gettin worried. help

my snake has an RI. she got her shot of baytril and now we r giving her baytril orally with a lil plunger thing. i know shes not happy with us grabbing her head to do it but what worried me is that it stays in her mouth and nose and blows bubbles and i think its just making it harder for her to breath. anyone ever use this stuff before? is this normal? any advice or personal experience would be very much appreciated

Don't be shy about really putting the syringe in her esophagus before pushing down the plunger. After squirting the meds into the esophagus, hold her so her head is up for 5 to 10 minutes so gravity will help pull the meds down to her stomach and not the other way.

thanks for the quick reply! i will definitely make sure the syringe is in a little better next time and i will hold her head up. but does this cherry baytril syrup cause as many problems as the other threads ive been reading? its only .03cc's every 12 hours.

i gave her her medicine early this morning and it worked a lot better. still need some practice tho. today she needs to eat so should i giver her the medicine first and feed her a lil while after or what? shes not picky at all so she should eat.

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Originally Posted by mpkeelee

i gave her her medicine early this morning and it worked a lot better. still need some practice tho. today she needs to eat so should i giver her the medicine first and feed her a lil while after or what? shes not picky at all so she should eat.

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While giving meds it is recommended to not feed them. When my Kingsnake had an RI my vet told me to not feed him while he's on the medications. After the course of antibiotics are finished, you can feed your snake.

the antibiotics is a bottle of baytril syrup, kind of like cough syrup, and its going to take a while to finish. i am going to have to feed her. its already been 7 days and i usually feed every 5

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Originally Posted by CritterVet

Don't be shy about really putting the syringe in her esophagus before pushing down the plunger. After squirting the meds into the esophagus, hold her so her head is up for 5 to 10 minutes so gravity will help pull the meds down to her stomach and not the other way.

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Excellent response to your question. Yea, you need to be totally sure you are not shooting it into her glottis which is where she actually sucks in air. To avoid that you do need to be sure you are farther back. I usually gently hold the snakes head up, pry gently till I get the syringe in and then the smaller tip part of a small 1 ml-3ml syringe should disappear before you put in the medicine. This way you will also have a good eye view of the glottis and will know your not anywhere near it.

would u normally enter the syringe from the front of her mouth or from the side? im not exactly sure but is the glottis more towards the front? meds for animals are totally new to me so i appreciate everyones help

i went in from the front and all went well. the only bubbles were on the side of her mouth. im gonna call the vet tomoro cuz this bottle is big and will take months to finish as prescribed.

Here is a link to a pic for you to look at.
http://www.bugsinthenews.com/snake_anatomy.htm

The pic is about 3/4 of the way down the page and shows you the basics of what is fangs, glottis and gullet. I think the glottis looks like a little tiny toilet paper roll. Once you know what it is, it's really pretty unmissable.