Ill try to get the names and I wont de-worm them again.Tks!

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Posted by Flavia Guimaraes on December 07, 2002 at 06:32:27:

In Reply to: Re: The vet said Kenya had Giardia(??) posted by PHFaust on December 06, 2002 at 22:22:51:

:Can you get the names of the meds? Maybe get the vet to write them down for you? BTW If it were my choice I would NOT redose with the meds...

:Cindy
:PHFaust

::And he gave her a medicine to kill the giardia(sp??).For my others igs he made a kind of a combo. He mixed some medicines and said to me these medicines will kill all types of worms my igs may have.No, he didnt test them.I gave the medicines to my igs and all of them -but Godzilla- are eating much less.Im losing lots of greens and veggies every day.Godzilla drank more than 4 ml of the medicine but didnt lose his appetite, he is eating more than never!Im worried because my others igs are fat and big and although they are eating less they still are eating something.Kenya is small and light and is not eating at all!
::I dont think Im going to give the 2nd dose to them...What do you think?
::Flavia
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:: ::I took her to the vet to be de-wormed.She was not sick but people said to me I should de-worm all my 5 igs so I did that.

:::All animals should be regularly tested for parasites, and treated when clinical levels are found. When found, the vet needs to prescribe the right drug for the type of organism, as well as calculate the right dose based on body weight and metabolic scaling.

:::Drugs are drugs and all have potentially lethal side effects if not used appropriately. Since parasite medications are specific to the type of parasite, administering a "common" parasiticide without first testing and identifying any parasites simply isn't good medicine.

:::Finally, there are some drugs that are particularly nasty. Ivermectin (brand: Ivomec) is one such drug. Fine for use in sheep, horses and cows, it is not fine in reptiles. It needs to be administered in much higher doses and more frequently than the other drugs that work against the same parasites ivermectin does. One of the results of its use us that the reptile gets very sick: stress colors, lethargy, inappetance, etc. What then usually happens is that the owner either doesn't tell the vet and doesn't get any further treatment (resulting in ivermectin-resistant organisms), or the vet dismisses their concern by stating the reaction is "normal".

:::In an otherwise generally healthy animal, a few days of reduced activity and appetite are normal as the organisms begin dying off after the parasiticide is given, once those dead/dying organisms and their effluents are voided (pooped out), the animal (this includes humans, btw ;) starts feeling better, and normal activity and appetite resume. A few days of being "off" may follow the second dose, with a rapid bounce-back to normal activity levels.

:::Did your iguana(s) test positive for parasites? What drug did your vet give Kenya?

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