Baytril dosage help

[Scubbs]

I admit, I'm terrible at math    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!

[Lise]

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

[Scubbs]

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

[lilspaz68]

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

[Scubbs]

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

[ratlets]

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

[Scubbs]

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

[Lise]

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.

[lilspaz68]

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