Update: One of the vets at my local office said that he'd see Kirby to do the second injection. This guy is retired and only works 2 days a week at the practice. When I told him what was perscribed and asked about her giving the shot in the lower half of the body, he said "no, always in the upper third because of the position of the kidneys" He also said that it could cause kidney issues and ineffectiveness if given in the lower half and pointed out that he always injected it intermuscluarly.

I asked him if he'd be OK seeing my other snakes on future occasions for minor things and he said sure...

All that said, apparently this guy who is retired and went to vet school probably 40 years ago seems to know more about snakes and baytril than the "specialist" I have been going to. :/ It is a shame he only works 2 days a week or I'd be able to see him for everything.

I have to go back to my original vet Saturday for the last injection and will tell her what he said about injecting in the upper third of the body. We'll see how that goes. She always has interns from the university with her, so I'm willing to bet she will be offended that his advice contradicts hers and may even refuse to inject it properly.... Hopefully that won't happen, but I could see it going that way.

My other snake now has some grayish small areas in the lower third of his body...I'm wondering if this is tissue necrosis from his series of injections. He got the injections over a month ago (close to 2 months ago) so I'm not sure.