littlebirdy
Juvie Member
First, the stats:
Name: Clovis
Tank: 75 gallon
Substrate: Newspaper and paper towels, eventually moving to tile
Temperatures: 100-120 on basking side (130 on the hottest part of his stick), 80s on cool side, 70s at night via temp gun.
Basking light: 75 watt plant bulb
UVB: 36 inch Reptisun 10 tube, can get 6-8 inches from it if he climbs on his stick
Lights on from 7am-8:45pm on a timer, misses about an hour and a half of that time for snuggles and floor time
Diet: collards/endive/cactus + spaghetti squash/butternut squash/acorn squash + juvenile beardie pellets and dried crics if I can find them again (he actually does eat them) in the mornings after lights have been on for about an hour, buggies in the evening, 40 large crickets or 25ish supers. We just ordered Reptiworms, since he liked Phoenix worms but they came in smaller quantities. Sometimes I dust his greens with calcium but I don't think he likes the soggy dust. His bugs are dusted 5x/week. He gets vitamin dust twice a week.
Poop: Usually in the mornings during his first hour with lights on, usually excretes a lot of water with it. He will usually poop a second time during the afternoon. Notice an undigested worm sometimes in poop, and when I gave him minced squash I noticed some squash chunks in his poo as well.
Hydration: Mist veggies daily, mist him whenever, water dish in tank (very shallow, changed every 1-2 days), 10-15 minute soak every five days or so
Age: Unknown. Still a juvie.
Length: 13 inches
Weight: Between 250-300 grams
We took Clovis to the vet Wednesday and his fecal was positive for pinworms and flagellates. He was also a bit dehydrated. Everything else was fine, good weight and range of motion and so forth. We started giving him Panacur. Thursday he only ate 2-3 supers and didn't touch his salad. Usually he rips into his squash, and the day before had taken out 25 supers. I wasn't super-worried because I know Panacur can affect appetite and we have some Carnivore Care left over from Bowser (whom we lost to parasites) in a pinch. Well, this morning he started opening his mouth and shaking his head, and then he spewed undigested supers all over his viv. It looked to me like more than he had eaten the previous day. I know things are moving because he pooped twice before barfing and left two urates in the tub. (Doc recommended a daily 30 minute soak, of which he's had 3 since Wednesday.) Energy levels have been normal; he was running around the glass door to our little balcony like usual today.
My questions:
1. Should I take him back to the vet? (He hasn't barfed again and I'm inclined not to take him unless he does, because vet visits are expensive. However, my husband and I would be devastated to lose another beardie so soon after losing Bowser in November.)
2. Should I start force-feeding him? How many days should I let him go without eating anything? He's going to shed his head soon, so that may be affecting his appetite as well.
3. Could Panacur or parasites have caused the barfing? I offered him dandelion greens yesterday, which is the only new thing he's had in the past week, but I don't think he ate any salad.
Name: Clovis
Tank: 75 gallon
Substrate: Newspaper and paper towels, eventually moving to tile
Temperatures: 100-120 on basking side (130 on the hottest part of his stick), 80s on cool side, 70s at night via temp gun.
Basking light: 75 watt plant bulb
UVB: 36 inch Reptisun 10 tube, can get 6-8 inches from it if he climbs on his stick
Lights on from 7am-8:45pm on a timer, misses about an hour and a half of that time for snuggles and floor time
Diet: collards/endive/cactus + spaghetti squash/butternut squash/acorn squash + juvenile beardie pellets and dried crics if I can find them again (he actually does eat them) in the mornings after lights have been on for about an hour, buggies in the evening, 40 large crickets or 25ish supers. We just ordered Reptiworms, since he liked Phoenix worms but they came in smaller quantities. Sometimes I dust his greens with calcium but I don't think he likes the soggy dust. His bugs are dusted 5x/week. He gets vitamin dust twice a week.
Poop: Usually in the mornings during his first hour with lights on, usually excretes a lot of water with it. He will usually poop a second time during the afternoon. Notice an undigested worm sometimes in poop, and when I gave him minced squash I noticed some squash chunks in his poo as well.
Hydration: Mist veggies daily, mist him whenever, water dish in tank (very shallow, changed every 1-2 days), 10-15 minute soak every five days or so
Age: Unknown. Still a juvie.
Length: 13 inches
Weight: Between 250-300 grams
We took Clovis to the vet Wednesday and his fecal was positive for pinworms and flagellates. He was also a bit dehydrated. Everything else was fine, good weight and range of motion and so forth. We started giving him Panacur. Thursday he only ate 2-3 supers and didn't touch his salad. Usually he rips into his squash, and the day before had taken out 25 supers. I wasn't super-worried because I know Panacur can affect appetite and we have some Carnivore Care left over from Bowser (whom we lost to parasites) in a pinch. Well, this morning he started opening his mouth and shaking his head, and then he spewed undigested supers all over his viv. It looked to me like more than he had eaten the previous day. I know things are moving because he pooped twice before barfing and left two urates in the tub. (Doc recommended a daily 30 minute soak, of which he's had 3 since Wednesday.) Energy levels have been normal; he was running around the glass door to our little balcony like usual today.
My questions:
1. Should I take him back to the vet? (He hasn't barfed again and I'm inclined not to take him unless he does, because vet visits are expensive. However, my husband and I would be devastated to lose another beardie so soon after losing Bowser in November.)
2. Should I start force-feeding him? How many days should I let him go without eating anything? He's going to shed his head soon, so that may be affecting his appetite as well.
3. Could Panacur or parasites have caused the barfing? I offered him dandelion greens yesterday, which is the only new thing he's had in the past week, but I don't think he ate any salad.