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HOTRegius
at Fri Oct 12 09:12:15 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by HOTRegius ]
I'm very sorry you lost your snake, Jen. I would suspect your temps are way too low and their immune systems couldn't do it anymore.
DO NOT LOWER THE HUMIDITY! They do not have a diaphragm and therefore cannot cough. Lowering the humidity will just cause them to suffocate in their own fluids.
Up your temps to at least 95 warm side 85 cool side, humidity to 65-70%. It acts as a humidifier, breaking up the junk in their lungs. My temps are always 95/85 24/7, they don't drop at night, and the only RI's I've had to deal with are with snakes that came from either a breeder and he got stressed in shipping, or from a pet store where she was exposed to WC snakes. I've only had two, and am still treating one now(since 9/1)
Baytril needs to be given IM, every 48 hours. I would get a culture done by your vet and make sure the bacteria is susceptible to Baytril. Every 5 days was just not often enough to let the antibiotic get up to working concentration. The antibiotics also need to be given for more than one week. My vet recommends a month just to make sure the infection is fully gone. She also recommends nebulizing the snake to help break up the mucous in their lungs. It helps immensely and you can see the relief the snake is feeling.
I've used Baytril for awhile and have no problems with it. I even use the 100mg/ml stuff(yes, on TINY Ball Pythons) and do not get burns/scars on the snakes. Draw up the Baytril, draw up another 0.2ml or so of saline, and inject. No burns, nadda. If you're getting burns, you're not doing it correctly. You have to dilute the medication. Baytril is also easy on their kidneys compared to alot of other antibiotics. Just soaking them every other day for an hour or so in a hot, humid tub keeps them hydrated and the fluids running through them.
I'm having to use Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole on a 140g female Ball because after the two cultures the lab ran, they found a bacteria that was resistant to most every antibiotic..With the exception of marbofloxacin(who can afford that??!), Ticarcillin(human drug and expensive) and Trimethoprim(human drug but not expensive). So we went with the oral Trimethoprim and she's slowly recovering.
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-Becky Brown, RVT-
1.0 Lemon Pastel Classic Jungle(NERD)
1.0 Black Pastel
2.13 Normals
1.0 NERD Yellow/Green Hypo
1.1 Spiders(BHB)
1.1 Yellowbellies(BHB)
1.0 100% Het Pied Classic Jungle(Don Kaye)
0.1 50% Poss. Het Pied(Gary Kettring)
0.1 Classic Jungle
1.0 66% Poss Het Ax Genetic Granite(VPI)
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- RI -- and dose/frequency of Baytril? - JenHarrison, Thu Oct 11 23:13:35 2007
- And... - JenHarrison, Thu Oct 11 23:17:06 2007
- RE: RI -- and dose/frequency of Baytril? - RussellLe, Thu Oct 11 23:26:15 2007
- RE: RI -- and dose/frequency of Baytril? - jaysitesreptiles, Thu Oct 11 23:44:38 2007
- RE: RI -- and dose/frequency of Baytril? - reptile_king, Fri Oct 12 00:12:03 2007
- Switch meds - no? - zefdin, Fri Oct 12 10:32:37 2007
- Jen, where on the snake are you giving.. - JP, Fri Oct 12 11:13:28 2007
- Constant battle... - JenHarrison, Fri Oct 12 14:53:55 2007
- Becky (HOTRegius), how many shots?(more) - VDR, Sat Oct 13 07:06:24 2007
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RE: RI -- and dose/frequency of Baytril? - HOTRegius, Fri Oct 12 09:12:15 2007