sean wrote:
> I received the results today, half show up with worms, the other half were
> clean. Panacur was prescribed, and I am gathering fresh samples for the
> crytosporidia test. The vet thought Flagil might work for crytosporidia.
Nope, it won't.
Here's another, some what annoying factiod: the crypto that leops have is
probably not even C. serpentis (the snake kind) or C. parvum (the mammal kind).
So the IFA test on the feces doesn't work well, as opposed to snakes.
There are some drugs that can suppress the beasts, but no one is claiming to
clear them yet. There are some folks at Baltimore Zoo that were doing some work
with Bovine hyper-immune colostum and crypto in snakes and monitors. Last I
heard it did nothing for the Leopard Gex - this may have changed, but not to my
knowledge.
> They have all been quarantined separately and have not had any contact with
> each other or any of my other collection. The quarantined are 15 feet away
> in the same room, is this alright or should they be in a different room?
They should be maintained as far away from your collection as is feasible. You
should clean them last and either be extraordinarily anal about hand washing, or
invest in gloves. The stuff is fecal orally transmitted - so you have to be
extraordinarily careful about moving cage bedding, feces etc. around.
> Any
> suggestions if crytosporidia should show up?
You won't like it - but since there is no cure at present, the best advice is to
remove the affecteds.
> The vet thought a vit.b shot
> would be good but all she had was b12. She has never given one and doesn't
> no if this is correct or if it is strait vit.b.
If you were wacking them with a sulfa drug, some additional Bvits would be
interesting, but they are unlikely to do anything in this case. There was a
time when this was thought to increase their appetite, but there is really no
good evidence for this. What they need are calories, and you might consider
treating the entire group for the worms - remember a fecal is not 100% as
Catriona points out. The standard recommendation is three to six fecals. In
your case I would consider three to be a minimum, and I would ask for a modified
acid fast stain be performed to look for the Crypto.
Mike Cranfeild at Baltimore Zoo is pretty much the guy to talk to about Crytpo
in herps. You might have your vet give him a ring - she might have an easier
time getting through.
Keith "how about that - and not even a pinworm" Benson
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