willowalysle
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Hi!
My poor Onyx has parasites really bad- heres some info
So I rescued my beardie and as of October she is around a year old. I have her in a homemade enclosure with uvb and heat lamp. Her main feeder is Dubia's but she hasnt eaten one in about a month now. She will only eat wax worms, fruits and veggies. they get dusted occasionally because most of the time she will not eat the food if it has calcium on it. Also she only eats if i hand feed her. She used to be super active and running all around but then I took her to the vet just for a routine check up. I figured it would be good since she was rescued and had never been to the vet. Initially the vet told me she had pinworms and was gravid. She did a round of antibiotics and back to the vet. Now she had pinworms and cocidia- and was no longer gravid (didnt know what happened to the eggs). So we do the second round of meds. Onyx was not moving a lot or eating or pooping so i took her back to the vet. He said he was concerned about inpaction and did x-rays, but she was fine. This was about a month ago- and she just has not been the same since.
Around this same time I also changed her enclosure to a much bigger one.
Yesterday she pooped for the first time in a several days and it was clearly bloody. I am taking her to the vet (a different one than before) tomorrow. I am pretty sure she has parasites still. Is there anything I can do to make her more comfortable? Also what are some good foods that might help fight this off. Can I give her a probiotic? And also how the heck do i clean her cage well enough to kill these freaking things??
Sorry for so many questions, but any advice would be much appreciated.
xoxo
My poor Onyx has parasites really bad- heres some info
So I rescued my beardie and as of October she is around a year old. I have her in a homemade enclosure with uvb and heat lamp. Her main feeder is Dubia's but she hasnt eaten one in about a month now. She will only eat wax worms, fruits and veggies. they get dusted occasionally because most of the time she will not eat the food if it has calcium on it. Also she only eats if i hand feed her. She used to be super active and running all around but then I took her to the vet just for a routine check up. I figured it would be good since she was rescued and had never been to the vet. Initially the vet told me she had pinworms and was gravid. She did a round of antibiotics and back to the vet. Now she had pinworms and cocidia- and was no longer gravid (didnt know what happened to the eggs). So we do the second round of meds. Onyx was not moving a lot or eating or pooping so i took her back to the vet. He said he was concerned about inpaction and did x-rays, but she was fine. This was about a month ago- and she just has not been the same since.
Around this same time I also changed her enclosure to a much bigger one.
Yesterday she pooped for the first time in a several days and it was clearly bloody. I am taking her to the vet (a different one than before) tomorrow. I am pretty sure she has parasites still. Is there anything I can do to make her more comfortable? Also what are some good foods that might help fight this off. Can I give her a probiotic? And also how the heck do i clean her cage well enough to kill these freaking things??
Sorry for so many questions, but any advice would be much appreciated.
xoxo