Dosage of Baytril

[MeChelle]

Hello,
I have a 2000 gram ball to whom I want to give injections of Baytril for a lingering RI. I have 2.5% Baytril, and I want to dose her at 10 mg/kg of weight. Can anyone direct me as to the correct amount to use on a U100 insulin needle?
Please don't tell me to take the snake to a vet. Either she will, or she won't, survive this RI. I want to help her, and I am hoping someone will be able to advise me on the correct dosage in units on the syringe. I believe the dose is 8 units. Thanks for any help you can provide.
Michelle

[Stewart_Reptiles]

YOU need to take it to a vet you should not use antibiotic without a proper culture.

There are various cause for RI which means some antibiotics may not work hence the need for the culture.

Helping is one thing playing vet injecting anything and everything without proper culture is another.

What if it is not a RI but something more serious?

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ce-Reptile-Vet

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...Causes-of-URIs

[JPR]

Ok. I won't tell you to bring her to a vet. instead you should give her to someone who can.

[Rickys_Reptiles]

If you want to pretend you're a dinosaur running around your house making noises, thats fine.... but pretending you're a vet isn't. Thats just plain old irresponsible.

[MeChelle]

Again, thanks for any help you can provide.

[MeChelle]

I have been able to determine (using online dosage calculators) that the correct amount is indeed 8 units, as determined by weight of the snake and desired concentration of the medication on hand. I don't have any guarantee that this is the correct medication, because I am unable to culture the infection. I thank all of you who offered your advice, and I hope that I will be able to participate in more conversations in the future. I'll post an update with the results when I have some.

[Saber402]

I have been able to determine (using online dosage calculators) that the correct amount is indeed 8 units, as determined by weight of the snake and desired concentration of the medication on hand. I don't have any guarantee that this is the correct medication, because I am unable to culture the infection. I thank all of you who offered your advice, and I hope that I will be able to participate in more conversations in the future. I'll post an update with the results when I have some.

To go against recommendations of practically everyone who responded, and not take the snake to a vet, is irresponsible to say the least. You say yourself you don't have any guarantees as you are unable to culture, so a vet visit is IMPERATIVE! You need to determine the correct type of RI and then determine the correct medication! To also say that either it survives or not due to your "doctoring" skills is pathetic. So you are pretty much saying it is expendable if you "misdiagnose"? Awesome!

Do the snake a favor and either take it to a vet for proper diagnosis, or give it up so someone else can. It's life is worth more than you playing doctor.

SMH

[Sauzo]

I understand when the cash is tight. I had to take my little beardie in for RI and after blood tests and cultures and general checkup plus the baytril, it was about $270 which hurt as I was kind of broke at the time. But really if you gonna keep an animal that is depending on you for its life, the remark of "either she will or she wont survive this RI" seems kind of cold. I know each of my pets is like a family member to me so its not a question of if they will survive, its a question of how long til they get better. If you are broke and it comes down to getting the animal treatment by someone qualified and eating ramen for a week or just guessing and hoping for the best......i'll be loving that ramen. But regardless, it's your pet, I just feel bad for it and if you are ordering enroflaxin(generic baytril), then whoever you are ordering it from should know the dosage amounts as long as you email them the weight of your animal and stuff.

[chrisv]

I, for one, am eager to hear how this works out and with the OP luck with the treatment.

Last month I had a BP in at the UNC school of veterinary medicine's exotics clinic for a RI. The vet told me that there are many cases when a trachea wash and culture is not practical and that he is not at all opposed to exploratory treatment with broad spectrum antibiotics. He explained that with 30 days of this treatment the majority of RIs will resolve.

[Saber402]

I, for one, am eager to hear how this works out and with the OP luck with the treatment.

Last month I had a BP in at the UNC school of veterinary medicine's exotics clinic for a RI. The vet told me that there are many cases when a trachea wash and culture is not practical and that he is not at all opposed to exploratory treatment with broad spectrum antibiotics. He explained that with 30 days of this treatment the majority of RIs will resolve.

People might consider dismounting their high horses.

No one is on "their high horse" here. We would rather know specifically what is going on rather than playing the odds with an animals life. When you use phrases such as "many cases" and words such as "majority" without a factual diagnosis that is exactly what you are doing. Using your own words, I for one, will not risk my animals to a guess. They mean more than that to me. And if that indeed puts me on a high horse, then I know I have lots of company way up here!