RI treatment seems to be successful

[Hydrolicious]

So, back in the beginning of November I caught Schemer, my 6 month old pastel BP, with early symptoms of RI. I took him into the vet, and have been injecting amakacin(10 doses of 1 unit each) every 3 days. I'm all done with the shots now, thankfully. He seems to be doing a lot better... he's resumed thermo-regulation, is no longer clicking, and the vet said the inside of his mouth looks good - no more saliva and no mucous. So far, I'm in the clear. I just have to wait and see if the bacteria doesn't make a comeback(in which case I'll do a culture & re-prescribe medication).

He also finished shedding this weekend, and is eating well. The only thing I have to do is up his feeding schedule to bring his weight back up(he lost a bit during the treatment). The vet said I should feed as much as possible, whenever he'll eat(but in small amounts). So I'm going to feed large frozen mice every 3-4 days for the next month or so(bought a dozen) and hopefully that'll be the end of it and I can resume his regular 7-10 day schedule of small rats.

So, sound good? Anything I should watch out for the vet may not have mentioned?

[Daybreaker]

I have been dealing with a snake with an RI since early October (she came to me with it) so this post is very similar to what I'm going through now! I had mine on a 30 day injectable Baytril routine and as of today (being off the Baytril for 5 days) her throat and mouth is looking beautiful and healthy and there's no sign of the RI still being there.

I would recommend checking inside your snakes mouth ~once a week to make sure his RI symptoms do not return. This is what I plan to do with my girl for probably a good month or more until I'm 100% certain the RI is kicked. The best way to kick an RI is to catch it quickly: even if the snake might have not kicked it already and is only appearing better.

I also plan to keep my hot spot/temps up higher as well to (hopefully) jump kick her feeding as mine did loose weight during treatment as well.

Good luck!

[Hydrolicious]

Thanks for the advice; I appreciate the sympathy.

I already check his mouth regularly, so I've got that down. His hotspot has been up since treatment started, so I think it's good where it is. Umm... am I missing anything?