Ah the cattle industry! I should amend my statement: antibiotics that have the best odds of beating an infection are only obtained by a licensed vet!Some sulfa drugs as well as tylosin can be obtained from feed stores...but there's a reason for that: they're just not as effective as newer antibiotics, but for the cattle industry, when you're dealing with 1000 head, you want the most economical option while still having somewhat of a fighting chance with infections.
So what are your cons?
1) This product is in a dosage designed for 1000# animals...if you don't get your dose correct, you risk serious injury to your snake.
2) Tylosin has not proven to be as effective as either Baytril or Amikacin for snake RIs. Your snake is already debilitated, you need to decide if the risk of waiting around to see if the antibiotic works is worth the time lost and your BP becoming even more debilitated hence making even the appropriate antibiotic at this point less effective.
3) The injections for Tylosin are daily injections (as opposed to once a week or so with Baytril). You risk alot of stress and irritation to your BP (again, a BP that is already debilitated).
It's up to you...p.s. you may want to up his temps and humidity in the mean time!
p.p.s. Yes, he can smell the other snakes!
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