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I admit, I'm terrible at math  :P  I'm not even going to bother attempting to figure out the dosage, though it's probably pretty easy.

I have 20mg/ml suspension of Baytril, and I'm giving it to my teensy boy, Fyn, who is a whopping 250 grams (just weighed him).  What dosage should I be giving?

Thanks! :BlueDumboSmile:

Depending on the problem 0.06ml (low dose) to 0.12ml (high dose) twice daily.

There isn't just a regular dose?  He has a persistent URI.  I've been giving him .2ml twice daily.

At 10 mg/ml he would get .13 cc's BID. 

So, since it's 20 mg/ml, that means .65 cc's BID?

No, it would be half the dose lil posted, I believe. Your solution is stronger.

Oops, I meant to say something else.  But, I get it now.  Thanks ratlets and lilspaz  :doh:

Lilspaz meant 10mg/kg dosage... for a 20mg/ml solution = 0.13ml twice daily.  So you should be giving 0.13ml.

Debbie D has some higher dosage recommendations in her booklet, but 10mg/kg is an actual dose published in all of the exotics textbooks I have looked at.  And rather than just increase the dosage, adding in a second antibiotic such as doxycycline is much more effective.

For long term maintenance therapy, personally I would definitely lower it from what you are giving.  The recommended dose for long term (such as lifelong) maintenance would be just 0.06ml twice daily.

Sorry about the oops guys...Lise has it right.  *blush*