Giving Antitoxin - do I stop Pennicillin?

[LBFarms]

Hi,
I had a 6 week old Kiko that bloated real bad 3 days ago, Blew up like an overstuffed pinata. We stayed up until midnight giving him baking soda & berping him every hour or so & gor him pretty well deflated. The next day he looked & acted almost normal. Today he seems fine. We withheld milk in the am & stopped giving milk replacer. Not sure if that caused him to bloat or he got into the chiken feed or a combination. My research told me I needed to give C&D Antitoxin asap. I live in a small town & nobody withing 70 miles had any, not even the vets. A vet I talked to said to start him on 2cc pennicillin 2x per day for three days, absent the antitoxin. I started him on the Penn 2 days ago. I got the antitoxin today & gave the first injection. He is due for another Pennicillin tonight & two tomorrow. Should I stop the Penn. now that I am giving the anti toxin? Also, I have heard different things on how long to give the antitoxin for. Directions indicate 10 cc every 12 hours but does not tell me how long?

 

[ksalvagno]

No, keep doing the Penicillin.

 

[LBFarms]

10-4 on staying on the Pennicilin another day. How long do I do the antitoxin for?

 

[Roll farms]

I'm going to go out on a limb here but I'm thinking you can quit the antitoxin if Pen G alone is keeping him 'ok'. I'd also do no less than 7 days of Pen G, not 3.
(Don't want to just knock a bug down, if may come back.)

Has he not been vaccinated w/ CD/T? If not, I'd hit him in 7-10 days w/ CD/T and boost in 3-4 wks.