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Has anyone here ever had a guinea pig given 10% baytril, normal dosage I've had before is 0.2-0.4ml every 12 hours of 2%. I've been given 10% with 0.15ml every 12 hours, it seems too much to me, anyone any adivce? I've rung the vets but the vet I saw can't ring me until Monday and the other vets just say "it's what's on the chart" so I can't do anything.
 
Thanks, I will contact Laura. I am just worried about Charlotte. She has gooey poop already and I have just thrown out the probiotics cuz they were out of date. Need some more tomorrow. It's only a uti and I didn't read the full label before I gave her some. It is usually 2%.
 
Dosing recommendations from the manufacturer are given here

http://www.baytril.com/index.php/fuseaction/download/lrn_file/kap8.pdf

and state for piggie 2.5-5 (or 5-10)mg/kg every 12 hours orally.

So lets work backwards..normally baytril is supplied as a 2.5% oral suspension which is 2.5g in 100ml = 25mg/ml. Piggie therefore gets 0.2ml (=5mg) every 12 hours assuming piggie weighs 1kg...and this can in severe infections go up to 0.4ml every 12 hours =10mg.

[*]IF[/*] it's 10% that = 10g/100ml = 100mg/ml. ) You are giving 0.15ml = 15mg which is a lot for a 1kg piggie...and in fact your piggie would need to weigh 1.5kg to justify this high dose (which would mean they are receiving the upper limit of 10mg/kg)

It's easy to get calculations wrong - both me and my vets have done on occasion....I am slightly surprised however with their response when you rang them.

How much does your poiggie weigh? if you have a 10% solution and your piggie weighs 1kg , personally i would only give 0.1ml every 12 hours until you can clarify with the vet.

HTH

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WOW maths overload :{ but yes it makes sense. It's just such an odd way of doing it. I was thinking 2% not 2.5 which didn't help. 2.5 makes it a little less OTT. Vet said she was 1.1kg 0.1ml would be about right then. So she hasn't had enough to do her any damage :<> I will cut it down and get some probiotics. The vet I spoke to did say if i really was not happy I could cut it down to 0.1 but she was so reluctant to actually say anything for certain because it wasn't her that saw Charlotte. She just kept saying that what was on the computer was all she could really go by.
 
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