Antibiotics

[Lunanzar88]

Nope I just do tons of research and a RI is one of two things.... upper or lower.... and it fixes both. I paid those hundreds of dollar for a vet once.... guess what happened ..... reptile died...... so don't talk me down for my methods because you don't agree with it. Worry about your damn self. I was just giving them a option to look into. I didn't say go do it now.

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[DaNeal31]

Ok no fighting on my thread lol. Every one has and is entitled to their own opinion.

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[PitOnTheProwl]

Nope I just do tons of research and a RI is one of two things.... upper or lower.... and it fixes both. I paid those hundreds of dollar for a vet once.... guess what happened ..... reptile died...... so don't talk me down for my methods because you don't agree with it. Worry about your damn self. I was just giving them a option to look into. I didn't say go do it now.

Its not about agreeing with anything. Its about giving advice on something that could kill someones animal AND/OR build up immunity because the wrong steps were taken and cause future problems.

BTW the easier thing for any RI would be F10 fogging but I still wouldn't recommend doing it without getting a culture done from a vet to know what you are dealing with. Keep in mind what works in one house may not work in another.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Nope I just do tons of research and a RI is one of two things.... upper or lower.... and it fixes both. I paid those hundreds of dollar for a vet once.... guess what happened ..... reptile died...... so don't talk me down for my methods because you don't agree with it. Worry about your damn self. I was just giving them a option to look into. I didn't say go do it now.

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Actually I make sure that people here get proper advice and not advice that could be detrimental to the health of their pet especially when said advice is given by someone with limited experience (You still have a lot to learn about RI here is a hint Fungal, Parasites, Bacterial)

Oh and it's a public forum

[Lunanzar88]

Yup your right in their upper or lower.... and it's fixed every type I've had to deal with where baytril fails. Go do some research it's used pretty widely. And like you said its a public forum and your no expert either so your opinion on my experiences means exactly zilch. So why not just keep your opinion to yourself and let me share my experience and let the OP decide what his course of action will be.

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[Lunanzar88]

It's not gonna hurt their pet if it's done right.

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[treaux]

You can buy Tylan 50 over the counter. Most vets (even herps) will throw broad spectrum antibiotics at BPs before getting a culture done. Both times my snakes were resistant to it (most likely because of that practice). In an ideal world, we would get a culture every time and do a targeted antibiotic that we know will be effective. It's cost prohibitive though. Look at livestock production: many of them are given antibiotics in their food. I actually have Tylan 50 from when I treated one of my chickens for an RI and it worked like a champ.

In the end, you need to do your own research and be well informed BEFORE going to the vet, as what they do will not always be best for your snake. Being well informed can help you and the vet come up with a good plan before just giving any old med to your pet.