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Can Guinea Pigs Have Septrin?

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Long story short Waffle went to the vets this morning to have an abscess drained and we have come back with antibiotics to ensure it doesn't come back. I also took one of my rats today and he got antibiotics as well. They each have different ones and I am sure that rats can have baytril or septrin. I just wanted to check because I can't remember which but I know there are some drugs piggies are not allowed but i am pretty sure pigs are ok on baytril so I was thinking i can swap them if need be. Thanks :)

ETA: also does anyone know roughly what kind of dose to give of septrin (the adult one- banana smell) He is just under 1kg. I suspect vets dose may be too low.
 
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Yes they can have Septrin. My Star is on it at the moment. The best antibiotic for an abcess though is Zithromax. Anything Penicillin based is a no no.
 
My Rebel had it when he got an abscess after his castration. ;)
 
Septrin works for us Fluffy was on 1ml twice a day. She is a very lightweight piggie her weight is .635 She hates the stuff but cant tolerate any others. We had a little boy called Rhino who was on long term Septrin and he loved the stuff, he would stick his head up and just take it as if he was having a choice piece of carrot.
 
That was Rebel, he'd lay in my arm and open his mouth ready to take the syringe! :D
 
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Septrin works for us Fluffy was on 1ml twice a day. She is a very lightweight piggie her weight is .635 She hates the stuff but cant tolerate any others. We had a little boy called Rhino who was on long term Septrin and he loved the stuff, he would stick his head up and just take it as if he was having a choice piece of carrot.
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Are you sure that the dosage was 1ml twice a day, that seems quite alot, my piggy marigold weighs 956 and was given 0.4mls twice a day.
 
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Yes, she was a very very poorly little girl it reduced to 0.8 twice a day after a while. This was and is for an ongoing breathing problem but her usual dose for UTis was lower, i just gave the max amount to show how safe it has been for us.
 
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