I would take the snake to a vet. I am not a fan of Tylan, perhaps it comes from being a vet tech, but I would want a culture done before treating. Once an antibiotic is given it ruins the ability to do a culture right away if it doesn't work and then you end up having to have the snake off of antibiotics for a period of time before you can find the right one to treat the infection. Sure there are plenty of vets, probably most, that will TRY a broad-spectrum antibiotic off the bat to see if it works, but with the amount of resistance these days I prefer to culture and then treat. There were studies done with Tylan in tortoises with Mycoplasma infections that showed it to be safe, but the dose you will see thrown around in forums is 10x that dose! I don't care how "safe" a medication is supposed to be, I'd be extremely cautious about using a medication at 10x the recommended dose no matter how many people do it. Also, you have to understand that intramuscular injections are not benign and if you do them wrong you can do harm. Perhaps as you get more experience in with herps and treating them you can try Tylan if you please, but do your snake a favor and see a vet now.

www.arav.org/ECOMARAV/TIMSSNET/amm/TNT_MDResults.cfm Those are all the ARAV members in Michigan. Have you tried calling local vets and seeing if they know of a herp vet closeby?

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