Baytril Injection ?

[West Coast Jungle]

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?

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

[dreese88]

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

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

[CritterVet]

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

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.

[dreese88]

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.

[Denial]

We give our snakes baytril orally.

[dreese88]

We give our snakes baytril orally.

That's what I'm doing too

[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!

[dreese88]

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!

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