Raindrop37
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- Beardie name(s)
- Toothless
Hi all.
Just looking for some advice from all you experienced beardie owners.
My beardie Toothless is approx 2 years old. I don't think her poops have been amazing since maybe year one but they weren't horrible until last year. I did take her to a vet and I can't remember how long ago but I'm going to guess a year ago. Things went up and down until lately they got bad.
Basically liquid at point point she pooped out water. So I went to a different vet as the first just tested for parasites didn't find anything and that was that, nothing got much better and no more advice was given.
This new vet and I agreed she looks healthy. Her colour is good, her shedding is good, her appetite is fantastic, she's active, she's slightly puffy (and or chubby) but otherwise looks great....it's just her poops.
I wasn't able to provide a fecal sample until a few days later and in that time she gave me an antibiotic in hopes it was bacterial infection in her bowels. Her poops got better and I was able to give her a good fecal sample.
They got back to me that she has Trichomonas. I am happy that it was something because I was getting pretty stressed, exhausted and tired from worrying so much.
A few things id like your advice on:
Is it a coincidence that the other antibiotic was helping? Her poops might not have been perfect in the last few days but I haven't seen them that good in a long time (She's had the other antibiotic for 5 ish days now)
How could she have picked it up? Is there something I am doing or not doing? How can I prevent this? Can I prevent it?
She mentioned disinfecting her tank and everything in it. Is there a really good way to do this? She mentioned cleaning with vinegar diluted in water as well as cleaning her dishes and furniture with diluted javex and dish soap? I haven't heard of that combination before.
She has some hammoks are those even able to be disinfected properly?
She also has a fake rock background from universal rocks. Should i disinfect that as well? Any tips on how?
I've been reading a little bit about giving her a probiotic. Any advice on that, should I start now? How to get her to eat it?
Thanks for reading and passing along any advice.
Just looking for some advice from all you experienced beardie owners.
My beardie Toothless is approx 2 years old. I don't think her poops have been amazing since maybe year one but they weren't horrible until last year. I did take her to a vet and I can't remember how long ago but I'm going to guess a year ago. Things went up and down until lately they got bad.
Basically liquid at point point she pooped out water. So I went to a different vet as the first just tested for parasites didn't find anything and that was that, nothing got much better and no more advice was given.
This new vet and I agreed she looks healthy. Her colour is good, her shedding is good, her appetite is fantastic, she's active, she's slightly puffy (and or chubby) but otherwise looks great....it's just her poops.
I wasn't able to provide a fecal sample until a few days later and in that time she gave me an antibiotic in hopes it was bacterial infection in her bowels. Her poops got better and I was able to give her a good fecal sample.
They got back to me that she has Trichomonas. I am happy that it was something because I was getting pretty stressed, exhausted and tired from worrying so much.
A few things id like your advice on:
Is it a coincidence that the other antibiotic was helping? Her poops might not have been perfect in the last few days but I haven't seen them that good in a long time (She's had the other antibiotic for 5 ish days now)
How could she have picked it up? Is there something I am doing or not doing? How can I prevent this? Can I prevent it?
She mentioned disinfecting her tank and everything in it. Is there a really good way to do this? She mentioned cleaning with vinegar diluted in water as well as cleaning her dishes and furniture with diluted javex and dish soap? I haven't heard of that combination before.
She has some hammoks are those even able to be disinfected properly?
She also has a fake rock background from universal rocks. Should i disinfect that as well? Any tips on how?
I've been reading a little bit about giving her a probiotic. Any advice on that, should I start now? How to get her to eat it?
Thanks for reading and passing along any advice.
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