Baytril

[Laura]

Iv'e noticed a lot of posts that mention how hard it is to inject and painful for the tort. If they are still eating, can a Baytril Pill, but put in a piece of food and fed to them? Less traumatic and the tort may not even notice!

 

[Yvonne G]

Baytril does come in pill form as well as injectable. You can also put the dose inside a strawberry. You can use injectable Baytril orally also.

Yvonne

 

[jake]

We mix ours with saline to ease the sting and muscle pain.

I did just talk to a guy at a reptile show that says he uses Baytril in a nebulizer and has the tortoises inhale the antibiotic (mixed with saline) - saying that it goes straight to the problem. He claims he has his reptiles better within 7 days. I've not tried it, but I wonder if anyone else on the forum has?

~ Autumn

 

[Yvonne G]

We mix ours with saline to ease the sting and muscle pain.

I did just talk to a guy at a reptile show that says he uses Baytril in a nebulizer and has the tortoises inhale the antibiotic (mixed with saline) - saying that it goes straight to the problem. He claims he has his reptiles better within 7 days. I've not tried it, but I wonder if anyone else on the forum has?

~ Autumn

I haven't used a nebulizer, but I have mixed it 1 part to 9 parts saline and squirted it up each nostril. That works very well.

Yvonne

 

[-EJ]

I haven't use a nebulizer because of the expense and trouble but I understand it is one of the best ways to administer antibiotics to a tortoise.

I use tablet form with great success. I see no need to give injections anymore.

Ed

We mix ours with saline to ease the sting and muscle pain.

I did just talk to a guy at a reptile show that says he uses Baytril in a nebulizer and has the tortoises inhale the antibiotic (mixed with saline) - saying that it goes straight to the problem. He claims he has his reptiles better within 7 days. I've not tried it, but I wonder if anyone else on the forum has?

~ Autumn