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Does anybody know of a place in Mexico that you can order Baytril from? Or any where overseas? I work at a pet shop and I see too many snakes come in with respitory problems. or develop problems shorty after. And of course the owner doesn't want to spend the money on vet bills. I have taken some of the animals in myself, but I can not continue to do that. I hate when people put business above the well-being of the animals, but you see it a lot.

Baytril doesn't help all respiratory problems. You'd also either need syringes or know how to mouth tube.
The pet store I work at buys livestock medicine and has their consulting vet work out the doses for smaller animals, but A. I don't think there's an internal antibiotic for herps that works like that and B. My pet store only does that because they sell dogs and cats.
So it would be tough, and even if you do it it might not help. Here's what I would do.
Talk to the manager about changing to a supplier who sends you, ahem, healthy animals. If the animals are getting sick in the store, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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>>Does anybody know of a place in Mexico that you can order Baytril from? Or any where overseas? I work at a pet shop and I see too many snakes come in with respitory problems. or develop problems shorty after. And of course the owner doesn't want to spend the money on vet bills. I have taken some of the animals in myself, but I can not continue to do that. I hate when people put business above the well-being of the animals, but you see it a lot.

I don't know of a place to get Baytril without going through a veterinarian, but I suppose it's possible. I would not recommend doing that, however. Baytril (Enrofloxacin) is a good drug when it's properly used, but it is not always the right choice. It is a very harsh drug and can be harmful if improperly dosed or administered. I think Baytril is one of the most misused drugs around, mostly from people self-diagnosing and self-medicating their animals. In certain species, it can leave sterile injection site ulcers from improper injection techniques. Baytril is a Fluoroquinolone class antibiotic. It's human equivalent is Ciprofloxacin. Baytril is toxic to humans.

There are other drugs which work just as well, and are better choices at times. One example would be one of the 3rd generation Cephalosporins, such as Ceftazadime.

The bottom line is that which medication to use, and how, is a decision best left to a vet.
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