Drache613":038b5 said:Hello,
Sorry but each dragon is different in the way that they handle coccidia counts & stress. So did the vet ever tell you what the coccidia levels were then?
Is your setup good, temps, etc?
Do you give probiotics during the medication rounds, & a few weeks after treatment? That can drastically help the stress levels because it helps their tummy upset.
Tracie
whiskersmom":3520f said:Coccidia can take a long while to get under control, the best thing you can do to help this is to keep a sterile "hospital" tank. Remove everything and only put back the bare essentials. What you do put back make sure it has been sterilized by either boiling it or steaming it. Whenever he poops spot sterilize. If he can't re-ingest the oocysts then the life cycle get's broken and the numbers start dropping.
When I used the hospital tank I was able to get the coccidia under control with just one round of meds. It's a big job but it's worth it! Good luck!
Drache613":5c707 said:Hello,
How are things going? You could try putting paper towels over the rocks so you don't have to make any major changes in the tank to stress him out. I hope he is feeling better. The acidophiliz should be helping out quite a bit for him.
Let us know if you need anything.
Tracie
.whiskersmom":a8293 said:You could ask him if 4+ means that he seen 4 in one field. If it was only 4 then that is pretty low and doesn't need to be medicated for it. A lot of vet's think that reptiles shouldn't have any coccidia but it's been discovered that beardies always have some levels at all times.
Is your beardie eating? Do you see any symptoms? If not, I don't think I would medicate him again if he's only seeing 4 coccidia per field.
Btw, do you have your beardie on a probiotic? Albon is pretty harsh and will remove the good gut flora that a beardie needs to digest his food. Probiotics replace what is removed.
amalsg07":f7050 said:Just real quick, still doing stuff, but my vet said that they don't know much about probiotics yet. She said that if I wanted to use them, then they may help. It's just not much is known yet...a lot of that is occuring due to the "recent" interest in beardies. So, I actually use acidopholiz+, for both Kaira and Taz. I recommend using a probiotic, but that's just my opinion.
Still working on a message, sorry.
Abi
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