Newborn foot injury, can't identify cause!

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Metronidazole is the generic for Flagyl. It's commonly prescribed for things like stomach or intestinal infections, and bacterial vaginal infections, among other things. A friend of yours may have se, or you may in your medicine cabinet.
 
I will check it out. She is moving around just fine! Crawling the walls of the cage and being wild I may have a vet take a peek at it and see if any more can be done. It doesn’t feel soft anymore as it used to, so strange.
 

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How old are the babies now? Do you have any updated pics of the two litters?
 
Thank you! I will look into that. Do I have to take her to the vet for that?
Hows the foot? I have some metronidazole if you still need some. It is still good for another month, so it needs to be pit to good use. I believe its 50mg/ml concentration, if thats what you want, lmk. Its dayed good til October.
 
Yes that would be great! I’ll PM you my info. Here are some updated pics, they’re doing great! They hardly ever stay still for a photo now
 

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Yes that would be great! I’ll PM you my info. Here are some updated pics, they’re doing great! They hardly ever stay still for a photo now
Ok, got your info, but I think you made a mistake cuz there is no state with the abbreviation of IT. Could you please clarify that? And I won't be able to send it until tomorrow because of the holiday, so it will take a few days to get to you. It is refrigerated but I'm sure it will be fine. Ok, lmk that typo correction.
 
I think if you've got an internal infection like that you don't have to worry about metronidazole being pediatric-friendly. Infections like this could become systemic and potentially be fatal.

I would start at 20 mg/kg for your wee one just in case.

From Ratguide...
10 mg/kg to 40 mg/rat, PO, q24hrs
 
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