pet meds

[rubenjames]

Has ne1 heard of treating upper RI with doxycycline hyclate if so how is it administered and what's the dosage?

[AK907]

Umm... You should probably go to a qualified reptile vet...

[zeion97]

Umm... You should probably go to a qualified reptile vet...

I'm going to agree with you on that one. Except to say within 100 miles, we only have 3 vets. 1 only cares about money, another knows NOTHING about snakes, and the other, well a 2 hour drive is not an easy feat...lol.

But yes, take your pet to the Vet!

[Amon Ra Reptiles]

Even if you find someone on here that knows if that is the proper drug and knows the correct dosage it's not likely that anyone will hand out that information here. Self medicating an animal is simply not a good idea without at the very least having a vet look at it first. I'm pretty confident noone here is going to tell you how to treat an animal they themselves can't even see firsthand.

[mr.spooky]

is this an antibiotic? probally cant get a scrip without a visit..... but if you got it, youll be able to find the dosage on google or something.... as long as you know the risks that you might be taking, im not gonna say what you should or shouldent do.
spooky

[Misfit]

I am pretty sure that you can only get doxycyclin with a prescription. It's an antibiotic, but snakes/reptiles work different than mammals.. so if it's a prescription you have from another pet, I would not use it on a reptile.

I'm making a lot of assumptions in my response, so if I'm mistaken, I'm sorry. :> But I really think asking a forum online about something a vet would really only know isn't the best idea. There are a lot of people out there who think they know better than trained professionals, and you might get instructed to do something that will harm your animal in the end.

[rubenjames]

Yes this is an antibiotic I took my ball python to the vet she told me he has a upper respiratory infection but she didnt do a swab test or anything I know that doxycycline hyclate is used to treat humans for upper respiratory infections so I was just wondering if I could give it to him also but I dnt want to kill him so ill just go get the baytril thank you all for your replies

[Skiploder]

Yes this is an antibiotic I took my ball python to the vet she told me he has a upper respiratory infection but she didnt do a swab test or anything I know that doxycycline hyclate is used to treat humans for upper respiratory infections so I was just wondering if I could give it to him also but I dnt want to kill him so ill just go get the baytril thank you all for your replies

Many URIs are resistant to Baytril.

Get a culture of the infection.