Baytril Injection ?

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Originally Posted by dreese88

My pewter got bit on the mouth by a rat tonight and the vet gave me some baytril to inject orally. You can see the thread here

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=105366

My question is, does it matter if it's right at 24 hours or can it be a few hours more or less? For example - She got her first injection tonight around 8:45 so would it be ok if I gave her her injection tomorrow at around 6?

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I am confused because you say inject orally? Orally means in the mouth? Injections are done under the skin on the first(front) third of body. I have used baytril for years and have never had a reaction like mentioned in the post about the rectic. That vet probably didnt mix the baytril correctly, not sure but I have given many many shots and at worse have seen a minor bruise(and thats when I was a rookie).

I think you are fine give or take a few hours. Sounds like its more of a preventative measure. Best of luck:)

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

I am confused because you say inject orally? Orally means in the mouth? Injections are done under the skin on the first(front) third of body. I have used baytril for years and have never had a reaction like mentioned in the post about the rectic. That vet probably didnt mix the baytril correctly, not sure but I have given many many shots and at worse have seen a minor bruise(and thats when I was a rookie).

I think you are fine give or take a few hours. Sounds like its more of a preventative measure. Best of luck:)

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Raul,
It's orally. They gave me this little baggy with some syringes with no needles, basically get it in the snakes mouth, push the plunger viola

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

I am confused because you say inject orally? Orally means in the mouth? Injections are done under the skin on the first(front) third of body. I have used baytril for years and have never had a reaction like mentioned in the post about the rectic. That vet probably didnt mix the baytril correctly, not sure but I have given many many shots and at worse have seen a minor bruise(and thats when I was a rookie).

I think you are fine give or take a few hours. Sounds like its more of a preventative measure. Best of luck:)

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It's highly unlikely it's the vet, or anyone's fault, that this retic has such a bad reaction to Baytril. It's a rare, but serious, side effect, and impossible to predict if it will happen or not.

Wow...that vet last night made giving that medicine a lot easier than it really was. I don't think either of us liked doing that, but I guess we'll have to get used to it.

We give our snakes baytril orally.

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Originally Posted by Denial

We give our snakes baytril orally.

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That's what I'm doing too

So hey...just checking in on you to see how it all is going. How is your baby doing? How are you doing? Calmed down yet....had a drink?

Just wanted to see how BOTH of you were doing!

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Originally Posted by BPelizabeth

So hey...just checking in on you to see how it all is going. How is your baby doing? How are you doing? Calmed down yet....had a drink?

Just wanted to see how BOTH of you were doing!

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Took her to the herp vet, read my other thread about that fiasco, but yea, she's gonna be ok. So now that I know that, I'm doin good. Haven't had a drink yet, but tomorrow is halloween and saturday, so you can bet your behind I will have a few tomorrow