Tegu diarrhea

Neuro · Member Joined: Aug 03, 2005 Posts: 35

Update in their conditions, minos just ate as always and drank a LOT of water yesterday, he still has some gas but the diarrhea stopped, i dunno if this gas its because of the way we gave him medicines (stringed to his mouth), he just do his stuff one time per day, we stopped the metronidazole after 5 doses and we are about to take a poop sample to the vet (from ada's).

Dunno what he will say, i will sugest to gave him a support treatment to eliminate the coccidia at all because its a recurrent parasite (for the ones that don't know he got infected about 4 months ago because we feed him some veggies that we think were disinfected, but they wasn't).

Im still waiting for minos to poop today to take a sample but i doubt that he poop today, we feed him yesterday but hes still recovering, so i don't think that he can digest the food that fast.

Ill post the results of the fecal exam later.
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VARNYARD · Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 1:49 pm Post subject:

Great to hear they are getting better. Keep us posted.

Nero557 · Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject:

I agree with Bobby, it's great to hear.

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jb · Honored Member Joined: Sep 01, 2005 Posts: 201

That's weird....#1 b/c Tegu's aren't very prone to coccidia infections and #2 b/c coccidiosis is usually treated with Albon, not metronidazole-the latter is for protozoan infections (amoebas, flagellates)...but if it's working along with meticulous cage cleanings..go for it! great to hear he's coming around.

Neuro · Member Joined: Aug 03, 2005 Posts: 35

Coccidia again in the tests, but they seem better because Minos recovered his apetite as i said, and now hes drinking water by himself, he stills does has this belchs while pooping, but the vet said that its normal because of the damage of the parasites caused to the gut.

Now im thinking, i know tht they are very prone to coccidiossis, so the cause maybe that his gut is weakened because of previous antibiotic treatments, i made some research about this lactobasillus acidopholis, it has mention in the melissa kaplan site, but i didnt find any doses, i mean the X/kg ratio.

I told my vet about this and hes doing his research too, any one knows what would be the ratio with lizards of this acidopholis thing?
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jb · Honored Member Joined: Sep 01, 2005 Posts: 201

you will have + fecals for coccidia for a long time. it is very difficult to fully eradicate. as long as their counts are lowering, he's on the right track. still think you should ask about Albon if it is truly coccidiosis.

Neuro · Member Joined: Aug 03, 2005 Posts: 35

Update, the latest test showed no coccidia eggs, we stoped the treatment 2 days after that and we will gave them acidophilus today at night.

Minos is way better than a week ago, he still poops very slowly but doing it fine, he recovered his apetite and his strenght, he still has some gas but nothing to worry.

We'll make him tests 2 days from now to see if there are no more eggs after the treatment, ill keep this updated, thanks for all your support.
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Nero557 · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 7:31 pm Post subject:

Good to hear he's doing better. Just keep at it, don't give up hope, he'll pull through and it will all be over soon. Keep us posted. -Art-

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