ahhhh..... I think the dose is way off, but maybe its just me. The amikacin is 250mg/me and he's been getting 0.05cc every 3 days. I just called the vet again to see if that may be the problem. He is very skinny. he only weighs 27lbs.



The tylan that we have is the 50mg/ml- the 200 is too strong to use on the other animals we have.

We've been on the amikacin since.... feb. 20th.

He's also got some scale rot. It has cleared up almost completly since then- its being treated with baytril/tricide- sprayed on and wiped with gauze pads. I am under the impression that the amikacin helps with that as well, but i could (probably) be wrong.



His temps are ok. His basking area is... (finding temp gun...) 91, 92, 91, 93, 91- my gun is screwy- about 91. the ambient air is... about 84-86. He stays in his basking spot. Night temps don't drop too much- using a red lamp at night- gets about 88 in basking spot- ambient air is about 81-83. He's being kept on a bath towel (beach towel) I personally have found the towels to be much more absorbent and stay much dryer than paper towels or newspaper. I use newspaper for the other animals, but b/c of his scale rot- he needed to be kept dry.

Beth



I'm waiting for a call from the vet- hopefully soon.
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