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> Greetings All!
> Well, I took my "gravid" leo to the vet last week, and the vet said she is not
>gravid. She has 4 follicles on her ovaries which are not eggs, and he seems to think
>that more than likely they will just be reabsorbed into her system. As she is acting
>healthy, he does not see the need to do anything for her in regards to that.
Good news!
>
> On the other hand, I took her cage-mate and stool samples along with me for no
>particular reason, and he found parasites in the stool. They both got treated for
>the parasites. It never even crossed my mind that they had parasites as both are
>very healthy in both appearance and actions. This is quite disturbing to me as now
>all of the geckos that I have bought at petstores have turned out to have parasites.
I think this is the rule rather than the exception when it comes to pet shops. Their
sources for geckos are usually low quality/high volume importers that buy cb leos for
cheap and keep them in mass set-ups.
> I am going to contact both of the stores and make them aware of this. I am not sure
>if it will do any good, but they must have the parasites prior to my purchasing them.
Probably.
> Do these stores do any sort of testing before they sell the animals?
*chuckle*
> It has cost me $200 for the 4 animals to be treated thus far. Heck, I could have
>had another gecko for that!
> :o) Tobey
Stick to reputable breeders and you'll be better off. You may not be able to avoid
parasites, they can show up no matter how clean or fastidious you are, but you can
increase the chance your geckos will be healthy by buying from people who know what
they are doing. I had much worse experiences than you with pet shops when I started
out in herps at about age 6. They should sell cat/dog food and forget about this
reptile stuff unless they are willing to do it right, which takes a *tiny* amount of
research with the power of the internet. Unfortunately a lot of cliches apply here,
"you get what you pay for," "buyer beware."
Julie Bergman
http://www.geckoranch.com
GGA lifetime member
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