baytril help

hey guys i just want to ask of the people that have used baytril to treat uri how long before improvement is seen i just finished a every other day 5 shot tratment and he has actully gotten a bit worse as now i see more drool coming out of his mouth so now im begining to worry that he might be getting worse i will be calling the vet today to see what i should do but any help would be nice oh hes 1000g if that helps with anything also currently in shed f that would change anything

Snakes will often yawn frequently before a shed, which can increase saliva production. That may be what you are noticing in your snake.

There are so many different treatment regimens with Baytril; my vet prefers weekly injections, I know many vets prefer more frequent injections or oral medication or a number of other things. Dosage and the severity of the RI also play a part in recovery time. In other words, it's nearly impossible to compare recovery times in different snakes.

For what it's worth, my vet gives my snakes weekly Baytril injections and I usually start to notice the most improvement early in the second week.


But I think this is really a conversation you should be having with your vet.

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Originally Posted by Abaddon91

hey guys i just want to ask of the people that have used baytril to treat uri how long before improvement is seen i just finished a every other day 5 shot tratment and he has actully gotten a bit worse as now i see more drool coming out of his mouth so now im begining to worry that he might be getting worse i will be calling the vet today to see what i should do but any help would be nice oh hes 1000g if that helps with anything also currently in shed f that would change anything

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Tell your vet to culture the infection this time.

Some bacterium have developed resistance to various antibiotics. Culturing will pin point which antibiotic will be the most effective.

when i treated my bp with baytril(10 shots for 10 days) my vet said the symptoms would worsen before she gets better. sure enough the symptoms got worse and then completely disappeared after her next shed. she squeeked as she had a piece of dry mucus stuck in her nose til the shed cleared it out and all is good now. i would listen to Skip and talk to your vet.

i will call today (its 2am here) and ttalk to my vet but i was worreid becuse he had a huge lugy like thing comming out of his mouth when i check on him a bit ago but he has stop putting his head up like on a hide to i guess drain the fluid so i think that might be a good sign but idk its my first ri

i feel you.my bps ri twisted my guts and i couldnt sleep.

Like Skip said you need to get it cultured if it wasnt already done.

oh one thing that i forgot to mention is that the vet opened his mouth in the exam and his glottis was inflamed as he is still active and rally the only symptom he is showing is the bubbles his tungue is moving just seems to me like a happy snake that drolls