Not eating/growing well, fecal float pics

[shuttrbg222]

We have had this Panther Chameleon for 4 months and he’s only grown 14 grams. We got him at approx 3-4 months old. He started out eating well but now he will eat 1-2 Dubias or a silkworm a day. Won’t touch crickets, he does get excited when we bring new/different food. He has only shed once in 4 months. Otherwise he looks healthy. We have done our own floats several times and never saw much of interest. Do you guys see anything concerning in the float pictures? Running out of ideas . Urates look fine, poop looks normal.

 

[Beman]

I am no expert but that does not seem magnified much....
@jannb @JacksJill do you see anything?

 

[Mawtyplant]

First pict at the left, is that red blood cell?

 

[shuttrbg222]

I am no expert but that does not seem magnified much....
@jannb @JacksJill do you see anything?

400x

 

[JacksJill]

The top photo only looks like artifacts. The third looks like it could be coccidia did you see many of those on the slide?

 

[shuttrbg222]

The top photo only looks like artifacts. The third looks like it could be coccidia did you see many of those on the slide?

No, we didn’t see very many at all. Maybe less than 10 on the whole slide. But every photo I’ve seen seems like the oocyst has a more defined ring on the outside which none of these seem to have.

 

[JacksJill]

Try adjusting the brightness on your scope and focus in and out to look for the ring. That image is rather bright. What makes me suspicious of coccidia is the 4 inclusions. If you only see one per slide I would dismiss it. !0 per slide isn't a heavy load. If you saw a hundred or to many to count it would be considered a heavy load. I will try to find my pictures for you later so you can compare.