So the 150g female Ball I have here has been being treated with Baytril and nebulized Amikacin since 9/1. She's been staying steady, not getting any better, not any worse.

My vet did a culture and we sent it off last Monday. What came back was really fun.. Ok.. not.

She has gram negative nonfermentative bacteria. Which is resistant to mostly everything. YAY... *sigh*

It's susceptible to a few things, like marbofloxacin(which costs an arm, leg and your first born child), as well as Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole and Ticarcillin.

Marbofloxacin is out of the question, it's over $200 for a tiny bottle, and Becky ain't got that kinda money.

I do have some 800mg + 160mg(I think) of the Trimethoprim sulfa antibiotic, but I would have to get it compounded and into a TEENSY dose. The dose for that is 30mg/kg.. Wow.. It would also have to be given orally via a RRFT.

Ticarcillin is also out of the question because it's a human drug(it IS injectable though.. Damnit).

So.. Anyone have any suggestions? Since the Trimethoprim sulfa drug is the only thing that is going to work and be effective, will it work well enough since it's going to be given orally? She's being kept pretty warm and humid so it should absorb pretty quickly.

Thanks in advance!

OH! And if I ever want to buy a snake from Zookeeper in Austin again, tell me NO! NO NO NO!