Quote Originally Posted by rippie-n-lilgirlsmom
Albon is the staple antibiotic my one vet gives for anything.
My cousin works at this vet & I can get it anytime, this is the 2nd squirrel that albon cleared right away.
The "I give this one antibiotic for everything" attitude concerns me some. I have seen vets do that (it's infamously Baytril for reptiles) and it is not a good standard of patient care. There are always factors to balance, including the cost of more specific diagnostics and whether the patient has time to wait for lab results before starting treatment. Guessing with a broad spectrum antibiotic is not always a bad thing, but it is not always a good thing either.

The Carpenter manual I dragged home from the clinic today gives the rodent dose for sulfadimethoxine at 10 to 15 milligrams per kilogram orally every 12 hours. It does not list a duration of therapy, but this is something I'd really want to check on. Giving just one or two doses of an antibiotic is almost never a good idea.