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is the baytril a cough syrup type liquid? if it is then i had the same thing. i didnt have much luck with it. if its the same make sure u get it back far enough so u avoid his/her glottis. i had that problem at first. also after u deliver the meds hold him/her with its head up so the meds can work its way towards the stomache and everything. i had a problem at first with everything just coming right back out of her mouth. good luck, i hate RI's

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Originally Posted by mpkeelee

is the baytril a cough syrup type liquid? if it is then i had the same thing. i didnt have much luck with it. if its the same make sure u get it back far enough so u avoid his/her glottis. i had that problem at first. also after u deliver the meds hold him/her with its head up so the meds can work its way towards the stomache and everything. i had a problem at first with everything just coming right back out of her mouth. good luck, i hate RI's

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Its a clear, watery type liquid. My vet warned me that I would have to put the syringe quite far back in his mouth/throat. Its was a bit scary for me to do at first, but I haven't had any issues with the meds coming back up. Afterwards, I've been using your trick of having him stand upright a little, to allow gravity to work it's magic. Thanks for your input :)

oh ya also one more thing. the stuff i got was a lil sticky so i would have her drink some water and then i would wipe her face off so she wasnt all sticky. i hope u have better luck than im having

Omigosh, I'm so sorry to read of this and see those photos. Poor li'l guy! Glad you got him to some proper medical care. Please keep us posted. Yikes!

Hi Dianna :) I'm thankful Derek was able to answer your question about the lactated ringer thinger. I am not well versed in antibiotics for reptiles, and knew Baytril was given by muscle injection, but didn't know it was also given as a needle-less oral medication. I had 5 snakes I had to medicate every 48 hours for 10 doses using needles... fun times... but I'm glad that fixed them. I'm hoping your friendly guy gets better. I'm glad to hear he seems to be feeling less pain. :sweeet:

Thanks again for all your kind words & advice folks :)

Day 5 of Gogo's meds is complete!

Now that he's on the road to recovery, I'm going to start dealing with my previous vet. Tomorrow I'm going to dig out my receipt records, and I will also be contacting my new vet to see if he could fax me a statement about the potential cause of my snake's vent infection. I realize that meeting with my old vet in person would have more of an impact, but they're just so far away... I will save an in person meeting as plan B. Plan C will be visiting my bank to start the "Charge Back" process, fortunately I paid with my debit card.

I couldn't resist holding Gogo for a short period of time, and apparently he has decided we're friends again :P He's obviously feeling much better. I snapped a quick photo, look how iridescent he is!


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glad to hear he's getting better! he looks great

that down right sucks. Im thankful my vet is good with reptiles and have had no problems so far with him. Knock on wood. Very nice to see your bp over coming its little speed bump in life. Hope everything works out for the best. :gj: