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    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

    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
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    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

    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
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    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

    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.
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    Have a sick Russian with Pneumonia its been 8 months and doesnt seem to go away.

    no, the nasal drops were a drug that is similar to baytril. but since baytril doesnt affect that type of infection, it had no effect at treating the infection. so it ended up being pointless.
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    Have a sick Russian with Pneumonia its been 8 months and doesnt seem to go away.

    um the first 2 vets did a lot wrong... first vet put her on meds that didnt work and kept it on her and wouldnt do a throat culture.. second vet did the throat culture but over priced it at 1000 dollars, then only gave me a week worth of meds and wanted another 600 dollars before giving me any...
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    Have a sick Russian with Pneumonia its been 8 months and doesnt seem to go away.

    the first 2 vets did wrongs... the first one kept her on the wrong meds for 2 months, wouldnt do a throat culture.. had to go to a second vet for a throat culture which they over priced me on it, 1000 dollars, then only gave me a week of meds then when i came back for more meds they told me you...
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    Have a sick Russian with Pneumonia its been 8 months and doesnt seem to go away.

    she's eating fine. but when she wasnt eating that well or would skip days, i did what you had mentioned with the soaking with carrots, but i used orgainic baby food.
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    Have a sick Russian with Pneumonia its been 8 months and doesnt seem to go away.

    aretha. i have two russians, the male is fraklin and the female is aretha.
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    Have a sick Russian with Pneumonia its been 8 months and doesnt seem to go away.

    she started on Ceftazidime. she was also on nasal drops. about 2 weeks in wasnt seeing any change and was getting worse. kept it on ceftiazime for a couple of weeks longer, then tried baytril. for a couple of weeks. and that wasnt working so took her to another vet to do a throat culture because...
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    Have a sick Russian with Pneumonia its been 8 months and doesnt seem to go away.

    yvonne said she never heard of anything like this.
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    Have a sick Russian with Pneumonia its been 8 months and doesnt seem to go away.

    thanks. it has been really difficult and really frustrating times, someone shouldnt have to go to 3 different vets just to get the care you need or have vets fleece you while your animal is suffering. that is just some bad practice. but ive gone through somewhat of the same treatment with our...
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