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His last dose of ponazuril was January 12. I just took in his fecal today (wouldn’t defecate for 8 days). Normally their DFAs take a few days so I’ll probably get his results by Tuesday. He’s on Bene Bac. Turns out, he’s actually been on it for 2.5 months and I have no sense of time. I can...

Thanks for the advice! I read his fecal floats, weekly. Rest assured, his coccidia is gone (knock on wood). With ponazuril being more commonly used, they’re actually recommending 2 doses every 2 weeks for 6 weeks if your beardy is reinfecting itself. Ideally, this does break the cycle. It sucks...

I use chlorhexidine (Nolvasan); 2% for his tank, 4% for his equipment. His UVB is a hood/tube mounted inside his tank; I change the bulb every 6 months. He has 2 probes and a self-regulating under tank heater (plus a UVA lamp). I switched him fully onto dubias after his first coccidia infection...

My beardy has had multiple parasitic (protozoan) infections in the past 4 months (he’s ALWAYS symptomatic). First it was coccidia; treated with Albon. Then it was something else (either Giardia or bacteria) that was causing severe indigestion; it was cleared with metronidazole. Then he had...

I wanted to share the enrichment videos my beardie has been watching because he’s never liked the videos/games targeted towards reptiles. Here’s the channel he really likes: https://youtube.com/@HeyBear?si=222K_DAOffnq2LlK That channel actually has livestreams I run for him if I have him...

He shed his mucosal lining in his stool yesterday (it wasn’t just mucusy, the full lining shed). His stool was also entirely undigested food. I floated the sample twice and the only ova I saw was one pinworm. This happened back in October as well. Metronidazole cleared the issue at the time. I’m...

He’s doing ok now. Whatever the infection was spread between 3 of the glands. He went too deep under general and the infection was worse than the doctor anticipated, so she had to make incisions to preserve the pores/glands and wake him up ASAP. The doctor had 3 backup plans depending on what...

I feel stupid because I didn’t realize these are holocrine glands until now. I wasn’t sure why his swelling has all of the characteristics of an abscess. It is infected, hard, painful, inflamed. It seems he’s forming what appears to be the reptile equivalent of a sebaceous abscess. Pores aren’t...

He really seems to like the honey when I put it on his nose, but he doesn’t seem to realize what it is. So he won’t eat it off the spoon himself (nothing could ever be easy with him 🙄). I’m going to try some, topically, when he goes to bed. And I will try putting some on the meloxicam syringe...

So, the only reason the doctor would open the pore is to remove the buildup. She’s not opening it permanently. Instead, she has opted to close it completely. The reasoning being, it already started to close itself. That’s why she thinks the impaction, and possible infection, has developed...

I posted pictures in a response to the other commentor. He’s always had difficulty with his pores, unfortunately. He hates when I touch them so I avoid it unless I’m exfoliating them after a soak or there’s a major plug. The way I normally tell if the plug is severe is when I press upwards on...

Here are pictures I took without manipulating his leg. The angling isn’t great, but he’s in more pain than I’ve ever seen him in before. So, I’m inclined to avoid touching that leg at all costs. You can see there’s 2 pores on the very end of his leg. The one that’s more proximal to his body is...

The doctor has opted to close the pore completely because it already started to close itself. He’s going in next week for a dental and she’s going to remove any plugs and close the pore. He’s also going on ponazuril for the coccidia this time because he’s already been on albon. He’s also...

It’s difficult for me to tell if anything has been helping him because we’re basically playing whack-a-mole with his GI issues. As soon as one thing clears up something else happens. The issues we’ve seen in/with his stool in the past 2 months have been: mucosal lining, coccidia, entirely...

He hasn’t been on any probiotics. I did ask both doctors he has seen and they both said it would be best to allow him to regenerate the bacteria on his own. But, I have been adding a supplement containing prebiotics to his food. He does have another appointment Saturday (unrelated impacted...