Goodtruant
Sub-Adult Member
Our new girl Scarlett is doing well...sort of. She's growing like a weed, eating well, pooping every day, active (yet skittish), however, she also has runny stinky poos. I did a few fecal floats about two weeks after we got her (she was hatched on 11/1/12). She had a fair amount of cocciddia. We treated her with Toltrazuril, and it cleared her right up. We've done 3 fecal tests in the last 4 weeks and I have not found a single coccidia oocyst since. I haven't found any other common parasites either...pinworms, etc. BUT, she still has runny poop!
I cranked up the magnification to 500x to see what can I find, and I've found a few (3-4 on a whole slide) round little guys. At first I thought these could be roundworm. However, maybe this is pollen?
A pic from our microscope at 500x.
Here is what some common flower pollen looks like at 500x.
Here is a roundworm egg at 400x.
Any opinions?
Scarlett is pretty skittish still, and I'm thinking that she isn't basking enough because she's usually hiding, or trying to hide....not basking enough. Maybe the runny poos is caused by not digesting enough.
Thanks for your input.
I cranked up the magnification to 500x to see what can I find, and I've found a few (3-4 on a whole slide) round little guys. At first I thought these could be roundworm. However, maybe this is pollen?
A pic from our microscope at 500x.
Here is what some common flower pollen looks like at 500x.
Here is a roundworm egg at 400x.
Any opinions?
Scarlett is pretty skittish still, and I'm thinking that she isn't basking enough because she's usually hiding, or trying to hide....not basking enough. Maybe the runny poos is caused by not digesting enough.
Thanks for your input.