Over the past several weeks I've noticed my 10 month old beardie being a bit lethargic, and not as interested in food as he was previously. I decided to do a fecal-float to check for parasites. The Coccidia count looks low, but it appears he has either pinworms or whipworms. I wanted to post pics to get some opinions from the resident expert here. Sorry about the quality. My microscope program wasn't cooperating so I had to take a pic of the screen with my phone. What do you think?
Both resemble each other a great deal. One difference I believe is whipworm will have "caps" on the ends that pinworm eggs lack. For this reason I believe this is a case of pinworms. Though I am not the most experienced (just a biology fanatic lol) so it would be best to get a second opinion.
It looks like pinworms to me too, but that's just comparing to a comparison chart I have from BeautifulDragons. Panacur is pretty mild so it shouldn't hurt to start with that and go from there.
Thanks CooperDragon, that's pretty much how I ID'd them as well.
I'd like to make sure I'm killing the spores in the enclosure to limit the chance of re-infection. I know F10 SC is a very popular disinfectant, but I don't believe it's effective against pinworm eggs. Anyone have any experience with the disinfectant Virkon S?
I haven't used that one. When I'm trying to disinfect against coccidia I used a steam cleaner. The heat should take care of just about anything and it doesn't leave any (potentially) harmful residue.