Vet gave me batril to try for a tortoise with respitory illness, it's a 2lb Russian. He gave her a dosage of .05, that's seems really high

[dj83]

what dosage should a 2lb tortoise receive. I have no clue on what concentration he used, he normally doesn't do reptiles as the one that does was out. .05 seems like over kill and don't want it to harm or kill the tortoise. All the other meds I gave her in the past were only .01 and .02 doses.

 

[Yvonne G]

Instead of injecting the Baytril mix it one part Baytril with nine parts sterile saline and squirt it up the nose. Squirt like you want to force something through, not gentle squirts. Don't worry about it going into the lungs, as the nares end up in the roof of the mouth, not down the throat. Do this for five days.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

If that is what your vet reccomended, I'd follow it.
I trust my vet

 

[wellington]

I would follow Yvonnes advice over a vet. Most vets have no clue how to treat tortoises.

 

[wellington]

If that is what your vet reccomended, I'd follow it.
I trust my vet

You know most vets don't have a clue. You might be lucky to have one you can trust. Most do not.

 

[Yvonne G]

Injected Baytril stings like crazy. I've even read accounts of tissue around the injection site dying.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

You know most vets don't have a clue. You might be lucky to have one you can trust. Most do not.

Yes
I didn't want to assume that this vet was another QUACK

 

[EppsDynasty]

Baytril injections are Hell for a tortoise to go through, I would go with flush of the nares before injections (as directed by the resident Vet here @Yvonne G). Not to offend anyone but there is great results from the flushing.

 

[wellington]

Yes
I didn't want to assume that this vet was another QUACK

Safer to assume they are quack then not.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Safer to assume they are quack then not.

You're probably correct

 

[zovick]

what dosage should a 2lb tortoise receive. I have no clue on what concentration he used, he normally doesn't do reptiles as the one that does was out. .05 seems like over kill and don't want it to harm or kill the tortoise. All the other meds I gave her in the past were only .01 and .02 doses.

The drug of choice would be ceftazidime which is much more kind to the tortoise and its tissues than Baytril. The ceftazidime dosage is 20 mg. per kilo of weight, so your tortoise would need just a bit under 20 mg. per dose.

Another good thing about ceftazidime as compared to Baytril is that ceftazidime need only be injected once every three days for a mild infection and every other day for a more severe infection.

 

[dj83]

Instead of injecting the Baytril mix it one part Baytril with nine parts sterile saline and squirt it up the nose. Squirt like you want to force something through, not gentle squirts. Don't worry about it going into the lungs, as the nares end up in the roof of the mouth, not down the throat. Do this for five days.

Does it matter the dosage, they gave me the 20 mg baytril

 

[dj83]

The drug of choice would be ceftazidime which is much more kind to the tortoise and its tissues than Baytril. The ceftazidime dosage is 20 mg. per kilo of weight, so your tortoise would need just a bit under 20 mg. per dose.

Another good thing about ceftazidime as compared to Baytril is that ceftazidime need only be injected once every three days for a mild infection and every other day for a more severe infection.

Nope, that is not drug of choice because the tortoise infection is staph and anaerobic so won't work. That more works on strep infections

 

[dj83]

You're probably correct

Yeah these people don't know much about reptiles so definitely more of a quack

 

[dj83]

Instead of injecting the Baytril mix it one part Baytril with nine parts sterile saline and squirt it up the nose. Squirt like you want to force something through, not gentle squirts. Don't worry about it going into the lungs, as the nares end up in the roof of the mouth, not down the throat. Do this for five days.

My concern is if .05 at 20mg is too much for a 2lb tortoise.

 

[Yvonne G]

My concern is if .05 at 20mg is too much for a 2lb tortoise.

I wouldn't use Baytril, so, in MY opinion, yes, that's too much!

 

[EppsDynasty]

I wouldn't use Baytril, so, in MY opinion, yes, that's too much!

I would agree, there is no need to punish the tort with Baytril.

The drug of choice would be ceftazidime which is much more kind to the tortoise and its tissues than Baytril. The ceftazidime dosage is 20 mg. per kilo of weight, so your tortoise would need just a bit under 20 mg. per dose.

Another good thing about ceftazidime as compared to Baytril is that ceftazidime need only be injected once every three days for a mild infection and every other day for a more severe infection.

This is great info to take to the bank. STOP Baytril and make the necessary changes for the torts whole health, including being pain free.

 

[zovick]

Nope, that is not drug of choice because the tortoise infection is staph and anaerobic so won't work. That more works on strep infections

So your vet actually cultured this infection?

 

[dj83]

I would agree, there is no need to punish the tort with Baytril.

This is great info to take to the bank. STOP Baytril and make the necessary changes for the torts whole health, including being pain free.

Actually it's not good info because that drug is limiting and if you have a staph infection or an anaerobic infection it won't cure it

 

[dj83]

So your vet actually cultured this infection?

Yep, not many places do