Well Dr. Benson covered it pretty well! Flagyl won't get crypto. As I said
in my earlier post, there is no known cure. That is why it is very
important that new acquisitions are kept in quarantine. We are starting to
see more and more animals with diseases we can not cure. I like to keep my
animals in a different room. I treat the animals in quarantine last. If I
need to do anything with my established collection after I have treated the
ones in quarantine, I shower and change clothes. I know I am a bit anal,
but I work for a vet and I do not like to take chances.
I think if i were in your position, I would treat these animals for the
parasites they have and see if the diarrhea clears up. Dr. Benson mentioned
that you need to do a few fecals to make sure an animal is clean. My clinic
usually recommends 3 samples and then check the animals yearly. If this
group of animals still has diarrhea and you are not finding parasites with
a fecal float and direct, then I would definitely check for crypto. I can
usually see it on high dry, but it is very small. I can not quite make out
the structures in the organism, so we like to have an acid fast stain done
to confirm my findings.
If your animals do come up positive then you have to make the decision
whether to keep and treat these animals, find a home for them with someone
that will treat them, or have them put down. I do know a couple of people
that have had success treating crypto. One person was treating leopard
geckos and the other was treating a CA king. They were both using different
drugs. So far these treatments just extend their lives and make the animals
more comfortable.
Catriona
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