lbesok
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A little history about my chameleon Vega from a previous thread:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/veterinary-insurance-4608/
07-08-2007, 11:22 AM
I have definitely had my share of problems with this guy but he wants to live! Most recently he had worms in his fecal, and was prescribed Pancur. I think he still has worms b/c his feces is still not as solid as I hoped. After further consultation w/ the vet (who is not a reptile specialist but has dealt w/a few of these guys and is willing to help me as much as she can) I will give him Pancur again Monday. Previous to this, he had a battle w/ abscessts of the mouth/teeth......which I think I have pretty cleared up, but he is left with an area of permanent puffiness between the eye and nostril. No signs of abscests now when he opens his mouth...... In addition to all of this, when he was diagnosed w/ worms he also had this black discoloration under the chin that we are trying to get rid of that has mostly gone away. I give him the Chlorhexadine solution 2x daily for this and a bit of trauma around his mouth. He gets injections of Baytril every other day until we have this area around his mouth cleared up completely. He is practically done shedding now for the first time since the discoloration, most of the blackness pealed off resulting in hard yellow looking skin underneath, which appears to be getting better after a fresh dose of Chlorhex. He also has had/is having eye problems. The L eye gets goo in it and he is favoring it this morning. I am afraid that he has something else not diagnosed and the Baytril is just keeping it under control........
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This morning's fecal revealed this long nasty worm pictured below:
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n22/lbesok/P7120140.jpg
I think it's a tape worm???
Any referrals to more information about these worms?
I'm worried because the vet prescribed Vega, pancur liquid. 6/2 was the first dose, 6/16 was the second dose....the third dose was scheduled for 4wks after the second. I called the vet last week though b/c he still had diarrhea and she told me to dose him again, so I did on monday 7/9. Does this usually what happens when you de-worm?? I was wondering if anyone knows of another commonly used de-wormer for these types of worms, and if he gets prescribed a different de-wormer how long you have to space it out from the previous?? I am thinking a week.
I scheduled the next available appt @ the vet 4 Tues afternoon, but I'm thinking about walking him in b4 then. These worms only live in him and his feces, or can they crawl out?? Any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated.
A pic of Vega this morning:
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n22/lbesok/P7120138.jpg
https://www.chameleonforums.com/veterinary-insurance-4608/
07-08-2007, 11:22 AM
I have definitely had my share of problems with this guy but he wants to live! Most recently he had worms in his fecal, and was prescribed Pancur. I think he still has worms b/c his feces is still not as solid as I hoped. After further consultation w/ the vet (who is not a reptile specialist but has dealt w/a few of these guys and is willing to help me as much as she can) I will give him Pancur again Monday. Previous to this, he had a battle w/ abscessts of the mouth/teeth......which I think I have pretty cleared up, but he is left with an area of permanent puffiness between the eye and nostril. No signs of abscests now when he opens his mouth...... In addition to all of this, when he was diagnosed w/ worms he also had this black discoloration under the chin that we are trying to get rid of that has mostly gone away. I give him the Chlorhexadine solution 2x daily for this and a bit of trauma around his mouth. He gets injections of Baytril every other day until we have this area around his mouth cleared up completely. He is practically done shedding now for the first time since the discoloration, most of the blackness pealed off resulting in hard yellow looking skin underneath, which appears to be getting better after a fresh dose of Chlorhex. He also has had/is having eye problems. The L eye gets goo in it and he is favoring it this morning. I am afraid that he has something else not diagnosed and the Baytril is just keeping it under control........
*****************************************************
This morning's fecal revealed this long nasty worm pictured below:
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n22/lbesok/P7120140.jpg
I think it's a tape worm???
Any referrals to more information about these worms?
I'm worried because the vet prescribed Vega, pancur liquid. 6/2 was the first dose, 6/16 was the second dose....the third dose was scheduled for 4wks after the second. I called the vet last week though b/c he still had diarrhea and she told me to dose him again, so I did on monday 7/9. Does this usually what happens when you de-worm?? I was wondering if anyone knows of another commonly used de-wormer for these types of worms, and if he gets prescribed a different de-wormer how long you have to space it out from the previous?? I am thinking a week.
I scheduled the next available appt @ the vet 4 Tues afternoon, but I'm thinking about walking him in b4 then. These worms only live in him and his feces, or can they crawl out?? Any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated.
A pic of Vega this morning:
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n22/lbesok/P7120138.jpg
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