carmacharma
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Joe has a parasite from Madagascar and is going to be operated next week. He’s also taking some liver medicine. Today his poop looked like this....
Help please, his poop looks really weird
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carmacharma
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Parasite is called foleyella furcata, he has it all over his body and blood and they are operating him to remove the bigger worms, after this (if he survives) we will need to give him medicine to kill off the rest of the worms slowly.
Kaizen
Chameleon Enthusiast
So this is a fillarial worm, that is common in Malagasy species. As I understand it, surgery to remove the big ones can help, but medicating is more difficult. Panacur doesn’t work on subcu fillarials. As far as I know, vets are using invermectin for these. But @ferretinmyshoes will know way better than me! The problem is that invermectin is hard on chams...like metronidazole squared. I think it’s important to consult as many professionals as you can with this ailment, because invermectin is a risk, as I understand it. I am not a vet, scientist, or anything but an avid hobbyist, so please don’t take my word as gospel. Please ask your vet what the long term prognosis is given an integrated approach of surgery, anti-parasitic meds, and tlc.
This might help to explain it...
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/foleyella-furcata-info-needed.11767/
The biggest "danger" IMHO is the inflammatory response. The chameleon's system seems to tolerate/cope with the live filaria up to a point, but once they are killed off they become "garbage" that the chameleon's system has to get rid of and it can overwhelm the system.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/foleyella-furcata-info-needed.11767/
The biggest "danger" IMHO is the inflammatory response. The chameleon's system seems to tolerate/cope with the live filaria up to a point, but once they are killed off they become "garbage" that the chameleon's system has to get rid of and it can overwhelm the system.
Kaizen
Chameleon Enthusiast
Nice, K! I knew you’d weigh in here with some literature.
MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
Holy sh*t! Either your hands are super tiny or your cham must have been in pain passing that.
