Hi all,
It's been a while since I've been here ( crappy summer with medical problems all summer & fall, blah blah etc ) anyway, I'm getting better now and miss TSB . My grey Andi is doing great ( she's 7 1/2 now = )
I've been trying to read and catch up and in the process came across several stories regarding squirrels who were difficult if not impossible to dose their needed antibiotics.
I had told my story a few times before, but I want to put this info out here again ( maybe an admin could make an edited sticky, I wasn't even sure which thread to put this in )
Several years back my Andi developed an oral infection so horrid it nearly killed her ( I suspect the vet didn't wash his hands when he trimmed her teeth one day and infected her ) anyway it's a long story of months of trying to heal her ( it was an issue dosing her antibiotics ) Finally the vet contacted a compounding pharmacy in New Jersey and they compounded Baytril into a cream . I would rub the cream on her ear ( the inside of the ear but not inside the canal ) she loves ear rubs so that was easy.The medicine is absorbed through the skin,( transdermal ) like a nicotine patch or pain med patch.
It is called Enrofloxacin transdermal gel twist dose.
Enrofloxacin is baytril.The twist dose is-it comes in like a tube with lines on the side marking amounts ( like a syringe ) and it gives your instructions how many times you twist it for the correct dosage to come out.It's so easy.I can tell you that without this, I would not have a squirrel today.I am not in a friendly state, they shipped it to my vet and I picked it up there.Funny, it had her name on it, and then it said " species- Other " LOL. I don't know what he said it was for.
I used it again last year she was sneezing and congested, I didn't want her to develop pneumonia, so we ordered some and she cleared up.
I know this is long and rambling, so maybe an admin can clean this up and sticky the basics but I feel it's something everyone should have access to.There may be other compounding pharmacies but this is the one I know of with this gel thing. ( my own vet tried compounding into flavored liquids, she wouldn't have any part of that ! )
http://www.wedgewoodpharmacy.com/