About a month and a half ago, we noticed that our 16 year old red eared slider wasn’t doing too well. After a trip to the vet, we knew that he had an abscess on his head (in his ear) and they operated to drain it.
We have been dry docking him since. After a recheck with the vet after a month or so, they said that it was healing very well and they cleared out the scab that had grown and flushed the opening out with saline.
When we first had the procedure, we were given instructions to give him injections of Ceftazidime (antibiotic) every three days, as well as gentamicin sulfate and ofloxacin ophthalmic drops to his wound twice daily. Lastly, we apply silver sulfadiazine cream twice daily following the drops. We were also given oral pain relief/swelling medicine to give as needed.
We have given him all 15 shots and medicine as instructed for the last 45 days, and it’s healing well, but it’s still not fully healed. The vet said she wants to keep him on more antibiotic shots and is planning to give us 15 more. We were just wanting to know if this many injections for this long of a period is normal, or overkill? We just know he’s not a fan of shot nights, and has been sluggish the day after every shot.
Please give us advice! We love him and just want what’s best for him, no matter how much hard work it takes