SennieSlave
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Sorry to start a new thread about my Senegal's issues but wanted to ask a specific question and didn't want it to get lost in my previous thread.
I took my Ri to the vet's yesterday because of his polyuria and he was given ten days of Marbofloxacin (Marbocyl) antibiotic, to see if that helped (all his fecal tests came back fine). But the vet said he thought it was probably his kidneys and to see him in about a week. He just wanted to see if this antibiotic helped in any way, so infection could be ruled out before blood tests and x rays for his kidneys.
Since his first dose yesterday (0.07ml - once a day), his poops have been even more polyuric. I know antibiotics can cause stomach upsets but I don't want this antibiotic to be even harder on his kidneys and make him even more polyuric, if this is what we're trying to make better.
So, my question is - does anyone have any experience of this particular antibiotic? I can't find an awful lot of information about it in parrots - just in dogs and cats. I hear so much bad stuff about how parrots get worse after antibiotics, so just wanted to know if anyone else has used this one and did it make your parrot's poops even more watery? I'm just a bit worried about giving him his second dose today and it creating more problems, than it solves.
Also, I've read that you should give probiotics, while your bird is on antibiotics. The vet didn't mention this to me. Some say to give yoghurt with probiotics in - but I'm trying to find one here in the UK. They say "live cultures" and "bio" so I presume that is the same thing.
Thanks in advance for any info.
I took my Ri to the vet's yesterday because of his polyuria and he was given ten days of Marbofloxacin (Marbocyl) antibiotic, to see if that helped (all his fecal tests came back fine). But the vet said he thought it was probably his kidneys and to see him in about a week. He just wanted to see if this antibiotic helped in any way, so infection could be ruled out before blood tests and x rays for his kidneys.
Since his first dose yesterday (0.07ml - once a day), his poops have been even more polyuric. I know antibiotics can cause stomach upsets but I don't want this antibiotic to be even harder on his kidneys and make him even more polyuric, if this is what we're trying to make better.
So, my question is - does anyone have any experience of this particular antibiotic? I can't find an awful lot of information about it in parrots - just in dogs and cats. I hear so much bad stuff about how parrots get worse after antibiotics, so just wanted to know if anyone else has used this one and did it make your parrot's poops even more watery? I'm just a bit worried about giving him his second dose today and it creating more problems, than it solves.
Also, I've read that you should give probiotics, while your bird is on antibiotics. The vet didn't mention this to me. Some say to give yoghurt with probiotics in - but I'm trying to find one here in the UK. They say "live cultures" and "bio" so I presume that is the same thing.
Thanks in advance for any info.
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