LittleSebastian
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Hi all!
I introduced my buddy Little Sebastian a month or two ago on here. He's been doing great, eating me out of house and home and growing quite rapidly. Today I took him in for his first vet visit and discovered that lo and behold, Little Sebastian is actually Lady Sebastian and SHE has coccidia and pinworms.
So, we've got 2 doses of Ponazuril and then 3 doses of Strongid to be administered once weekly.
I emptied out her viv today, cleaned with F10, let it dry, threw down some paper towels and attempted to make some platforms and hides out of cardboard boxes.
Lady Sebastian was NOT having any of it.
She has spent the past two hours glass surfing, a behavior she's never really exhibited before. I have a hunch she's really not thrilled that I removed the enormous piece of driftwood she basically lives on. I saw her staring at it and moved it out of sight. Little does she know it's probably never coming back to the near impossibility of sterilizing it and her insistence on pooping in inconvenient crevices.
I finally relented and put in a smaller piece of wood that I can easily soak, scrub, and pop back in the oven. She is still running back and forth but does take an occasional break to climb up there for a moment or two. Small victories.
Here is my question: we will be done with the Ponazuril on Saturday- how long would you estimate until I can put some more permanent furniture back in the viv without risking reinfection? I tried searching old threads but couldn't find an answer to this specific question (I'm sure one is out there somewhere). Do I need to wait until we're done with the Strongid or is pinworm less insidious than coccidia in terms of reinfection? Obviously don't want to end up back at the vet when all is said and done, but her viv is so tall and I can't figure out a good way to get her up close to her UVB using precariously stacked boxes.
Any ideas? Thanks!!
I introduced my buddy Little Sebastian a month or two ago on here. He's been doing great, eating me out of house and home and growing quite rapidly. Today I took him in for his first vet visit and discovered that lo and behold, Little Sebastian is actually Lady Sebastian and SHE has coccidia and pinworms.
So, we've got 2 doses of Ponazuril and then 3 doses of Strongid to be administered once weekly.
I emptied out her viv today, cleaned with F10, let it dry, threw down some paper towels and attempted to make some platforms and hides out of cardboard boxes.
Lady Sebastian was NOT having any of it.
She has spent the past two hours glass surfing, a behavior she's never really exhibited before. I have a hunch she's really not thrilled that I removed the enormous piece of driftwood she basically lives on. I saw her staring at it and moved it out of sight. Little does she know it's probably never coming back to the near impossibility of sterilizing it and her insistence on pooping in inconvenient crevices.
I finally relented and put in a smaller piece of wood that I can easily soak, scrub, and pop back in the oven. She is still running back and forth but does take an occasional break to climb up there for a moment or two. Small victories.
Here is my question: we will be done with the Ponazuril on Saturday- how long would you estimate until I can put some more permanent furniture back in the viv without risking reinfection? I tried searching old threads but couldn't find an answer to this specific question (I'm sure one is out there somewhere). Do I need to wait until we're done with the Strongid or is pinworm less insidious than coccidia in terms of reinfection? Obviously don't want to end up back at the vet when all is said and done, but her viv is so tall and I can't figure out a good way to get her up close to her UVB using precariously stacked boxes.
Any ideas? Thanks!!