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Post by Pooka on Dec 6, 2004 14:15:10 GMT -5
I am happy to annouce that Pooka is offically established!  This saturday we took her to the vet for her follow up visit after parasite treatment. The vet took a fecal and did an overall examine. The results.... perfect health. No parasites, no mouth or respiratory problesm and no visible physical problems. They say she appears to be ready for a shed and were very suprised when I told them she puts down 10+ crix a day. I suppose that means i better fire up her old cage to get establishing a tank mate? LOL Just wanted to let you know she is doing great. |
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Post by dragosmom on Dec 6, 2004 15:13:08 GMT -5
That is good news! What did the vet use to treat her parasites? I've been trying to find out what they use and what dosage they use, but have been unsuccessful. There are a lot of rural people without access to a vet who are used to taking care of their pets by visiting their local veterinary supply houses. Glad to hear she has a clean bill of health.
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Post by Pooka on Dec 6, 2004 15:17:29 GMT -5
That is good news! What did the vet use to treat her parasites? I've been trying to find out what they use and what dosage they use, but have been unsuccessful. There are a lot of rural people without access to a vet who are used to taking care of their pets by visiting their local veterinary supply houses. Glad to hear she has a clean bill of health. I beleive it was a medication called flagyll which is also used for humans. I have no idea how much they administered only that Pooka was not happy afterwards for a few days. It either stressed her or upset her belly cause she wouldn't eat much for a few days. |
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Post by Zippy on Dec 6, 2004 19:06:04 GMT -5
That's great that Pooka's in perfect health.;D And Pooka's ready for a shed  , that's even better. |
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Post by dragosmom on Dec 6, 2004 19:18:43 GMT -5
I have definitely heard of flagyl. Thanks for the info!
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Post by wdm on Dec 6, 2004 20:01:46 GMT -5
my vet gave us panacur the girls had to take it once a week for a month the dose is.02 As for not feeling well after I found the girls had a belly ache for a day or two after each dose. Off there feed and all. CristaValentine Cronus and Perseus www.geocities.com/valntyn13/ |
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Post by dragosmom on Dec 7, 2004 7:22:42 GMT -5
Thanks Crista for that medication as well. The dosage was particularly helpful. I know you do gram weights of your dragons. Did you happen to chart what their gram weights were when they were on the medication? I am going to keep a list for future reference. Thank you! |
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Post by wdm on Dec 7, 2004 16:34:58 GMT -5
I can't say for sure the exact weight but it would have been around 60 to 65 grams.
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Post by dragosmom on Dec 7, 2004 19:51:52 GMT -5
I did a web search on both of those meds and got a ton of useful information, including dosing recommendations. What I also found what that most water dragons (and other reptiles) have a parasite load in their intestines which is kept in check by nature. Sometimes the stress of a poorly maintained viv, sub-par temps and lighting and dirty water source can cause the load to overtake the dragons immune system. They then begin to exhibit symptoms and would need to be treated. A lot of wild caught WD are given a panacure "cocktail" during their transfer to help keep their parasite load diminished. I am thinking of ordering a book on parasitic infections and a chart that identifies microscopic worms, flagellates and protozoans, but it appears as long I don't stress out my guys their immune system should be able to keep the parasites in balance. Hope I didn't bore anyone. I didn't mean to write an essay!
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Post by Zekey on Dec 8, 2004 0:05:48 GMT -5
Congrats Kiley!! (Pooka too!!)
It such an increadible feeling leaving the vet's office with a clean bill of health!!!
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Post by Cyrene on Dec 8, 2004 4:22:26 GMT -5
There is a professer at Kansas State University that has tons of papers on the web about parasites. He runs the Parasiteology/Biology Research Lab there. I could spend WEEKS reading his works and findings! His name is Steve J. Upton, PhD.
Speaking of books...what one are looking into? I've heard that the book ' Understanding Reptile Parasites: A Basic Manual for Herpotologists and Vets' is a pretty decent one. I haven't really looked into much yet, though. And as a side note...you could never bore me with talk of parasites/immune systems/disease/health issues when it comes to reptiles. I find it all fascinateing.
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Post by wdm on Dec 8, 2004 8:30:32 GMT -5
is anything about our dragons boring:) I weigh measure poke and prod my poor girls so much it is a wonder they aren't planning my demise lol. I don't know if my girls are strange or not but they have to keep track on what I am doing all the time, if I get out of sight for long they start banging on the sides of the cage till I come back.
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Post by dragosmom on Dec 8, 2004 10:50:28 GMT -5
Cyrene, that is the book I was considering and I ordered it last night. I don't expcet it will be "light" reading, but I worked in the hospital lab for several years when I was much younger and I still like to read about microbiology and bloob-borne pathogens.  |
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Post by Zippy on Dec 8, 2004 17:31:53 GMT -5
It sure doesn't sound like light-reading. |
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, that's even better. 
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