Worm and no idea what to do...

[Spikey92]

We bought a baby bearded Dragon from the local petstore (petsmart) around one week ago.
Everyhting went fine(he had one day with no appetite, but everything went back to normal on the next day).
Today I´ve found a tiny, little worm in his feces. It was alive ...Yuck..
I immediately looked in my beardi book and on the internet and came to the conclusion that he has parasites.
I then called the petsmart and asked them if they would pay the vet´s bill, because they gave us a 2 weeks warranty on him( even though I really dont like the idea of havin a "warranty" on an animal). They told me they wont, but I could bring him to the petsmart and they would take care of him. And if hes getting better then we would get him back. Well I dont trust those petsmart people anymore. They gave us a s*** load of false information etc , their enclosures at the store are way to small ,they feed them the wrong things..just horrible. I really dont wanna bring him back to there. I would feel terrible.
I already called the vet and it would be around 200 dollas for us if we bring him to the vet.
What is your guys opinion?
Shell I see a vet ASAP or do you think I can wait another day or two and keep cheking his feces etc?

argh I´m just really,really mad about petsmart...

 

[AHBD]

Hi Spikey....how is your baby doing ? What you might do is Google pinworms, and see if that's what type it is. If it is, you might get some worm meds. from bearded dragon.co [ she's a member on here ] and she can also suggest dosing amounts for size of baby. It's usually best to wait until the baby is bigger before giving meds., as long as they are doing well otherwise. It's up to you whether you want to keep + treat him or return. Hope it works out...!!

 

[Spikey92]

Hey,

sorry I was quit busy the last few weeks.
But luckily Spikey is doing fine. I´ve never seen another worm again. Just that one. So I don´t know what it was or where it came from,but hes doing perfectly fine. He´s active, eating his crickets(sometimes I wonder how many crickets can fit in this tiny little body ) and some veggis, gaining weight, I´m just totally happy