- Beardie name(s)
- Rex
I wonder which meds your vet prescribed for your girl. Rex hasn’t lost his appetite but he is pretty lazy.Not a beardie expert by any means, but my little girl Stormfly had coccidia at the same age last year so I can at least speak from personal experience. The vet prescribed her 2 weeks of 1ml antifungal meds (I don't remember what exact type, sorry!), so I did that and it cleared her right up. I gave her a short bath for hydration every day, but she also would lick up water from my fingers. She did not drink her bathwater.
For her living situation while she was sick, I cleaned out her entire enclosure and removed anything that wasn't paper or cardboard. I use F10 for cleaning, too, and cleaned all of her old habitat setup like twice. I made a new setup with a couple tissue boxes that had a ramp and nice hiding space, and she loved it. If you're crafty, definitely recommend doing something like that for the little guy so the enclosure doesn't look/feel as barren! I covered the boxes in paper towels for easy cleaning when she pooed.
When I took her in for a 6 month checkup the vet said she was in perfect health, was growing as she should be, etc. Her meds didn't seem to have any affect on her appetite or growth, but I'm not sure if that was just her or more general. She got crickets and was offered greens, which she absolutely destroyed. Girlie LOVES to eat. She was shedding during all of this, too, and didn't seem affected by her meds.
Not necessarily recommending to do what I did, but I at least wanted to share my experience! She's a healthy, happy 9 month old now who still destroys her protein and veg with gusto.
I was thinking opposite, I was thinking get rid of the porous items and keep more of the plastic things?!?! I got rid of the bricks and slate, scrubbed and soaked them in chlorhexidine and then sprayed them with F10. I then baked the mopani wood in the oven at 250° for 2 hours. I will reuse them once we get this figured out. I replaced his things with all plastic except one piece of slate for a place to go on the cool side and of course keeping the paper towel liner. I feel like the plastic will be easier to keep clean. Am I thinking wrong by using plastic and should I go with more porous things?