I didn't mean any disrespect by my previous post, but you were lacking a concise order of attack and probably made matters worse because of it.
1)Often a "generic" antibiotic is attempted first. Usually more of a cost consideration and likely not a factor considering your resources. I"m glad you read into the Baytril vs young animal here. I don't think this is too much of a concern in reptiles, but why risk it when documentation is low and other antibiotics are available.
2)Culture it. Grow it and see what antibiotics it is resistant to and what will kill it. Do you have sensitivity disks? Remember to seek antibiotics regularly used in reptiles as labs usually test only for common mammilian antibiotics. The easiest way to go about this is to send a sample to your vet who will do this, or have an outside vet/path lab do it. Again, I'm uncertain as to what resources you have at your lab.
3)From the results, choose what seems to be the most appropriate antiobiotic of choice.
4)If no improvement after an appropriate course of antibiotic, consider more diagnostics (another culture, X-ray, ultrasound, blood work)

Also remember that any treatment works best under optimal husbandry, and less so with questionable temps, humidity, stress ect. It never hurts to evaluate the enclosure.

Good luck with your critter

Ian

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