Help With Baytril Shot

[Skiploder]

It's just really hard for me to hold him and give him the shot by myself. My neighbor has been helping me hold him but last night and a few nights ago I didn't get home until really late and my neighbor was sleeping. The one time I did give him a shot by myself I came really close to breaking the needle off inside the snake. So I figure its better to skip a dose rather than risk that. Im still going to finish the 10 dose treatment so im hoping its not a problem. I know with people they say its ok to skip a dose or two as long as you finish the antibiotics.....but then again thats people .....not reptiles

I think the same rule applies to reptiles - if you skip a dose you could possibly run the dual risk of (1) not completely killing the infection or (2) knocking the infection back, and in the process facilitating it's resistant to Baytril.

The only antibiotic I've ever seen administered every 24 hours is Baytril. I've never had to administer other antibiotics every day - the most frequent dosage I've ever seen prescribed for snakes outside of Baytril is every other day. Ceftazidime, for example is every 72 hours.