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you say your baytril is 'stock standard'.. injectable, oral, pills, liquid? It comes in different forms. The standard injectable form is 2% (22 mg/ml). I treat chameleons with 5mg/kg, not 10.. higher doses can be a bit tough on these guys. And sometimes I treat them every other day, not even...

usually bulging eyes means there's something in there (often a piece of shed or skin, but sometimes some other bit of debris). Try gently rinsing eyes out with saline or eye wash solution (from pharmacy). This usually works for me, though if there is any gunk coming from the eye, ophthalmic...

Mouth rot is just a general term for an oral infection and it can have dozens of different reasons to exist, from simple trauma (biting on a stick or sharp object, getting bit by prey (eg large mealworms), injury to a tooth etc.), chronic debilitation/dehydration/hypothermia or any excessive...

As for your original question about Salmonella, you cannot assume there is no Salmonella after any treatment of antibiotics, even if you cultured it previously, found it to be sensitive, and cultured it afterwards and it was negative. Salmonella is a notoriously tricky and unpredictable genus...

Terramycin is not an antifungal. It is only an antibiotic though a fairly broad-spectrum one. It is made specifically for ophthalmic use, though it can be used topically... however it is not meant for oral use and excessive ingestion could cause some bacterial gastrointestinal upset, so...