I was reading the Understanding Reptile Parasites book and the author says to use one of two chemicals to make it easier to see the ova on the slides - merthiolate or Lugol's iodine. Has anyone used these or others? Does it make it much easier to spot the parasite?
I have used stain in the past, but not for awhile. It will help in being able to identify & see the organisms better I believe.
That is a great book, too!
Thanks, Tracie. I can't find either of those in stores, so I'll have to order them at some point in the future. I'm having a difficult time seeing past all the bee pollen in Desmond's samples. Hopefully the pollen doesn't stain!
I just set Swordtail's timer for his bath and paused it so I could actually fill his soaking bowl up and he crawled over my phone and canceled the timer
Mirage came out of brumation on April 26. He was doing great. On May 2 he started acting funny. We just redid his tank, and he keeps going into one of his hides. He just lays there. He shows no intrest in food. HELP!