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    Baytril

    Quick question. The vet prescribed baytril for an RI. 5 doses. One dose every five days. Sound correct? Thanks.

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    I think it would depend on the dosage amount. I gave my burms 1 dose every 2-3 days about 3 times.

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    Okay got the dosing correct. He is on his third of ten injections. Every other day. Still wheezing. How long is recovery time? When should I notice a marked improvement? Thanks.

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    In all honesty, you may not notice vast improvement for up to a week AFTER you finish administering the medication. Definitely make sure you take him/her in for the re-check with the vet just to be sure that he is improving. Full recovery can take weeks. :/ Very frustrating. But hopefully you will notice slight improvement after the first few injections. Depends on the animal and his/her response to the medication.

    Did you have a tracheal flush done to identify the exact strain of pathogen? Or did the vet just give you Baytril?


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    They just started him on Baytril and said if it didnt clear up that a culture would be the next step. I know most say a culture is a must.

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    It depends on how large the dosage is and how advanced the RI.

    On minor to mild its usually prescribed 5mg/kg. On more advanced its 10mg/kg with larger dosages. Though never head of doing shots every 5 days as not sure how affective that will be. ID do more every 3 days at most. And if doing orally every 24 hours.

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    Yeah the dosage was changed to every other day. I wanted to get a general idea of when I should know if the meds are working or not.

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    Re: Baytril

    Quote Originally Posted by gr8gugly View Post
    Yeah the dosage was changed to every other day. I wanted to get a general idea of when I should know if the meds are working or not.
    usually first week you will see signs going away if its working well

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