Still sick

Trinity has been back to the Vet’s office twice this week. It would seem that the infection is still there. Doc has me giving oral Baytril now. What a pain oral is. Doc. is talking about doing a lung wash for a culture from the lung in about 2 weeks if he doesn’t show improvement on the baytril. He also said he is having a hard time evaluating Trinity’s condition because Trinity doesn’t have much muscle mass, Trinity is too much fat. I have been trying to correct this with smaller less frequent feedings, but it may be too little too late.

I don’t like the idea of giving oral Baytril, but I am out of ideas and this is something different. I just feel like this is a step backward from what we have done already.

Sandy, If any one can pull it off,, it be you..:gj::salute:

Aw geezum! I mean, I'm REALLY pissed with this news! Sincerely. Such a gorgeous snake. Fell in love with her the moment you posted his picks just recently and just when I though things were headed in the right direction!

There was a big burm at a local small pet shop here in town that had some kind of internal infection and every few weeks when I went in there you could tell he just wasn't doing well. I really (in my own head) would stand there and "root him on" just hoping he would get better. But in the end it just wasn't meant to be. So now I will be pulling for Trinity - longer distance of course.

Hopefully the oral Baytril will begin to turn things around. I know I would do all I could to help out guys here. Please keep us posted!

God bless.

PS - In the above post you mention "if he doesn't show improvement..." but in the post "Reintroducing Trinity" you mention "...she has been on antibiotics..."

I was under the impression Trinity was a female.

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Originally Posted by mrmertz

PS - In the above post you mention "if he doesn't show improvement..." but in the post "Reintroducing Trinity" you mention "...she has been on antibiotics..."

I was under the impression Trinity was a female.

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Yea,
Sorry for the confusion. I purchased Trinity sexed as a female. I posted a pic on another forum and somebody recognized her or him, and informed me of the mistake. I have since verified Trinity to be a male. We probed him and almost lost the probe in there it was so deep. Both sides. Don’t know how the guy could have made that mistake. :rolleye2:

He has been eating really well through this whole ordeal. But with the oral baytril I just don’t know. I am going to see if he will take an F/T tonight, so please keep your fingers crossed. :please:

I hope he gets better soon, try what you can!

I'm dealing with an RI which seems to be showing some improvement but not much. Today I give her injection #4.. I think? I don't even remember.

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Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany

I'm dealing with an RI which seems to be showing some improvement but not much. Today I give her injection #4.. I think? I don't even remember.

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I am tracking the doses and what drug we are currently using on an excel spread sheet. I am such a scatter brain that I don’t think I could keep up with what we are doing without the spread sheet.

Good luck with treating the RI. I know these things can be very difficult.

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Originally Posted by Sandy_01

I am tracking the doses and what drug we are currently using on an excel spread sheet. I am such a scatter brain that I don’t think I could keep up with what we are doing without the spread sheet.

Good luck with treating the RI. I know these things can be very difficult.

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Thanks, good luck to you too!

I still have the needles saved from the injections I had already given her but I forget to count, all I remember is "Give her one injection every other day." Today I gotta give her one, but I will later around the late afternoon which is when I do so (gotta fix some stuff up with the Beardie and take my Kingsnake out for some roaming).

I am sorry to hear this :( I hope Trinity gets better soon :please:

Have fingers crossed and man it ain't easy typin' like this!

Geez, hope none of our guys gets an RI. Sounds like it can be a pain in the, uh, well, you know.

So since Trinity turned out to be a male, I guess that makes him a Trinidad! (Sorry...you've prob heard that a millions times already).

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Originally Posted by mrmertz

Have fingers crossed and man it ain't easy typin' like this!

Geez, hope none of our guys gets an RI. Sounds like it can be a pain in the, uh, well, you know.

So since Trinity turned out to be a male, I guess that makes him a Trinidad! (Sorry...you've prob heard that a millions times already).

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:8: :rofl:

You can un-cross your fingers now. Trinity ate his rat tartar with gusto.

I wouldn’t call him Trinidad just yet; after all, he must be healthy before we can introduce him to the ladies. (That was a first).