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I have a bearded dragon male that is about 2.5 years old. He has done very well for me but, in the last week he has developed a lump on his lower jaw near his mouth opening and he has bubbles coming out of his mouth if you gently squeeze him. I am pretty sure that their is an upper resperatory infection and possibly a secondary bacterial infection in the mouth due to the abnormal swelling. He is still eating fine and I am going to take him to the vet next week, but I just wanted to know if anyone has dosed a adult bearded dragon with baytril before and does it work well for them.
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Look deep, deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
- Albert Einstein-

to many owners or inexperienced vets just throw baytril at herps, it is not the "perfect drug" yes, its a good drug, but not always the best.
the most important thing to do is get your husbandry PERFECT! (Even us "old timers" have missed stuff and caught it on a double or triple check)
keep the swollen area clean (a little dilute listerine can help) and get to the vet ASAP, also if your dragon will let you, look for any foreign bodies in the area, just a thought...
best of luck, keep us posted!
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hanging out under heat lights burns up my brain cells!!

I have used baytril to medicate a dragon or two. It worked for me but I had also been giving the dragon water from a spray bottle with nutribac mixed in. Pretty sure you need antibiotics to get rid of certain infections, like respiratory ones.

So I went to see my vet today about my beardie with what I thought could be URI and possibly a bacterial infection in his mouth and it turns out no URI. He does have a bacterial infection in his mouth but it is not mouth rot either. He has a bone cancer in his mandible on the right side. The puss and infection comes from the bone that it growing rapidly and leaking into his jaw. This is very odd because he is only 3 years old. Just another reason to have a herp vet and take your animals in when you think something is wrong.

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Look deep, deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
- Albert Einstein-

sorry to hear about your bearded dragon being sick but good thing you did take him to a vet. Hopefully it was caught early enough it can be treated and your bearded dragon will still live a long life.
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PHLdyPayne

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Unfortunatly they cannot treat it. It seems to be pretty aggressive. It doesn't affect him much with eating so we didn't decide to treat it at all. The vet thinks he might have maybe a month before it really starts to effect him. It has moved into the bone itself and she is afraid that it will spread, so we will just give him as good of a life as we can until he lets us know that it is enough. He will surely be missed.

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Look deep, deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
- Albert Einstein-

Sorry to hear the vet can't treat it.
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PHLdyPayne

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