Sulfatrim dosage

[Little Ones]

Today we noticed our baby pig has a breathing issue. It’s not constant noisy breathing, but I keep hearing congested grunts. That’s the best way I can describe it. We’ve had him 3 weeks, so he’s about 11-14 weeks old. We had gotten him from p@h during an acute pining type situation for our lone boar.
We are covered by p@h for 6 weeks, so we called them who told us they have no instore vet but to go to Vets4pets as they will reimburse us if we go there. So we made an appointment and managed to get a same day one. We can’t go inside this vet practice though.
Anyway, the conclusion of the appointment was that they struggled to keep him still enough to have a proper listen to his breathing. The vet who brought him out also joked that there was a bit of a scuffle when they weighed him but they ‘caught’ him. They’ve prescribed 0.1ml once a day of sulfatrim. We’ve weighed him ourselves and he comes to 528 grams. They prescribed it just in case, but like I said they couldn’t keep him still enough for a good length of time to hear properly.
With how everything seemed to have gone, I just wanted to double check that the dose of sulfatrim is correct. Even though it says once a day, I know it will need to be given twice a day due to piggies metabolising medication quickly.

 

[Wiebke]

Today we noticed our baby pig has a breathing issue. It’s not constant noisy breathing, but I keep hearing congested grunts. That’s the best way I can describe it. We’ve had him 3 weeks, so he’s about 11-14 weeks old. We had gotten him from p@h during an acute pining type situation for our lone boar.
We are covered by p@h for 6 weeks, so we called them who told us they have no instore vet but to go to Vets4pets as they will reimburse us if we go there. So we made an appointment and managed to get a same day one. We can’t go inside this vet practice though.
Anyway, the conclusion of the appointment was that they struggled to keep him still enough to have a proper listen to his breathing. The vet who brought him out also joked that there was a bit of a scuffle when they weighed him but they ‘caught’ him. They’ve prescribed 0.1ml once a day of sulfatrim. We’ve weighed him ourselves and he comes to 528 grams. They prescribed it just in case, but like I said they couldn’t keep him still enough for a good length of time to hear properly.
With how everything seemed to have gone, I just wanted to double check that the dose of sulfatrim is correct. Even though it says once a day, I know it will need to be given twice a day due to piggies metabolising medication quickly.

Hi!

Dosages for respiratory illnesses (unless they are very severe and life-threatening) are generally lower than those used for the urinary tract. sulfatrim corresponds to twice the strength of the old pediatric septrin and is stronger than baytril. The dosage sounds OK for a very mild case to me.

 

[Little Ones]

Hi!

Dosages for respiratory illnesses (unless they are very severe and life-threatening) are generally lower than those used for the urinary tract. sulfatrim corresponds to twice the strength of the old pediatric septrin and is stronger than baytril. The dosage sounds OK for a very mild case to me.

Thank you, I’ve never had a pig this tiny before so thought it was best to double check

 

[Little Ones]

Hi!

Dosages for respiratory illnesses (unless they are very severe and life-threatening) are generally lower than those used for the urinary tract. sulfatrim corresponds to twice the strength of the old pediatric septrin and is stronger than baytril. The dosage sounds OK for a very mild case to me.

Hi Wiebke. How long do you think I should be giving him the antibiotic for? It’s been just over 2 weeks. After a few days all his URI symptoms went but one. He’s still sniffing outwards from his nose, if that makes sense? So like the noise they do with their nose before they start cleaning. He’s doing it quite frequently (not to clean, or for any purpose), this is the only symptom he has left. Do we carry on with the sulfatrim and see if things improve? Or do we take him back to the vet? Thanks

 

[Siikibam]

What does the vet think?

 

[Little Ones]

What does the vet think?

That was my question really, I haven’t taken him back to the vet yet. I was unsure whether to carry on with sulfatrim or take him back to the vet. How long should sulfatrim take to get rid of URI? Should it have gone by now?
What other medications are able to be tried? Can he have baytril at this age (13-16 weeks now)?

 

[VladaBree]

I don't want to scary anyone but we lost our 3 yrs old guinea pig Boris today. We had to put him to sleep. He had a problem with a teary eye that left some skin irritation under the eye -- otherwise he was perfectly healthy and active. We took him to the vet and he gave us Ofloxacin eye drops and Sulfatrim. The doze was 0.8ml twice a day. The vet did not mention any risk factors, he did not even tell me he is putting him on antibiotics. After just 2 dozes of Sulfatrim, our pig started getting really really sick. He suddenly lost his appetite, stopped drinking and eating, started making wheezing and clicking sounds and the next day (1) he was basically dying. He was perfectly fine the day before, BEFORE, we took him to the vet. It looked like the antibiotic burned his insides. His last hours were awful with heavy breathing, mouth open, puss coming out of his mouth and nostrils. It looked like he got poisoned. We took him to emergency clinic to have him put to sleep. How is it possible? I understand that there might have been an underlying issue that wasn't even obvious but to deteriorate so quickly after just 2 dozes of antibiotic?

 

[Wiebke]

I don't want to scary anyone but we lost our 3 yrs old guinea pig Boris today. We had to put him to sleep. He had a problem with a teary eye that left some skin irritation under the eye -- otherwise he was perfectly healthy and active. We took him to the vet and he gave us Ofloxacin eye drops and Sulfatrim. The doze was 0.8ml twice a day. The vet did not mention any risk factors, he did not even tell me he is putting him on antibiotics. After just 2 dozes of Sulfatrim, our pig started getting really really sick. He suddenly lost his appetite, stopped drinking and eating, started making wheezing and clicking sounds and the next day (1) he was basically dying. He was perfectly fine the day before, BEFORE, we took him to the vet. It looked like the antibiotic burned his insides. His last hours were awful with heavy breathing, mouth open, puss coming out of his mouth and nostrils. It looked like he got poisoned. We took him to emergency clinic to have him put to sleep. How is it possible? I understand that there might have been an underlying issue that wasn't even obvious but to deteriorate so quickly after just 2 dozes of antibiotic?

Hi!

I am extremely sorry for your loss under such traumatic circumstances.

The usual daily dose of sulfatrim for a 1 kg piggy is generally 0.25 ml twice a day or less. I am very sorry that yours seems to have been overdosed by the sound of it (not knowing Boris' weight).

I would make a written complaint to the clinic and also ask for a post-mortem examination as to what has gone wrong.

 

[eileen]

i have been giving a 1.2kg boar 0,4mls aday,that is from a well known piggie vet,I'm sorry you have lost your piggie.