Test results

[Noella]

Maya's test results are positive for pinworms. Coccidia is very low.

 

[Mushuandcricket]

Thanks for the update. Will you order the rx from that website you shared?

 

[Noella]

Yes, from greathouse farms. She's rushing it to me. I was in contact with her since. Maya ate pureed greens, zucchini squash, banana, peach, vanilla yogurt, probiotics, multivitamin, and calcium with d3 slurry. She eats her bugs just fine.

 

[Mushuandcricket]

Yes, from greathouse farms. She's rushing it to me. I was in contact with her since. Maya ate pureed greens, zucchini squash, banana, peach, vanilla yogurt, probiotics, multivitamin, and calcium with d3 slurry. She eats her bugs just fine.

Will they figure out the dose for your dragon's weight too?

 

[Noella]

They already did. All they wanted to know was the weight grams. She's 423 so far.

 

[Canicke]

Just thinking out loud here but – I wonder how she gets infected? Sounds like she's got a great appetite and she's a big girl!

 

[Noella]

Infected feeders.

 

[cody]

I'm pretty sure my beardie has pasacites, but his poop doesn't smell that bad, sometimes not at all even. He'll be going to tha vet soon. How expencive is all that ? Like the medicine if it's needed ?

 

[Mushuandcricket]

Infected feeders.

Bummer...what type of feeders carry the parasite? Insects or are you talking mice ?

 

[Noella]

I'm pretty sure my beardie has pasacites, but his poop doesn't smell that bad, sometimes not at all even. He'll be going to tha vet soon. How expencive is all that ? Like the medicine if it's needed ?

If he's a new bearded dragon, it'll probably be at least 100$ for a visit, and estimate of 25-50$ for medicine and running a fecal. Have a sample of his poop so they could run it for a float.

Panacur is used for Pinworms
Ponzurial is used for Pinworms and Coccidia.

I've shipped off Maya's fecals to Stacy D from lktesting.com.

 

[Noella]

Bummer...what type of feeders carry the parasite? Insects or are you talking mice ?

Crickets, superworms.

No mice.

 

[jarich]

No need to worry about your feeders, reptile pinworms are different than insect pinworms. Reptiles only get it from other reptiles. I suppose if you got some cricket that walked through a reptile's feces that could be an infection vector, but that would be the only way that could happen. PInworms are very common and not particularly a big deal. In fact, its possible they may actually help in young reptiles with food breakdown. If the numbers arent high, I dont know that I would actually bother to treat unless there are other health issues involved.

 

[Mushuandcricket]

No need to worry about your feeders, reptile pinworms are different than insect pinworms. Reptiles only get it from other reptiles. I suppose if you got some cricket that walked through a reptile's feces that could be an infection vector, but that would be the only way that could happen. PInworms are very common and not particularly a big deal. In fact, its possible they may actually help in young reptiles with food breakdown. If the numbers arent high, I dont know that I would actually bother to treat unless there are other health issues involved.

That is good to know.Thank you.

 

[Noella]

No need to worry about your feeders, reptile pinworms are different than insect pinworms. Reptiles only get it from other reptiles. I suppose if you got some cricket that walked through a reptile's feces that could be an infection vector, but that would be the only way that could happen. PInworms are very common and not particularly a big deal. In fact, its possible they may actually help in young reptiles with food breakdown. If the numbers arent high, I dont know that I would actually bother to treat unless there are other health issues involved.

The test revealed high levels of pinworms.

 

[jarich]

Ah, gotcha. Well in that case its probably good to treat them to get the numbers down. Was there any sign of other issues? Is this an animal that is new to you?

 

[Noella]

Not really at this time. But I got her in June.