Omg I’m so confused as to what to do now. It seems the antibiotic may cause more issues than help. I also was giving the carnivore care the right after giving the antibiotic. Omg I really need help hereloljelloclowdz":p271bz80 said:Also here is the info sheet that should come with Baytril prescriptions. I’m shocked that it’s not common for vets to print out info sheets for patients, this is supposed to be given to all owners with this prescription. Make sure to keep giving fluids and that gastrointestinal issues are totally normal for this drug:
(I don’t know how common kidney crystals are in lizards, but since your pet has diarrhea you should consider offering fluids. They will drink if they want to. Don’t force water into them, they can aspirate. A thirsty animal will drink, trust me.)
Sorry that the picture is blurry, here is the sheet link: http://csu-cvmbs.colostate.edu/vth/documents/pharmacy-enrofloxacin.pdf
Her eyes again this morning were sealed. I opened then and cleaned then put the honey mix in them both. Her beard isn’t too dark below is the picture of the ingredients. Also she made a bowel movement yesterday and it was soupy like how the carnivore mix is, it literally looked just like the mix I made to give her, it just smelled bad. I’ve been soaking her and when giving the the carnivore care I have mix with water.Drache613":3d70m53k said:Hello,
How is your dragon doing, is the beard darkened right now?
Can you read or post the ingredients of the carnivore care here, so I can see what is in it?
Some of these formulas have genetically modified ingredients in them which can affect their
health.
Have you been able to keep her hydrated?
Tracie
loljelloclowdz":294p3zen said:I see some pellets in her enclosure - did she eat those? I know from experience that they cause diarrhea because of how much oil is in them lol. Baytril is hard on their digestive tracts though since antibiotics kill everything good and bad.
She still isn’t eating and I’ve stopped the carnivore care because I was told to because if the diarrhea. I have since taken her to a exotic vet on this past Friday, they did blood work and said to stop the antibiotic and to buy bene-bac because he believed that the antibiotic got rid of the healthy bacteria in her gut. I just got the bene-bac gel today and I was able to feed her some. The doctor call me back today (Saturday) saying everything seemed okay but her white blood count was extremely HIGH & that I need to start the antibiotic again. He wants me to come in tomorrow and said be will prescribe a antibiotic injection and also due to the blood work showing dehydration some injections to hydrate her. I’m so lost in this because I’m really concerned with her not eating and then taking all these meds. Has anyone heard of these steps?Drache613":1mkatrsv said:Hello,
Yes, it is a good idea to give medications apart from food or other supplements so they don't
have to compete with each other.
The ingredients on the food supplement look pretty good. How is your dragon liking the food
supplement? She doesn't like the pellets though? A lot of them do & some of them don't. You
could soak the pellets in water or apple juice to soften them & give them a bit of flavor.
How do her eyes look?
Tracie
Drache613":29itnidq said:Hello,
How is your girl doing today?
Have you been able to get any food into her today?
Does he feel she has an infection to the point where she needs more antibiotics?
If she is not doing well being on the antibiotics, it might be a good idea to give a little break
from it for awhile to see if her demeanor improves. Giving the benebac gel daily can also
help her too. Try to give some oral fluids daily if she is dehydrated right now, using a plastic
dropper or plastic syringe.
Let us know how she is doing.
Tracie
Drache613":34qi1t83 said:Hello,
How is your dragon doing? That's great her eyes are better today! The terramycin is highly
effective so I'm happy to hear that worked well for her.
That is correct to keep the Fortaz in the freezer, but you can set one of the premeasured
syringes out for a bit, daily, to get it to room temperature before giving that to her. Did he
show you how to give the shot to her & the placement? Did you mean .3ml on the amount?
The subcutaneous liquid should last awhile, probably about a week.
Is she cooperating with eating the carnivore care? What was the vet going to do for treatment
in a week or so, just more subcutaneous fluids, etc?
The bloodwork is overall not too bad, just a few values are off. The WBC/monocytes are high
due to her fighting some type of infection. They increase when infection is present so hopefully
those levels will drop. The regular monocyte count looks good but the azurophils monocyte count
is elevated during bacterial infections. Hopefully the levels will normalize with the medication
round.
The urea nitrogen is essentially in the same classification of renal or kidney function readings. It
is determining the health of the kidneys & it isn't too much off but a little bit & the uric acid levels
are just slightly elevated. She could possibly be a little dehydrated which can definitely cause
those readings to be off to some extent.
The heterophils are another value in the white blood count readings. These levels essentially
are elevated during sepsis or necrosis. So, if her kidneys are causing toxins to build up in her
system that can elevate readings.
The globulin readings are simply antibodies in protein that are responsible for fighting disease.
Those levels should decrease once the body's immune system is in check & not having to fight
an infection of some type.
The calcium levels are good & the ratios to the phosphorus is relatively normal. The phosphorus
could come up a little but I wouldn't really worry too much about the ratios as they should level
out once the infection is cleared up.
I hope she feels better soon!
Tracie
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