Shiloh’sMommy
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What do you all worm your wc with and how often? I am pretty good with meds.
Wild caught-do they need deworming?
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nightanole
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Get hydrated and ok weight
broad deworm (Panacur or Ivermectin)
fecal float
No no is deworm within a week or two of out of the box. They cant handle the stress.
Some vets do floats cheap. Some vets wont do a cheap float unless they see the cham first. Or you also have the fecal in the mail for like $40.
broad deworm (Panacur or Ivermectin)
fecal float
No no is deworm within a week or two of out of the box. They cant handle the stress.
Some vets do floats cheap. Some vets wont do a cheap float unless they see the cham first. Or you also have the fecal in the mail for like $40.
Shiloh’sMommy
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What lab do you go with?
Shiloh’sMommy
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Thank you
nightanole
Chameleon Enthusiast
Sorry my vet does 10 buck floats if they have seen the animal within a year. They will not prescribe meds to an animal they have not seen in the past year.
MissSkittles
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Hi. You are getting excellent advice…you need to take your animal to the vet and have them run a fecal parasite check to identify what may be there. Only after it has been identified, can the correct treatment be determined. Each type of parasite has its own treatment and medication. The medication for pinworm is going to do nothing if your animal has coccidia. It’s shooting in the dark and hoping to hit something. Additionally, some medications can be very hard on the sensitive kidneys and why risk that if you’re not even sure the medication is the right one for the problem. If you need help finding a vet, I’m attaching our vet list. However, any exotics vet can do the wellness visit and fecal - they don’t need a ton of experience with chameleons. Here’s another resource to help find a vet near you. https://members.arav.org/search/custom.asp?id=3661
Shiloh’sMommy
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Thank you
Shiloh’sMommy
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Nothing comes up for my area unfortunately.
MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
Try Google search for exotics vet or reptile vet in your general area.
Carlton
Chameleon Enthusiast
And if you really can't find a local practice that sees exotics an interested experienced small animal vet still has the capability to test for parasites and have access to the right meds. They can consult with an exotics vet regarding treatment. IIRC there are vets forum members know who will consult.
Totally agree with getting the new cham hydrated and somewhat acclimated before subjecting them to treatment. Many years ago when wc chams were a lot more common, I made the mistake of buying an uncommon species from what I now know was a sketchy importer. What I pulled out of the cotton snake bag was a listless, dehydrated lump of skin and bones. It was in such appalling condition I rushed it to a vet. We both assumed it was heavily parasitized and the vet talked my ignorant self into a shotgun treatment. The poor thing promptly went into shock and was dead within 24 hours. Of course, I don't know if it would have died so soon if we hadn't tried to kill off whatever was sucking the life out of its gut or other organs, but it certainly didn't help matters.
An otherwise healthy cham with good reserves can tolerate some freeloaders. Yes, the parasite population can bloom if the cham has just been subjected to the stress of capture and shipping across the world. People panic and consider eliminating them all an emergency. It often isn't.
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