Marbolfloxacin and meloxicam

[jendarwin]

I took my ducks for a vet check up today. My female duck is been laying soft shell eggs and is slightly limping. They have advices me to give them marbolfloxacin and meloxicam for a week.
She is already on calcium citrate 500 mg everyday for 4 days now. I’m not sure if I can go about giving her these tablets and is it alright to go with calcium supplements.. advice please

 

[casportpony]

@jendarwin , the Marbo and the meloxicam are more important than the calcium, so get started on those right away.

Did the vet say to give the Marbo and meloxicam twice a day?

Are you giving the calcium once or twice a day?

 

[casportpony]

When Meloxicam is given to the avian patient it is usually given *twice* a day.

Marbofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone and should not be taken with calcium.

The absorption of fluoroquinolones is markedly reduced by antacids, calcium carbonate, ferrous sulphate and sucralfate. Although quantitative differences between fluoroquinolones exist, these combinations should be avoided whenever possible.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2286594

 

[casportpony]

I’m planning to stop calcium for a week and continue these two. Let’s see how it works on them. I will consult the doctor tomorrow again.

Please start the drugs the vet prescribed ASAP!

 

[casportpony]

I took my ducks for a vet check up today. My female duck is been laying soft shell eggs and is slightly limping. They have advices me to give them marbolfloxacin and meloxicam for a week.
She is already on calcium citrate 500 mg everyday for 4 days now. I’m not sure if I can go about giving her these tablets and is it alright to go with calcium supplements.. advice please

You should talk to your vet, but I read that the Marbofloxacin should not be given at the same time as calcium. Are you comfortable giving injections? If so you could give calcium injections instead of calcium pills.

 

[casportpony]

Except for soft shell eggs

The soft eggs could be from an infection. How often are you giving the Marbo? How often are you giving the calcium?

 

[chickens really]

I took my ducks for a vet check up today. My female duck is been laying soft shell eggs and is slightly limping. They have advices me to give them marbolfloxacin and meloxicam for a week.
She is already on calcium citrate 500 mg everyday for 4 days now. I’m not sure if I can go about giving her these tablets and is it alright to go with calcium supplements.. advice please

Do as the vet prescribed...

 

[casportpony]

I started giving her calcium pills from this week. I had stopped it earlier. I have not started marbo yet. I’m not sure if I could

Are you supposed to give the Marbo once or twice a day?

 

[jennrvtwithducks]

Hi, just my thoughts!. I'm not too familiar with marbofloxacin but Meloxicam is an anti-inflammatory/ pain reliever, each dose lasts 24h. I would think it would be okay to give with calcium, but calcium can sometimes affect absorption of things. Maybe give the calcium in the morning and the other two in the evening??

 

[jendarwin]

I’m planning to stop calcium for a week and continue these two. Let’s see how it works on them. I will consult the doctor tomorrow again.