i do not totally agree with this. i know MANY LONG time herpers that know WAY more on reptile illness and parasites and how to treat them than MOSt "reptile" and "exotics" vets out there.
Necropsy reveils: starvation and PARASITES... help plz
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i do not totally agree with this. i know MANY LONG time herpers that know WAY more on reptile illness and parasites and how to treat them than MOSt "reptile" and "exotics" vets out there.
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I respect that you don't agree.
However, if she ever made the decision to take this case to court, the national judicial system would not accept the necropsy results as evidence if it wasn't performed by a licenced veterinarian.
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As far as knowledge and experiance goes, we could argue all day...bring it 
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Standard disclaimer: I am not a vet, I am not in any way certified to give medical advice, use the following info at your own risk.
Fenbendazole (aka Panacur, Safe-Gard) are commonly used for treating parasites in frogs. You can buy it from a pet store in a granulated form for dogs and cats, or from a feed store in paste form for horses. To use the granules, they are ground into powder and then dusted onto a cricket and fed to the animal in question. For the paste, put a dab on a cricket about the size of the insect's head and feed it to the animal being treated. After treatment feces must be removed IMMEDIATELY and the enclosure and any furnishings sterilized on a daily basis. After two weeks, repeat the treatment with another cricket, followed by two more weeks of immediate fecal removal and daily sterilization.
When the treatment is done, do another fecal exam to ensure the parasite loads have been reduced to a healthy level. Panacur is considered to be very safe because it is not absorbed by the animal being treated, it simply passes through the digestive tract and paralyzes the worms which are then passed in feces. I have never heard of a frog being harmed by this method as it takes approximately a 5000X overdose before negative effects are seen in the animal being treated. However, as I said before, use this info at your own risk, I have no personal experience treating a gecko with this method, and I am not a Vet or Doctor.
Fenbendazole (aka Panacur, Safe-Gard) are commonly used for treating parasites in frogs. You can buy it from a pet store in a granulated form for dogs and cats, or from a feed store in paste form for horses. To use the granules, they are ground into powder and then dusted onto a cricket and fed to the animal in question. For the paste, put a dab on a cricket about the size of the insect's head and feed it to the animal being treated. After treatment feces must be removed IMMEDIATELY and the enclosure and any furnishings sterilized on a daily basis. After two weeks, repeat the treatment with another cricket, followed by two more weeks of immediate fecal removal and daily sterilization.
When the treatment is done, do another fecal exam to ensure the parasite loads have been reduced to a healthy level. Panacur is considered to be very safe because it is not absorbed by the animal being treated, it simply passes through the digestive tract and paralyzes the worms which are then passed in feces. I have never heard of a frog being harmed by this method as it takes approximately a 5000X overdose before negative effects are seen in the animal being treated. However, as I said before, use this info at your own risk, I have no personal experience treating a gecko with this method, and I am not a Vet or Doctor.
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As far as knowledge and experiance goes, we could argue all day...bring it
XD lol
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Sorry I got upset....umm Look at my previous posts and well I have a history of being highly defensive...
SORRY XD
well I just was trying to help, I didn't realize it would be this huge big thing of. Who did waht, its her fault, its his fault, it there fault, do this, I wont', well then I don't want to sell you this, YOU SAYING A STARVE My animals! bla blah blah
it's become a well interesting thing
AND I CAN"T FIND POLYMIASON ANYWHERE!!! (used it on an eye infection for a gecko once, it would tremendously well)
I konw you guys were trying to help, but I didn't want to seem like the bad guy here, but I felt like whatever I was doing was wrong...*pauses for a moment and then realizes how you guys were helping, so she, herself, ddin't get jipped or the wrong help *
O.....wow I feel stupid <.< ^_^'
well I think I decided I'm going to find a seperate party alltogether to sell my gecko to, because I don't like this he said she said stuff. and quite frankly I don't know who to trust now.
Hey question. Isn't salmonella always present, so like was said, the immune systems were compromised and caused it higher.
SORRY XD
well I just was trying to help, I didn't realize it would be this huge big thing of. Who did waht, its her fault, its his fault, it there fault, do this, I wont', well then I don't want to sell you this, YOU SAYING A STARVE My animals! bla blah blah
it's become a well interesting thing
AND I CAN"T FIND POLYMIASON ANYWHERE!!! (used it on an eye infection for a gecko once, it would tremendously well)
I konw you guys were trying to help, but I didn't want to seem like the bad guy here, but I felt like whatever I was doing was wrong...*pauses for a moment and then realizes how you guys were helping, so she, herself, ddin't get jipped or the wrong help *
O.....wow I feel stupid <.< ^_^'
well I think I decided I'm going to find a seperate party alltogether to sell my gecko to, because I don't like this he said she said stuff. and quite frankly I don't know who to trust now.
Hey question. Isn't salmonella always present, so like was said, the immune systems were compromised and caused it higher.
As far as knowledge and experiance goes, we could argue all day...bring it
i am up for it if you are
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Maia, Robin, please don't go there, let's stick to the gecko Haley is trying to help...
Haley, see if you can get this lady to get an Official Fecal Exam done and the correct dosing instructions for whatever they might recommend...
Just because someone does or does not have a Fancy Framed Piece of Paper With Very Important Letters; it does not mean that they do or don't know jack. It means they were able to play the school game, had the time and money to do so.
That being said, I think Haley has taken as many logical steps as she could on her own, laid them out for us, and asked "now what?" I think she has done very well for helping someone out without any Fancy Papers of her own.
Let's stick to facts and see what comes back from the Official Fecal, yes?
Haley, see if you can get this lady to get an Official Fecal Exam done and the correct dosing instructions for whatever they might recommend...
Just because someone does or does not have a Fancy Framed Piece of Paper With Very Important Letters; it does not mean that they do or don't know jack. It means they were able to play the school game, had the time and money to do so.
That being said, I think Haley has taken as many logical steps as she could on her own, laid them out for us, and asked "now what?" I think she has done very well for helping someone out without any Fancy Papers of her own.
Let's stick to facts and see what comes back from the Official Fecal, yes?
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ok, I just sometimes can't tell...my bad.
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Leopard geckos can OD on this, or so my vet says (who I have the utmost respect for in him caring for my dwarf leopard gecko so well). My vet gives mine the paste, and literally two licks from the gecko and that's it per week for 4 weeks and one dusting a week with acidophilus. I wouldn't advise anyone use this without a vet's dosage, unless if you've used it multiple times before. I currently have two on Panacur for parasites, dosed differently based on their size.
vet vet vet vet vet! =[ Hope everything turns out okay.
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