BeardedDragon6":149l577w said:well, my dragons poop stinks terribly too, Im making a checkup soon with himfor a fecal, so.. your dragon can get parasites from dirty greens when you don't wash them with water a lil bit, and also from the crickets who knows what bacterias those crickets have, when you see some rests of the food undigested food in his poop, it means he didn't had enough heat for digesting the food properly, after every feeding time you should make sure that your dragon is under the basking spot for around 1-2 Hours or on the computer (lap) where its warm :lol: :lol: :lol:
Mitsumike":ot18xcrr said:BeardedDragon6":ot18xcrr said:well, my dragons poop stinks terribly too, Im making a checkup soon with himfor a fecal, so.. your dragon can get parasites from dirty greens when you don't wash them with water a lil bit, and also from the crickets who knows what bacterias those crickets have, when you see some rests of the food undigested food in his poop, it means he didn't had enough heat for digesting the food properly, after every feeding time you should make sure that your dragon is under the basking spot for around 1-2 Hours or on the computer (lap) where its warm :lol: :lol: :lol:
Yea I always give the little guy time to digest. I normally only take him out an hour or so a day.
I mean since crickets and what not will carry these issues is it a problem to let them live with it. I know in snakes if the rat has a parasite or something the digestive juices in the stomach kill it and the snake doesn't have any problems. I just don't like the fact of an animal having parasites for no reason. All my animals need to be in the best health but what it seems like to me, you can't stop beardies from getting these parasites......?
Mitsumike":kopht81v said:So a fecal check has to be done on these guy all the time? Seems quite odd. I owned Leopard geckos for years (insect eaters) and never had this kind of problem. There is something missing here, I just don't see all bearded dragon owners doing a semi yearly check on their dragons along with shots to get rid of the parasites. If this is the case a new pet might be in order. I love my bearded dragon but I firmly believe that if one doesn't have the funds to keep the animal at tip top shape one shouldn't own that animal. This might end up being the case for me. I don't have $150-$200 dollars to put up at often.
I would like some more feedback on this topic, as it seems a bit far fetched to me.
Delshara":ija8qz39 said:It costs about $15 to get a fecal done at my vet's if I just drop the samples off. If I go in for a visit, it's $55 including the fecal, per lizard, and I have three... so that's $165 per year. For three lizards I don't think that's a terrible expense. You could try calling around and see what your local vets will charge you.
We also have Parazap, although it's not good for a full-blown parasite case... it's better to use as a preventative or perhaps a very light load of parasites. When one of Nero's fecals turned up "a few pinworm eggs" we got the Parazap and it worked. Apparently, Reptaid is good too, although we've never tried it.
If paying for fecals is a real pain then you could always learn to do your own... it's an investment up front (to buy the microscope, etc.) but long term, especially for a lot of beardies, it would save a lot of money... then buy the Panacur or whatever is needed from bug-de-lite or Beautiful Dragons. This is probably the cheapest option over time. I bet (though I don't know for sure) that this is what some breeders do.
If you pick a really good cricket supplier (if you -have- to feed crickets) the incidence of parasites is a lot lower... Nero only got the pinworm eggs when we were feeding Petsmart type crickets. We never had a problem with parasites once we switched to crickets from Ghann's bought online... then we just got tired of constant cricket care and switched to superworms (our beardies are both adults) and dubia roaches and never looked back.
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