beardiesrock123
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I posted a topic about this is infectious diseases but only got one reply, so I'm going to merge my two posts from that topic explaining everything and am putting this topic in ER and Health.
My beardie has been recently diagnosed with giardia and severe coccidia. I had him on medication but would like some tips on cleaning him and his viv and preventing getting the infection myself, I'd especially like to know how long giardia can survive on surfaces.
hank you for the help! All his stuff has been taken out already. The meds he'd been on for a week apparently were no help, and the vet was surprised he hasn't died yet. She's apparently more of a bird specialist than bearded dragon specialist, so I'm going to take him to a vet who's been working with beardies for their whole life. He may be okay, he's behaving fine and looks very healthy. He had diarrhea recently, that's when this started, but I read up and it could've been from the squash I introduced to him recently. His poop is pretty normal now, and he himself is 6 months old 18 1/2 inches. I'm hoping this other herp vet can help better. He hasn't shed a large amount in a while, however, and when he was younger, he usually shed 1-2x a month. I'm not exactly certain on his age so he could be a bitx older and almost done growing. I'm going to post this in the health section and ER too because the vet thought he'd be dead by now and I need some advice on the giardias.
My beardie has been recently diagnosed with giardia and severe coccidia. I had him on medication but would like some tips on cleaning him and his viv and preventing getting the infection myself, I'd especially like to know how long giardia can survive on surfaces.
hank you for the help! All his stuff has been taken out already. The meds he'd been on for a week apparently were no help, and the vet was surprised he hasn't died yet. She's apparently more of a bird specialist than bearded dragon specialist, so I'm going to take him to a vet who's been working with beardies for their whole life. He may be okay, he's behaving fine and looks very healthy. He had diarrhea recently, that's when this started, but I read up and it could've been from the squash I introduced to him recently. His poop is pretty normal now, and he himself is 6 months old 18 1/2 inches. I'm hoping this other herp vet can help better. He hasn't shed a large amount in a while, however, and when he was younger, he usually shed 1-2x a month. I'm not exactly certain on his age so he could be a bitx older and almost done growing. I'm going to post this in the health section and ER too because the vet thought he'd be dead by now and I need some advice on the giardias.
