chamlover
New Member
1 of my new wild caught Nosy Be has just been diagnosed with coccidia. I've never had any of my chams have this before but have done some reading on it. I also brought in one of my new beardies to be checked as well, not w/c, and he was diagnosed to have it as well. According to my vet he said the newest info on dragons is that they all have a small amount of coccidia and the new consensus if they are asymptomatic that they shouldn't be treated for it. He stated that both of them showed small amounts of it. He said he wasn't sure if it would be the same for chams, i told you before he isn't too familiar with chams. Anyway from what i read about chams they should always be treated for this. Correct? This is the same vet that only wanted to treat my cham with tapeworms 1 x, he also stated that reptiles always have some kind of parasites and shouldn't always be treated for everything. Should i just find another vet? I did tell him i wanted another shot for the tapeworms and he said to bring him in and he will give it to him but it worries me that he was willing to just let it go after 1 treatment. It also worries me that he is almost as willing to let it go with my chams. He is leaving for 4 days and i told him i would do a little more research on the matter and we will talk on Tuesday. What is everyones' opinion on letting the coccidia go if there are no symptoms?
Debby
Debby