Baytrill help

[Curtis Cavies]

Hi everyone, I havent been on this site in a few years and wondered if anyone could please help. My friend has a little piggie called Pepsi. She noticed her breathing pattern changed and asked me for help. I advised a vet visit and told her they may give Baytrill to help.
Sadly none of the vets near us are guineapig savvy and the one she went to told her she didn't really know what was wrong but gave her Baytrill, to be diluted in water? Which is something I have never been told to do before , ever.. Always direct syringe into the mouth.

And then, alarmingly told my friend to give her piggie 2 days and if no better, to bring her back... for euthanasia!

I am so angry about this 'advice'. Pepsi is still eating and doing everything normally, not lethargic and still bright eyed...to tell my friend to take her back after only just 2 days to be pts... I am shocked and angry at this adivce.

Me and my friend have had guineapigs for over 40 years between us. We know when a piggie is unwell beyond hope.
So please can anyone advise or more, support me in telling my friend to give Baytrill undiluted with water and what else we can do with no savvy piggie vet nearby. Finances are extremely tight too for us both and this horrific advice cost my friend over £70!

 

[Piggies&buns]

Your friend has very likely been given the concentrate version, which, yes it does indeed need to be diluted.
Undiluted Baytril is caustic so proper dilution is important. However it is very unusual for the owner to have to do it themselves, usually the vet deals with it prior to dispensing the medication. Please ask your friend to double check with the vet that the undiluted version was definitely given to her; and the dilution ratio which your friend needs to use.
I have seen my vet add the undiluted Baytril into a pill bottle, dilute it to the proper ratio and then give me the bottle ready to administer the course.

This isn’t common to have to do it but I did find an old forum thread about it where another member has been given the undiluted version
Enrofloxacin (baytril)

The two day advice is concerning though. It takes 2-3 days before antibiotics are working in the system; and often an entire 10 day course before a piggy is fully cured from a URI (assuming that is what piggy has)

Otherwise, follow all the normal home care advice of switching to daily weight checks and preparing to step in with syringe feeding if weight is lost.

I hope piggy is ok

Weight and Weight Loss Explained: BMI, Weighing, Poos and Feeding Support Levels

 

[CTWC]

Awful advice
I certainly wouldn't return to that particular vet if possible

 

[Freela]

When I had a pig on long-term antibiotics my vet did give me Baytril to dilute at home because the shelf life once you mix it up is shorter and this let me keep a vial of Baytril, mix it as I went, and not be back at the vet every couple weeks for a new pre-mixed bottle of meds. That said, I was (unfortunately) an 'experienced' med-mixer by that point, this was a vet that I had built a long-term working relationship with, and he gave me detailed written instructions and provided the mixing agent rather than having me mix it with water.

I agree that 2 to 3 days and then euthanasia is INSANE... please don't let her do this! It can take more than 2 to 3 days for antibiotics to kick in at all. Be ready to step in with supportive feeds if the Baytril affects her appetite and in that case look into probiotics to help with stomach upset.

All the best, I hope Pepsi is soon back to normal!