I can't wade through all this right now, but... ahem...
Quote Originally Posted by nathanledet View Post
Please share this information with us...after all, this is a site for people to learn, right? I don't see a good reason why useful information should only be exchanged in a PM
Quote Originally Posted by MATT FISHER REPTILES View Post
RI - antibiotics and... 01-08-2008 06:31 AM JLC You are NOT a vet and should NOT be attempting to use our site to hand out ANY sort of "medical" advice, much less prescribing "medicines". -- JLC
Quote Originally Posted by JLC View Post
Dude....that's not censorship. That's me expressing my opinion. (and for anyone who hasn't guessed it...that's a quote from a neg rep comment I left) Censorship would be me deleting the post.

That original post you made about this subject makes you sound like some shadowy guy standing in an alley with snakeoil hidden under your trench coat that will "cure anything"...

For what it's worth, I was about to pos rep your follow-up post because it included REAL information that anyone who wished could then ask their vet about. And then this lovely post followed on its heels. I don't have a problem with giving people all the information on something and letting them make their own choices....but this "psssssssst....I have a secret cure if you want to speak privately where no one else can see it"....not gonna fly with me.
Quote Originally Posted by Brimstone111888 View Post
I think its kind of funny how Matt is asked to share the information by a mod, and then gets jumped on by a mod for posting it minutes later.

You wonder why people take information to PM's now......
Does seem unfair that Nathan asked for it, then Matt got hit with a neg rep for obliging. Matt did include disclaimers, such as, "take to a vet," etc. What a mess. Can we petition for removal of that neg rep?


Quote Originally Posted by Cameron15 View Post
This is exactly why after registering here one year ago, this was my first post and will be my last. I never posted on this forum to avoid all the fighting and it got to the point where I just stopped visiting. I decided to check it out once again after getting a baby Ball python this week. I thought I would post on this thread after reading Matt's post on Tylan and seeing that I used it with success on my boa. Whether it's the best medicine or not, or who said she said, or what it's good for. It worked for me and I am thankful.

I will not post again in this forum and not even visit as it's not for me. It's a shame that all this bickering and mod abuse ruins it for us trying to enjoy a community
What a shame. Don't give up already.

OK, now for my story. Our '06 BP got an URI. We did Baytril and Fortraz shots (we also used SEAVS, but saw Dr. Crum). The pops did not go away, she was having a bad shed, looked bloated - what a mess. So then they prescribed (over the phone - how nice to not make the trip on New Year's Eve!) Zithromax. We gave oral doses for 10 days, helped with shed, gave her my famous "colon" massage (she needed to do a big one and probably had gas, too), and now she is mint!

My only question is, and maybe you can speak to this Adam since you use them, too: Dr. Crum said not to feed her until after the antibiotics in order to protect her kidneys. Does this sound right? She was 226 grams (a week after eating) at the vet and 212 grams after her first meal after the 1st round of antibiotics. So she lost weight. We were worried and gave her another mouse 5 days later. But maybe that was too much for her (thus the bloating?).