Hi, I'm hoping for someone who has had a similar experience with regard to a relapse in vestibular symptoms after stopping baytril... More info...
My 10yr old bun started showing signs of vestibular illness the day after he lost his partner he started off scanning and then began to circle and had nystagmus. He is blind and arthritic and already wobbly but the wobblyness got worse.
My vet decided against me taking him in as this would cause more disorientation, so we started on a course of panacur, increased the metacam he is on for arthritis and started a course of Baytril. 9 days later and he was upright and no spinning, scanning or nystagmus. After a two week course my vet said we could stop the Baytril and continue the metacam and panacur.
3 days after stopping Baytril and I noticed a slight scan, but then it stopped. Then on day 6 of being off the Baytril his symptoms got worse, noticeable scanning and the beginnings of circling and nystagmus. I called my vet and she gave me another 2 weeks of baytril. We are on day 5, he hasn't shown any improvement yet (and got worse in the first few days) but it was 9 days before he improved last time so I have everything crossed....
I would have thought if EC then the baytril would not have had such as significant impact - or am I wrong? So now I am wondering if inner ear infection. If the baytril works again then I want to keep him on it permanently, my vet is unsure.
Has anyone else any similar experiences?
My 10yr old bun started showing signs of vestibular illness the day after he lost his partner he started off scanning and then began to circle and had nystagmus. He is blind and arthritic and already wobbly but the wobblyness got worse.
My vet decided against me taking him in as this would cause more disorientation, so we started on a course of panacur, increased the metacam he is on for arthritis and started a course of Baytril. 9 days later and he was upright and no spinning, scanning or nystagmus. After a two week course my vet said we could stop the Baytril and continue the metacam and panacur.
3 days after stopping Baytril and I noticed a slight scan, but then it stopped. Then on day 6 of being off the Baytril his symptoms got worse, noticeable scanning and the beginnings of circling and nystagmus. I called my vet and she gave me another 2 weeks of baytril. We are on day 5, he hasn't shown any improvement yet (and got worse in the first few days) but it was 9 days before he improved last time so I have everything crossed....
I would have thought if EC then the baytril would not have had such as significant impact - or am I wrong? So now I am wondering if inner ear infection. If the baytril works again then I want to keep him on it permanently, my vet is unsure.
Has anyone else any similar experiences?
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