Quote Originally Posted by BoiseBallz View Post
Some advocate culturing immediately, but culture and sensitivity results can take a week or more, depending on the organism. Would you want your ball python languishing without antibiotics for a week while waiting on culture results?
This is precisely why you culture immediately, and start with a broad spectrum antibiotic such as Baytril or Ceftazadime. There's no reason to throw antibiotics at something without knowing what it is. I don't think it matters how much experience you have, treating without proper diagnosis is essentially guessing.