Also, did your vet prescribe Vibramycin (doxycycline monohydrate). And did your rats pneumonia get worse before it got better?
The vet i went to didn't have baytril cause they are retards. it was kind of small so that's prolly why.
My rat didn't have pneumonia, but he was sounding quite wheezy and was prescribed both Baytril with doxy and Vibramycin, both of which to be given every 12 hours for 30 days. It seems a little odd that your vet didn't prescribe any Baytril, that's usually what they go to first. Call up your vet and ask them why they didn't prescribe any.
As for getting worse before getting better, that does happen sometimes when it comes to antibiotics. It's a sort of detox of the body, and flu-like symptoms appear for a few days to a week. At least, that's in humans, I'm just making the assumption about rats so that may not be entirely accurate. Again, I'd call the vet and just ask about it to be sure.
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My rat didn't have pneumonia, but he was sounding quite wheezy and was prescribed both Baytril with doxy and Vibramycin, both of which to be given every 12 hours for 30 days. It seems a little odd that your vet didn't prescribe any Baytril, that's usually what they go to first. Call up your vet and ask them why they didn't prescribe any.
As for getting worse before getting better, that does happen sometimes when it comes to antibiotics. It's a sort of detox of the body, and flu-like symptoms appear for a few days to a week. At least, that's in humans, I'm just making the assumption about rats so that may not be entirely accurate. Again, I'd call the vet and just ask about it to be sure.
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