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What Would You Do In My Position?

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I've used Marbocyl, it's better than Baytril, didn't upset any tummies in this household :D Unfortunately as my vet always gives mine in suspension I don't know how to give it in tablet form :(
 
And in the faffle with getting to the vets I dropped my iphone on the floor and smashed the screen :doh:
 
@flintstones I'm waiting for a call back off Molly but Hugo was dosed with baytril this morning so should I continue the baytril or just marbocyl? When should I start marbocyl? Now or tonight?
 
I'd wait on Molly to call back before giving anything. Did you ask the reception as they could ask her and just call back with the answer?
 
Yes they said she's busy and will ring back after consultations.

Another thing I was disappointed with was I asked for a needle for syringe to flush out the wound.. She wouldn't as said she doesn't recommend that and to just flush with the syringe.. But I told her I tried that yesterday and she said his opening is wider now as she give it a good clean
 
I never used a needle with the syringe when I syringed Fred's abscess. What size of syringe do you have?

This was Fred's abscess :vom:

 
Just had the nurse ring back and he said to give marbocyl tonight not now and stop the baytril.. I asked if I could split the marbocyl into two doses but the nurse said no. So he will be on 10mg marbocyl tablet per day for 10 days.

@flintstones I have 1ml and metacam syringes (not sure the size) I did used to have big baephar syringes but guessing I through them out. I'm off to pets at home in a min so could get bigger syringes if necessary? How often did you flush the wound? Baring in mind Molly cleared it today
 
I used a 10ml syringe and just power washed it into the abscess. Did Molly tell you it has to be cleaned out?
 
Well she didn't mention cleaning it out.. I said how should I flush it as I struggled yesterday and she just said it will be easier now the hole is bigger. I had a list of things to ask but forgot to add them on such as how many times a day to flush? How long should I keep it open for? And how do you actually keep it open?
 
I just kept flushing Fred's I think I did it three times a day, I kept it open for as long as possible. Adventually it healed over I can't remember the time scale.
 
Oh noooo! Pets at home don't have them. They did as I got them from here a while ago. Do you know where I can get any tonight?
 
5 mg tablet of Marbocyl, once a day is fine. That would be the dose that we would use.

With regard to flushing, then do it twice a day (morning and evening). If the wound starts to scab over, then pick the scab off and continue to flush, twice a day, until you can see nice pink healthy skin forming and no more pus coming out.
 
To give the tablet, make up a bit of syringe food, draw the food up into the syringe, break the tablet half and stick it in the end of the syringe and then syringe in the food including the tablet. He will chew it and down it will go!
 
Do you recommend I just give quarter of a tablet instead then? Ahh all these high doses I'm getting are. Panicking me
 
I have found online that for rabbits the dose is 2.5-5mg per kg. Hugo is 1.1kg so 10mg per day seems far too much :( I hate changing doses against the vet but Molly seems to give crazily high doses and it really does scare me.

I recently left my job as a carer for elderly and one of the reasons for this was that I felt no longer able to administer medication and had obsessions about accidentally overdosing- I was terrified! So these high doses are really worrying
 
I've also just found this.. Seems to be written by Molly. She normally doses at 2-5mg/kg but has used at 10mg. This is referring to rabbits

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Sian25 said:
Oh dear! I wonder if anyone else has had the tablet form of marbocyl? They are 20mg each tablet so half a tablet a day is 10mg and it's for 10 days

Also I forgot to ask her if I should be continuing the baytril aswel? I've give morning dose of baytril so when should I give marbocyl?

@Wiebke @Abi_nurse @helen105281 @VickiA @furryfriends (TEAS)
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That is great news about Milan!

Please stop the baytril; you only give on antibiotic at a time unless your vet is prescribing a combination. Marbocyl has got a similar active ingredient to baytril anyway, but it is stronger. It has been successfully used with abscesses. Please keep it at the dosage that Molly has prescribed. Keep on giving probiotics.

If you struggle with the tablet, the most effective way is to grind down one tablet, mix it with 2 ml of water, shake well and give 1 ml of the solution per day (i.e. 1 syringe full). Store the little bottle with the rest in the fridge overnight and then shake well before you syringe the other half on the following day.

Did Mollie show you how to care for the abscess to keep it draining? What did she say about the eye?
 
@Wiebke have you used the marbocyl tablets before? Molly has prescribed 10mg per day where @furryfriends (TEAS) says that's double the amount she has heard of.

Molly did not seem concerned about draining the abscess and only once I mentioned it, she just said squirt the water into the abscess (which is what I was doing in the first place). I have now got 10 ml syringes that I'm hoping will flush better?

In regards to milans eye, she said keep an eye on it and it looks like pigment
 
If she says this is an appropriate dose then, if you trust her, you should give it. I have complete trust in my vet to give appropriate medication at the correct dosages for the condition it is treating. I am really busy and just popping on to the forum from time to time so not sure if you have queried the dose with Molly. If not, then I would suggest you do. xx
 
Yes. 10 days Hugo's course is. I was just checking with you how long you give for? I would really prefer just the 5mg if that's what everyone else seems to give?
 
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