Tanyalove666
Member
Hi everyone!
Rango has been going through some mysterious symptoms (excess saliva, blowing bubbles, puffing up, heavy breathing, open mouth breathing) but other than these symptoms seems happy and good! He eats a TON!
We were initially thinking URI so he is on Fortaz at the moment (he also had some mouth swelling that might be from rubbing his shed or could be a sign of another infection) his XRays were too hard to read apparently to get a for sure diagnosis. But to play it safe we started treatment. The breathing was hard to see and I wanted to make sure I was doing something.
I also pushed to test for parasites. He has “moderate” levels of coccidia (don’t have exact number) and a prescription for two doses on ponazuril now.
Has anyone ever taken both fortaz and ponazuril? I guess I just get concerned of too many mediciations. My vet didn’t seem concerned but I’m usually pretty conservative with this stuff. Just without a full exact diagnosis I’m scared to choose NOT to do one of the medicines. What if the coccidia is what is causing his discomfort and the strange breathing?
Also, my other question, when my first beardie had coccidia he got 4 doses on ponazuril. Rango is only supposed to get two and then retest. Is this common? It’s a different vet for Rango than the one who saw gizmo.
Just want to make sure I’m making all the best decisions. Thank you so much!
Rango has been going through some mysterious symptoms (excess saliva, blowing bubbles, puffing up, heavy breathing, open mouth breathing) but other than these symptoms seems happy and good! He eats a TON!
We were initially thinking URI so he is on Fortaz at the moment (he also had some mouth swelling that might be from rubbing his shed or could be a sign of another infection) his XRays were too hard to read apparently to get a for sure diagnosis. But to play it safe we started treatment. The breathing was hard to see and I wanted to make sure I was doing something.
I also pushed to test for parasites. He has “moderate” levels of coccidia (don’t have exact number) and a prescription for two doses on ponazuril now.
Has anyone ever taken both fortaz and ponazuril? I guess I just get concerned of too many mediciations. My vet didn’t seem concerned but I’m usually pretty conservative with this stuff. Just without a full exact diagnosis I’m scared to choose NOT to do one of the medicines. What if the coccidia is what is causing his discomfort and the strange breathing?
Also, my other question, when my first beardie had coccidia he got 4 doses on ponazuril. Rango is only supposed to get two and then retest. Is this common? It’s a different vet for Rango than the one who saw gizmo.
Just want to make sure I’m making all the best decisions. Thank you so much!