NekoTheDragon
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Hey guys! I love this website it has been so helpful since my boyfriend and I got our Bearded Dragon, Neko this past March. Thank you to every one who shares there Beardie wisdom! Usually I just read posts on the topic I want to learn about but for this situation I decided to register as a member and create my own post.
So Neko is about 7 months old and a Female (the vet thinks), and a couple of months ago she went through a very stressful time where we actually moved apartments twice in one month. Neko started having diarrhea that got worse over time and smelled absolutely FOUL. She started to get lethargic and eat less which really worried us so we brought her to the vet. Our vet said that she was in great health besides the diarrhea. We got a fecal sample tested and of course it comes back with a diagnosis of Coccidia.
So the vet gave us Baycox to give to Neko, .01 cc once a day for 4 days, wait for two weeks and then same thing, .01cc once a day for 4 days. The vet did not inform me that this treatment would be harsh on Neko. After doing some research it seems that she may have prescribed a higher dosage than should have been needed and I found out that the Baycox kills the good bacteria as well as the coccidia parasites and that I should have been giving Neko probiotics to help her appetite recovery. It wasn't until 2 or 3 weeks after worrying like crazy about her, because she wasn't eating and was more lethargic than before, that I did my own research, ordered probiotics and started giving them to her. Neko started looking better, eating more, running around the cage more for a couple of weeks.
Now its been about a month and a half since the last Baycox treatment and she has stopped eating again. She is lethargic again and this time she is not even basking anymore. She spends more and more time in the corner of the cage in the shade where it's darker. So I started researching again and read about brumation. It seems like these could be signs that she is preparing to brumate. Although she is not even a year old we got her back in March so she was probably born in February or even January. I read that sometimes brumation instincts can kick in before a year old if the beardie was born early in the year. We also set the timer for her light to turn off 2 hours earlier because it is now Autumn, I don't know if that affected her. Her diarrhea has gotten much, much better. It is still watery and a little stinky but much, MUCH better.
I'm just really worried about her and wanted to put the situation out there to see if anyone has a more informed opinion on whether Neko is most likely still sick or if she could just be preparing to brumate and I should get her a nice little hide to sleep in and leave her alone.
Thank you!!!
So Neko is about 7 months old and a Female (the vet thinks), and a couple of months ago she went through a very stressful time where we actually moved apartments twice in one month. Neko started having diarrhea that got worse over time and smelled absolutely FOUL. She started to get lethargic and eat less which really worried us so we brought her to the vet. Our vet said that she was in great health besides the diarrhea. We got a fecal sample tested and of course it comes back with a diagnosis of Coccidia.
So the vet gave us Baycox to give to Neko, .01 cc once a day for 4 days, wait for two weeks and then same thing, .01cc once a day for 4 days. The vet did not inform me that this treatment would be harsh on Neko. After doing some research it seems that she may have prescribed a higher dosage than should have been needed and I found out that the Baycox kills the good bacteria as well as the coccidia parasites and that I should have been giving Neko probiotics to help her appetite recovery. It wasn't until 2 or 3 weeks after worrying like crazy about her, because she wasn't eating and was more lethargic than before, that I did my own research, ordered probiotics and started giving them to her. Neko started looking better, eating more, running around the cage more for a couple of weeks.
Now its been about a month and a half since the last Baycox treatment and she has stopped eating again. She is lethargic again and this time she is not even basking anymore. She spends more and more time in the corner of the cage in the shade where it's darker. So I started researching again and read about brumation. It seems like these could be signs that she is preparing to brumate. Although she is not even a year old we got her back in March so she was probably born in February or even January. I read that sometimes brumation instincts can kick in before a year old if the beardie was born early in the year. We also set the timer for her light to turn off 2 hours earlier because it is now Autumn, I don't know if that affected her. Her diarrhea has gotten much, much better. It is still watery and a little stinky but much, MUCH better.
I'm just really worried about her and wanted to put the situation out there to see if anyone has a more informed opinion on whether Neko is most likely still sick or if she could just be preparing to brumate and I should get her a nice little hide to sleep in and leave her alone.
Thank you!!!