I took my 1 year old BP to the vet on 8-20-07 because I heard some slight popping when he breathed. The vet opened his mouth and saw a little bit of mucus. He said it was the very beginning stages of a RI and put him on 5 treatments of Amikacin injections.

During the time of being on that AB he seemed to be getting worse instead of better. He ended up yawning all the time and had bubbles coming from his mouth and is nose. He also started to open his mouth a little bit to take a breath.

I called the vet on 8-31-07, which was 1 day before his last injection of Amikacin. The vet said we could try a different AB to see if that would work.

The new AB is Ceftazidime. He received the final injection of the Amikacin and one injection of Ceftazidime on 9-1-07 per the vets orders.

He refused food for the first time on 9-1-07. I know they can fast, so I tried not to freak out about that too much.

Today, 9-3-07, I took him out to get a look at him and he still bubbles, popping, and is rubbing mucus all over the place. Some of the mucus looks kind of like buggers that we get. Sorry if that's too graffic, but that's the only way I know how to describe it.

The temp/humidity in his enclosure have been perfect. I have increased his warm side to about 91-92 and his cool side to about 81-82. They are normally 89-90 and 80.

The vet said that if this AB doesn't work then it's most likely a virus and there is nothing else they can do. The vet said he would want to do some blood work if he's still sick after this AB to confirm that it's a virus.

Has anyone else experienced this before? How common are RI's that end up being viral instead of bacterial?

Sorry about the long post. I just wanted to make sure you knew what all was going on.