I dont think he has any worms or internal parasites as all the Texas animals we inducted were all thoroughly treated with panacur and anti-mite pesticide powders in their tanks, they should be all clear after the triage we put them through... I am keeping a real close eye on him he does sound slightly weird when breathing but only when hes right next to my ear, other than that I dont see any other symptoms of RI, like i said though I dont know if it warrants a course of Baytril, should I wait for wore symptoms and continue feeding him to bulk him up? or go straight to the antibiotic course?

He seems to like his hotspot he spends all his time there, he has a spot that is 81 degrees on the other side of his tub, but he never sleeps there, and since I have given him the warmer spot he has been much more interested in feeding, he almost ate my pinky finger today, and I just fed him yesterday... He whipped his head around and gave me a rapid fire tongueing and almost struck at me, I could tell from his body language he picked up the heat from my hand and thought it was a rat...

Anyway the point is I am just relieved he is eating, he went through hell over there in the hands of "US Global Exotics" and I am not surprised he was skinny, I just dont know if he needs the stress of a baytril treatment right now when he just started feeding and when his symptoms seem so mild, it is hard for me to tell if it is even an RI at all, we deal with tons of animals coming into the shelter with respiratory issues and he is nothing like most of what we see there. However I do know these kinds of things can progress quickly, any advice would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks!