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Re: Baytril and Galapagos Island SaddleBack Tortoise


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Posted by Terry on October 30, 2000 at 11:29:14:

In Reply to: Baytril and Galapagos Island SaddleBack Tortoise posted by Gk on October 30, 2000 at 01:59:30:

Hi,
baytril is an antibiotic not a deworming drug, It's used for bacterial or respiratory
infections.
If you gave baytril in a dosage you would normaly use for a deworming drug ( such as Panacur) you could have overdosed the tortoise, baytril is NOT a deworming drug, it is an antibiotic.

For worms Panacur is the drug of choice, panacur has a wide safelty margin but should still be prescribed by a qualified vet.

NEVER use the drug IVERMECTIN in tortoises/turtles, although safe to use on other reptiles IVERMECTIN is lethal to tortoises.

Why your vet prescribed Baytril for a parasite infestation is a mystery, it's in fact unbelievable. I think you should consider changing vets.

I'm very sorry you lost your tortoises how tragic for you. But I think that you must, confront your vet and ask why he prescribed an antibiotic for worms.
Terry.

: I just lost My best friend in the whole world
: My juveinle Galapagos Island SaddleBack Tortoise,
: His name was Ivan, and he was a little under 2 yrs old.
: I have 15 yrs experience, with reptiles and baytrill
: has always been my weapon of chioce to fight infection
: or worms. Ivan had worms. He was injected with a proper dosage.
: and in less then 18 hrs later he was dead. This was a perfectly
: healthy little guy. We followed all the rules to the letter.
: So this was complete shock.


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