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Beardie ER
Coccidia level +4?
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[QUOTE="xp29, post: 2024235, member: 114539"] In the mean time you can try to get ahead of it just in case. Coccidia is a tough parasite and it can survive outside the body for a long time. The best way to stop it is to break it's life cycle. It's life cycle requires it to be pooped out and reingested. That happens when your beardie tracks through its poop and spreads the parasite around its enclosure. It then licks things as beardies do and reingests it. Poop needs to be cleaned up ASAP to help prevent that. Like i said above Coccidia it tough. Most cleaners will not come close to killing it. The two main ways are high heat (200ish degrees) and ammonia. Both need to be in contact for around 10 minutes to be effective. Ammonia is toxic so it needs to be rinsed throughly and aired out to zero fumes. Heat wands will work but it's very slow go. Any decor that gets poop on it needs to be sanitized as well, 10 minutes in 200 degree water or 200 degree oven. I would remove any decor that can't be sanitized that way until the Coccidia is cleared up. That's how you will break the life cycle. Beardies carry a load of it naturally and their immune system will keep it in check as long as they are healthy and it is stopped from getting a chance to get ingested again. I agree completely with [USER=31715]@Claudiusx[/USER] about waiting on the meds. The meds wreak havoc on their appetite and small beardies need to eat to stay healthy and to grow. I recommend staying on top of sanitizing his habitat and retest in a few weeks. Oh and btw bleach absolutely will NOT kill Coccidia. [/QUOTE]
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