Hi all,
I originally posted about David here: https://www.beardeddragon.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=223029
TL;DR Very sick emaciated dragon that I'm attempting to rescue. Vet #1 gave him Panacur for pinworms.
Well after 2 days of panacur, the poor thing was not eating or drinking, completely dark, and barely opening his eyes. So I stopped the panacur yesterday morning even though he was supposed to be on for 3 days, then I got home from work yesterday he looked HORRIBLE (I thought he would die in the cab ride) so I took him to the all night vet hospital where they gave him Sub Q and Vitamins and he actually perked up. We made an appt with a herp doctor in the morning.
So this doctor obviously did not know her stuff. NYCers, use serious caution when you visit Katherine Quesenberry DVM, MPH, DABVP at amcny , I have doubts about her herp friendliness. They asked about my husbandry and one of the vet techs actually said I should replace his daytime heat lamp with a ceramic heat emitter? And she recommended holding his jaw open and force feeding crickets and greens instead of babyfood/critical care. Since he is so anorexic he gets dehydrated constantly and won't drink, she told me just to soak him because they absorb water in their vents... It's hard to argue with an experienced vet but I think here we all know that's not enough to help a seriously dehydrated reptile.
Long story short, we discovered that poor Dave has MITES in his eye sockets and around his body. She recommended puppy and kitten flea and tic powder and rubbing the ones I see off with mineral oil, and I decided to do some more research because that sounds HIGHLY suspect to me. Any advice about how I can treat mites without doing a number on his already pretty weak system?
-Mal
I originally posted about David here: https://www.beardeddragon.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=223029
TL;DR Very sick emaciated dragon that I'm attempting to rescue. Vet #1 gave him Panacur for pinworms.
Well after 2 days of panacur, the poor thing was not eating or drinking, completely dark, and barely opening his eyes. So I stopped the panacur yesterday morning even though he was supposed to be on for 3 days, then I got home from work yesterday he looked HORRIBLE (I thought he would die in the cab ride) so I took him to the all night vet hospital where they gave him Sub Q and Vitamins and he actually perked up. We made an appt with a herp doctor in the morning.
So this doctor obviously did not know her stuff. NYCers, use serious caution when you visit Katherine Quesenberry DVM, MPH, DABVP at amcny , I have doubts about her herp friendliness. They asked about my husbandry and one of the vet techs actually said I should replace his daytime heat lamp with a ceramic heat emitter? And she recommended holding his jaw open and force feeding crickets and greens instead of babyfood/critical care. Since he is so anorexic he gets dehydrated constantly and won't drink, she told me just to soak him because they absorb water in their vents... It's hard to argue with an experienced vet but I think here we all know that's not enough to help a seriously dehydrated reptile.
Long story short, we discovered that poor Dave has MITES in his eye sockets and around his body. She recommended puppy and kitten flea and tic powder and rubbing the ones I see off with mineral oil, and I decided to do some more research because that sounds HIGHLY suspect to me. Any advice about how I can treat mites without doing a number on his already pretty weak system?
-Mal