absolutbill
Chameleon Enthusiast
I have some leopard geckos that have hookworms, and need to use Panacur to help them out. Yes, I realize this isn't the forum for other reptiles, but as I understand it, Panacur is used by weight, therefore species shouldn't matter, right? And the process for getting rid of worms should be pretty consistent among all types of reptiles. Basically my questions are:
1. What is the ratio of Panacur to body weight and how much water do I need to add to the paste?
2. Can I just have the leos lick it from the eye dropper? They haven't been eating except for a special blended food that I feed via eye droppers, so figured I'd mix the Panacur and administer it that way, unless that's not a good idea.
3. As for cleaning the cages (sweater boxes until they kick the worms), should I disinfect the entire thing each day, twice a day, or what?
4. Where could they have contracted the worms from? They were captive bred that we bought at a show a few months ago. Their feeders came from a woman on E-Bay who has a huge business doing this, and the mealworms look fine. We took some and started breeding our own - should I have a worm tested for worms (can they carry hookworms?), or should I look elsewhere for the cause?
Any information is greatly appreciated. We got some bad information about caring for leos, and now are trying to counteract everything that we did wrong. I posted these similar questions on a Gecko forum, but no one replied, so am hoping to have better luck here. I don't really trust our herp vet, so had him do a fecal to determine it's hookworms, then would like to treat them myself. Any information is fine, and sorry again for posting this in the health clinic section - just figured that the questions could easily apply to chams and the information would be the same.
1. What is the ratio of Panacur to body weight and how much water do I need to add to the paste?
2. Can I just have the leos lick it from the eye dropper? They haven't been eating except for a special blended food that I feed via eye droppers, so figured I'd mix the Panacur and administer it that way, unless that's not a good idea.
3. As for cleaning the cages (sweater boxes until they kick the worms), should I disinfect the entire thing each day, twice a day, or what?
4. Where could they have contracted the worms from? They were captive bred that we bought at a show a few months ago. Their feeders came from a woman on E-Bay who has a huge business doing this, and the mealworms look fine. We took some and started breeding our own - should I have a worm tested for worms (can they carry hookworms?), or should I look elsewhere for the cause?
Any information is greatly appreciated. We got some bad information about caring for leos, and now are trying to counteract everything that we did wrong. I posted these similar questions on a Gecko forum, but no one replied, so am hoping to have better luck here. I don't really trust our herp vet, so had him do a fecal to determine it's hookworms, then would like to treat them myself. Any information is fine, and sorry again for posting this in the health clinic section - just figured that the questions could easily apply to chams and the information would be the same.