Thanks for your input here. If I'd have known about an acid fast stain for crypto I'd have had one run. How do leopard geckos get crypto?
River passed away shortly after midnight on October 5th at scarcely 13.5 grams. I did my best for her with the information that I had, but it was scarcely enough. A couple oxyrid eggs were found in the fecal float and the fecal C & S was within normal limits. The vet also sent out a fecal sample which showed moderate mixed enteric flora. No aeromonas species, no salmonella species, and no pseudomonas aeruginosa were isolated.
Thank you for your assistance, Catriona.
Elizabeth
Subj: Re: [gecko]Urgent: Adult Leopard 8" long, only 17.5 gms! Update......
Date: 10/23/03 10:04:35 AM Pacific Standard Time
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Hi Elizabeth,
If this gecko has lost so much weight that you are concerned about its health, then I would do an acid fast stain. Crypto geckos look emaciated and have thin tails.
Catriona
At 03:06 AM 10/23/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Subj: Re: [gecko]Urgent: Adult Leopard 8" long, only 17.5 gms! Update......
Date: 9/28/03 8:13:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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And Catriona---
Thanks for the rec of the fecal acid fast stain for cryptosporidia. You say if the animals "loose weight quickly". What is "quickly" in this case? I think she has lost weight over time, but I only became involved on 9-11-03 and was shocked to see the state of her tail, etc.
Elizabeth
