Sneakers81
Member
Hello,
We went to an exotic vet today for the first time. My little guy is Spike and he is almost 3 months old. All my other pets have had the same vet for years but I wanted to make sure I took Spike to an exotic vet. The past couple of days he has been wanting to eat less and less. His stools were soft but still formed. There was an odor though. We have had him about 2 weeks when I decided I should make a well visit for him. In total we have had him a month and a week today when we took him to his well visit. I kinda have a problem trusting new doctors and with covid the lack of interaction makes it very hard to have that personal relationship with a new doctor. He seemed knowledgeable, good ratings, and showed me pictures from the slides that confirmed Coccidia. They prescribed Albon 5%. I gave my dragon his first dose and I feel like it is sucking the life out of him. He went from his happy go lucky dragon self to this fragile little blob who doesn’t want to be put down. I mean at 2 I had this happy dragon getting a checkup and by 6 I had this very tired sad eyed looking boy. Thank goodness I have Small horned worms right now. He ate one and perked up a bit from the water I’m guessing . Is it normal to feel like I’m poisoning him? If he continues to look like he feels horrible after I administer this medication at what point Do I discontinue? I mean maybe I got him to the vet before things got really bad, but he was such a spunky loving little guy and then I got him back from the well visit and he just looks awful. Is this how this treatment goes?
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The vet did not recommend a probiotic.
We went to an exotic vet today for the first time. My little guy is Spike and he is almost 3 months old. All my other pets have had the same vet for years but I wanted to make sure I took Spike to an exotic vet. The past couple of days he has been wanting to eat less and less. His stools were soft but still formed. There was an odor though. We have had him about 2 weeks when I decided I should make a well visit for him. In total we have had him a month and a week today when we took him to his well visit. I kinda have a problem trusting new doctors and with covid the lack of interaction makes it very hard to have that personal relationship with a new doctor. He seemed knowledgeable, good ratings, and showed me pictures from the slides that confirmed Coccidia. They prescribed Albon 5%. I gave my dragon his first dose and I feel like it is sucking the life out of him. He went from his happy go lucky dragon self to this fragile little blob who doesn’t want to be put down. I mean at 2 I had this happy dragon getting a checkup and by 6 I had this very tired sad eyed looking boy. Thank goodness I have Small horned worms right now. He ate one and perked up a bit from the water I’m guessing . Is it normal to feel like I’m poisoning him? If he continues to look like he feels horrible after I administer this medication at what point Do I discontinue? I mean maybe I got him to the vet before things got really bad, but he was such a spunky loving little guy and then I got him back from the well visit and he just looks awful. Is this how this treatment goes?
The vet did not recommend a probiotic.