It's not that it's resistant to the Baytril, it's that when Baytril is only given every 5 days, it doesn't have a chance to work. When given every other day, it will work within the first 2-3 shots. If the bacteria is resistant, then it won't work within that time frame. Even goofy Melissa Kaplan's site says to give it every other day, as does every medication formulary I have seen. I don't know if her vet read it wrong or what, but it was very unfortunate that it lead to her snake's demise.. Poor thing.



Last thing, lowering the humidity is an old school trick. It only masks symptoms by drying the snake out to where you can't hear the popping/wheezing. You surely don't dehumidify your room if your child has a bad cold, do you? No, of course not. You get out the Vick's humidifier and the chest decongestants. You want to break the stuff in the lungs up so it's easier to get out. Upping the temps and humidity helps the immune system to be able to fight off infection and use the antibiotics to their full potential.



Jen, if you have a humidifier, nebulizer or just a closed plastic tub(put some water and paper towels in, and put it directly over a warm heat source to create a sauna effect), use that. It will help him breathe alot better and he will recover faster.
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-Becky Brown, RVT-

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