Athena

[Adinar]

Well, we took her to the vet this afternoon and were told she had pinworms. Dr. gave us panacure for her and her "sister".

Then she died suddenly on the way home.

She had gone to the bathroom twice and the last time I noticed that it looked like worms in her stool. I was surprised I could even see them, but there they were moving around. That's when I realized she was no longer moving or breathing. She had died with me holding her critter keeper and I hadn't even noticed. I feel horrible about it.

When we got home we buried her, and I cleaned out her and Pandora's tank with rubbing alcohol (since they're in a split 20 gallon tank).

Worst day ever. :cry:

 

[ariana]

RIP athena
im sorry for your loss

 

[ILoveGeckos14]

I'm really sorry Val. At least you were able to get some answers on what was going on with her. I hope you feel better, you did a good thing getting her checked out.

 

[Adinar]

I'm really sorry Val. At least you were able to get some answers on what was going on with her. I hope you feel better, you did a good thing getting her checked out.

Thanks, it just sucks that everytime we take one of the guys to the vet it never ends well.

 

[OneFootedAce]

Sorry for your loss RIP Athena

 

[Keith N]

Sorry to hear about your loss

 

[Taquiq]

I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[prsken]

I'm so so sorry about your loss, I can relate bigtime, it's all worth it in the end they so need us. )

 

[Adinar]

I just hope Pandora doesn't have the parasites to the same extent that Athena did. Athena was always smaller since we had gotten them, and never really packed on weight where as Pandora did gain a good amount of weight. Only thing we can do is medicate her and hope for the best.

I used 91% proof rubbing alcohol and wiped out the entire tank, threw out the reptile carpet and replaced it, I also threw out Athena's plants and bowl, cleaned out Pandor's moist hide, rinced out her bowl, and even took apart the divider and cleaned that as well.

I don't plan on putting any of the others in the other side until she's done with her panacure.

Are there any other precautions I should take?

I didn't throw out Athena's log hide, but is it safe to be used after a time (it's real wood, not made of plaster or any other materials.) Should I bake it or something else to ensure nothing lives?

 

[JordanAng420]

I'm sorry for your loss Val. But I have a feeling that the pinworms didn't have much to do with this little one's death. For one thing, you can't see them with the naked eye. And another thing is that like, 70% of the reptile fecals i've seen in my entire life have had pinworms and lived happy, healthy lives without treatment. Without actually seeing the feces with worms in it myself, I can't tell you what you saw. However, roundworms can be seen with the naked eye and can be pretty detremental if left untreated for long enough. I'm not sure what was going on before this happened today, but I have difficulty believing the death was due to the pinworms. I can almost guarantee there was something else going on.

 

[HaaStyle]

So sorry for your loss

 

[Adinar]

I'm sorry for your loss Val. But I have a feeling that the pinworms didn't have much to do with this little one's death. For one thing, you can't see them with the naked eye. And another thing is that like, 70% of the reptile fecals i've seen in my entire life have had pinworms and lived happy, healthy lives without treatment. Without actually seeing the feces with worms in it myself, I can't tell you what you saw. However, roundworms can be seen with the naked eye and can be pretty detremental if left untreated for long enough. I'm not sure what was going on before this happened today, but I have difficulty believing the death was due to the pinworms. I can almost guarantee there was something else going on.

I thought it odd that I could see them as well. They were about 2/16th of an inch long, had no real color that than a milky-ish tint. This was the first time I had ever seen them in her stool. And I would hope had the vet seen them it would've thrown up a red flag right away. She actually went there and he took the sample himself, I just don't know how closely he examined it other than testing it.

This is kind of what they looked like.

Before all this she had a loss of appitite, which we atributed to bermation. She started loosing weight, enough that her hip bones because prominent. Then last week is when I noticed her stool was a dark green. She hadn't been eatting, so there never was much other than a drop or two. And she was also very lethargic. Last night I gave her slurry to try and get a sample for testing, I noticed her tongue was very pale. We had also seen in the past few days that her lower stomach had white patches, which the vet attributed to excess fat. She was also bloated last week, but it seemed to die down a little after 2-3 days.

Any thoughts on this would be awsome. Not only am I worried about Pandora's saftey, now I'm worried about ours as well depending on what it might be.

We explained this all to the vet, but he didn't really have any answers.

 

[JordanAng420]

Ooooh. Is that your own picture? Can I post it for identification on a veterinary website? That picture looks like a pentastamoid, which is a lungworm parasite that is coughed up, swallowed, and then shed into the feces of the animal.

 

[Adinar]

Ooooh. Is that your own picture? Can I post it for identification on a veterinary website? That picture looks like a pentastamoid, which is a lungworm parasite that is coughed up, swallowed, and then shed into the feces of the animal.

It is not, I probably should've posted that when I posted the picture. I googled roundworms and this had popped up.

Was the same general shape and color.