheses. I am also a PhD in Zoology. I have discussed treatment strategies with top herp vets at natinal meetings, such as Frederick Fry who wote the definitive massive work on herp medicine. Sorry to bore you with credentials, which I rarely do on this forum, but I just wanted to let you know that I know what I'm talking about. Good luck with treatment.

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