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One of my bloods appears to be getting an infection as she is wheezing when she breathes and is a bit lethargic, so I've upped the temperature and wanted to get her on Baytril as a precaution, because I've seen URI in bloods get bad quickly. My vet said she'd give me injectable Baytril, but she doesn't know anything about treating snakes and I don't know how much to give to a 9 pound blood. Does anyone here know? Thanks so much

One of my hatchling males came down with RI, I had 2 options, oral or injectable, I personally dont feel comfortable injecting anything nor am I trained to, so I went with the oral. I was giving him 1/10th of a CC per day, which worked, i have also done this other pythons and was successful, I would imagine the injectable would be stronger. Maybe try contacting another vet.
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I don't know exactly how much either, but I would suggest getting ahold of a trained herp vet on the phone or something. Injectable Baytril can be tricky stuff--it's been known to cause necrosis of the tissue at the injection site. Talking to a qualified herp vet might limit things like that from happening. Good luck and keep fighting!!

Luke.

Dosing is dependent on weight and concentration of the mixture. An experienced vet should give you details on this. Incorrect dosing can lead to some serious problems whether injected or oral. If you inject you need to know whether you need to go sub-cutaneous or intra-muscular.

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The standard dose for boids is 2.5 mg per pound body weight. However, this should be determined and prescribed by a reptile qualified vet. Also of importance, the entire "curtus" group (brongersmai, breitensteini, and curtus) all show a higher than normal sensitivity to many antibiotics and when using Baytril, they should never be dosed more frequently than once every 48 hours, and with some other antibiotics, once every 72 hours. Additionally, Rich is quite correct in that the actual amount in cc's to be injected can be different with the exact same antibiotic depending on the actual concentration in mg per cc in the original stock solution supplied. Unless you are experienced in making drug dosage calculations in metric units and weights, get the assistance of a vet. As Rich said, mistakes can lead to serious consequences. This can be true for under dosing as well as overdosing. Good luck.

Kelly