npgeorgeuw
Hatchling Member
Hi all,
I was just wondering if anyone had done their own fecals shortly after de-worming their dragons. Long-story shot we did a three day course of panacur/fenbendazole (at 35mg/kg) for pinworms. Monitoring fecals during this time showed that we had cleared the eggs by day three but on day four their were clear pinworm eggs and now a few hookworm eggs in the floats. We followed up with two more days of 50 mg/kg and on day six found shedded hoorkworm eggs and copious fillarial hookworm larva on the direct fecals. Day 6 we gave a single dose of 100 mg/kg and today (day seven) more fillarial hookworm larvae (dead) and a single hookworm and a single pinworm egg. This other dragon hasn't shed eggs since day three but is still shedding dead larvae.
This whole time we have been steaming the cage and have limited furniture to simple stones and cardboard egg cartons/paper towels that can either be thrown out or baked at the end of the day. Every night we are also steam treating the vivariums. All fecal matter gets cleaned up within an hour of eliminating. We have also been washing the dragons and soaking them in povidone. It seems odd that we might be shedding hookworms/eggs still so has anyone had a similar experience??? This has been a frustrating experience to-say-the-least.--At this point we are going to re-check in two weeks and re-treat for any larvae that hatch between now and then.
I was just wondering if anyone had done their own fecals shortly after de-worming their dragons. Long-story shot we did a three day course of panacur/fenbendazole (at 35mg/kg) for pinworms. Monitoring fecals during this time showed that we had cleared the eggs by day three but on day four their were clear pinworm eggs and now a few hookworm eggs in the floats. We followed up with two more days of 50 mg/kg and on day six found shedded hoorkworm eggs and copious fillarial hookworm larva on the direct fecals. Day 6 we gave a single dose of 100 mg/kg and today (day seven) more fillarial hookworm larvae (dead) and a single hookworm and a single pinworm egg. This other dragon hasn't shed eggs since day three but is still shedding dead larvae.
This whole time we have been steaming the cage and have limited furniture to simple stones and cardboard egg cartons/paper towels that can either be thrown out or baked at the end of the day. Every night we are also steam treating the vivariums. All fecal matter gets cleaned up within an hour of eliminating. We have also been washing the dragons and soaking them in povidone. It seems odd that we might be shedding hookworms/eggs still so has anyone had a similar experience??? This has been a frustrating experience to-say-the-least.--At this point we are going to re-check in two weeks and re-treat for any larvae that hatch between now and then.