Antibiotics in Pregnant Boas

I was discussing RI's during and after pregnancy with another breeder today and we both haven't been able to find any definite answers on the affects of antibiotics on pregnant animals so I figured I'd see if anybody had any first hand experience?

Forums are the last place to get opinions on properly medicating sick animals.
Cultures need to be taken to discern proper meds.

Personally I prefer not to use meds with RI's,slow cooking them with heat and adequate humidity has afforded a high percentage of success without medications.Its a slow process that prevents invasive procedures
and substances being introduced to the animals.

Novice keepers need to consult a Qualified Herp DVM

I'm only talking hypothetically since there was no definite answers.

I personally had an experience with this last season. My female, Athena, caught an RI a week after ovulating. We ultrasounded her to verify conception, which was indeed verified. We chose Zosyn, which we believed to be the safest medicine for her. She had a normal pregnancy, and delivered the typical 115 days POS.

She delivered 21 babies, 2 slugs. 10 of the 21 babies were still born, 1 baby was euthanized the next day by my vet due to an umbilicus that was over 1/2 inch wide. Of the 10 remaining alive, there were underbites, kinks, domed heads, etc. only a few of the snakes began eating on their own, and I began forcefeeding a few. In hindsight, I would have euthanized the whole litter. That said, 6 babies are still alive, and doing well in pet only homes. The other 4 failed to thrive, and eventually passed. If at all possible, avoid antibiotics during gestation - we just don't know enough about how they'll affect our lady snakes and their babies. If desired, I can post pictures of the defects

Wow, no, posts are not necessary unless you want to but ick, that's definitely not good.

yeah, it was a pretty devestating site...

not fun at all. i've now gotten some mixed reviews. some experienced things like yours and others had no problems at all. One person I know used Tylan sucessfully but

pics* are not necessary...but you got what i meant, typo

another kind of interesting tidbit is that the two that I still have that just turned a year old on the 30th are only 127 grams and 87 grams each, at a year old!!! and they eat consistently!!! they just don't seem to grow

hmm that's rather strange...