nicbez
Member
Hello,
Just posting on the off chance that someone here may have seen something similar to this before. I am a vet tech at an exotic practice and noticed my beardie had a bit of watery stool so I decided to bring the sample to work with me for a fecal exam. Nothing of interest was noted on the direct smear but on the float there were a number of unknown oblong organisms present on the cover slip, visible to the naked eye. Maybe like 1mm wide by 3mm long. I've included some pictures (excuse my poor microscope photography) showing the organisms visible on the cover slip and at 40x magnification.
For reference my beardie is male, 6.5 years old. Had a watery BM but no other clinical signs. He eats like a pig. His hot side has a temp gradient from 85-105, his cool side 75-80. His UVB bulb was changed ~2 months ago. Humidity 35-40%. I keep him in a 4'x3' sealed birch enclosure. He is offered fresh greens daily, dusted with calcium every other day and a multivitamin a few times weekly. Insects offered every other day-- usually crickets but the occasional superworm.
My doctor has never seen this parasite before but is thinking some sort of fluke. Based on pictures I can find online I think it also looks similar to some sort of oxyurid.
Thanks! Nicole
Just posting on the off chance that someone here may have seen something similar to this before. I am a vet tech at an exotic practice and noticed my beardie had a bit of watery stool so I decided to bring the sample to work with me for a fecal exam. Nothing of interest was noted on the direct smear but on the float there were a number of unknown oblong organisms present on the cover slip, visible to the naked eye. Maybe like 1mm wide by 3mm long. I've included some pictures (excuse my poor microscope photography) showing the organisms visible on the cover slip and at 40x magnification.
For reference my beardie is male, 6.5 years old. Had a watery BM but no other clinical signs. He eats like a pig. His hot side has a temp gradient from 85-105, his cool side 75-80. His UVB bulb was changed ~2 months ago. Humidity 35-40%. I keep him in a 4'x3' sealed birch enclosure. He is offered fresh greens daily, dusted with calcium every other day and a multivitamin a few times weekly. Insects offered every other day-- usually crickets but the occasional superworm.
My doctor has never seen this parasite before but is thinking some sort of fluke. Based on pictures I can find online I think it also looks similar to some sort of oxyurid.
Thanks! Nicole