MsMiaWallace
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Hello friends, so if you I’m sure some of you have dealt with coccidia before and I need some advice. My beardie had runny stool about a month ago so I took so stool in for a fecal and they found coccidia. I followed the directions and his stool started looking MUCH better. So after about 2 weeks I took another sample in for testing and the vet still found too much coccidia, I know it’s naturally found in their stool. So I do the treatment again but this time I had purchased some crickets not from PetSmart/Petco but rainbow mealworms at an expo. When I ran out however I went back to the chain stores and his poop got runny again. Now I’m 100% switched over to rainbow mealworms (they’re SO much cheaper) I’m left with a choice though. Do I bring in a third sample, which I feel still has the high level of coccidia. My only hold back is that the vet might have to try a more aggressive treatment which I worry about bc my beardie shows no other symptoms of being sick, eats like a champ, no black bearding, and no weight loss. The medicine I’ve been treating him with is Ponazuril (Marquis). The other option is to give him another treatment just without the contaminated crickets? Let me know if you have any advice the 2 week waiting period is almost up. Thanks.