Justin Carl
Avid Member
I've had an ongoing eye issues with one of my female pardalis for the past week and a half.
It started as her just budging her eye out and rubbing it on the branch.
This is perfectly normal and seemed harmless at the time.
It had just finished misting in her cage, and I just thought she was cleaning it.
A few days later it graduated into serious rubbing of both eyes.
My first instinct was a possible vitamin A deficiency, so I supplemented with a liquid form of retinyl palmitate.
I was also giving her some terramyacin in hopes of clearing it up.(I was trying to avoid the 100$ vet bill.)
I tried this for two days.
Her condition started to worsen, so I busted out the Nikon and macro lens.
I took some up close pictures of her eyes and noticed the eyelids were slightly disfigured.
She was now closing her eyes periodically throughout the day.
Now it was time for a vet visit!
I got a morning appointment today after saying it was an emergency.
After talking to the vet, which was extremely helpful, I told him I wanted to use Fortaz(ceftazidime) and not baytirl.
For some reason, they only like to treat with baytril. I guess it's a cure-all to them.
They ended up not having any Fortaz in the office, so I settle for a close relative, cefazolin.
The doctor told me that ceftazidime is a second generation for of cefazolin.
Currently she's getting 1 unit(.01cc) of cefazolin per day subcutaneously.
Long story short, has anyone used this product before?
It started as her just budging her eye out and rubbing it on the branch.
This is perfectly normal and seemed harmless at the time.
It had just finished misting in her cage, and I just thought she was cleaning it.
A few days later it graduated into serious rubbing of both eyes.
My first instinct was a possible vitamin A deficiency, so I supplemented with a liquid form of retinyl palmitate.
I was also giving her some terramyacin in hopes of clearing it up.(I was trying to avoid the 100$ vet bill.)
I tried this for two days.
Her condition started to worsen, so I busted out the Nikon and macro lens.
I took some up close pictures of her eyes and noticed the eyelids were slightly disfigured.
She was now closing her eyes periodically throughout the day.
Now it was time for a vet visit!
I got a morning appointment today after saying it was an emergency.
After talking to the vet, which was extremely helpful, I told him I wanted to use Fortaz(ceftazidime) and not baytirl.
For some reason, they only like to treat with baytril. I guess it's a cure-all to them.
They ended up not having any Fortaz in the office, so I settle for a close relative, cefazolin.
The doctor told me that ceftazidime is a second generation for of cefazolin.
Currently she's getting 1 unit(.01cc) of cefazolin per day subcutaneously.
Long story short, has anyone used this product before?
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