Hi Neil and Nathan My experience with coccidiosis parallels Nathan's, although my coccidia experience is mainly with agamids. The best treatment is certainly eliminating stress. I have tried most of the coccidia medications and had the best results using Baycox (tultrazuril) 25 for chickens (there is also a 50 for piglets) The dose is 10mg/kg, then a second dose 14 days latter. While treating I ensure the individual is super-hydrated. I have had good success with that treatment and it usually will result with negative (or greatly reduced) faecels.... although I think it is dubious that any of the medications eliminate coccidia. If the stressing factors is not eliminated, most treatments have poor results and/or another outbreak will occur.
Russ ----- Original Message ----- From: "nathan hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 23 May 2002 6:43 Subject: Re: [Gecko] Gecko coccidiosis/online herp vet? > Neil, > > I have treated plenty of geckos that had coccidian infestations, but these > animals always seem to carry small loads of coccidia. I have tried both > Albon and Septra, and these meds do help to knock the numbers down. > Unfortunately, fecals will often come back positive no matter how long one > treats for coccidiosis. The three negative fecal rule does not apply when > trying to eradicate this protozoan. Quite frankly, I am happy when the > numbers are in a low range in some species. I make sure that I give some > yogurt to any geckos that I am treating with Albon to increase depleted gut > fauna. I am not saying that one cannot successfully treat geckos with > coccidiosis, but I do believe that this opportunistic parasite causes > problems for geckos that are easily stressed (i.e. Uroplatus, Holodactylus, > etc.). I would say that most captive gecko collections have the occasional > coccidian outbreak. I know that I will probably get some heat for this, but > I rarely treat geckos with coccidiosis anymore. I first treat the > underlying problem that is stressing the animal, and this, in turn, causes > the levels of coccidia to fall well within an acceptable range. I have > treated some geckos for coccidiosis and fecals were negative for months > post-treatment, then they test positive again. It used to drive me crazy > until I began to rethink my approach to the treatment of this parasite. > For example, chronically bullied geckos (usually female) sometimes tend to > have higher numbers of coccidia until they are separated from the aggressor. > Treatment = removing the gecko from the stressful situation. Of course, > this is all theoretical, but I do feel that this has made a difference in > the approach to the treatment of this protozoan. Aside from methodically > cleaning and washing all of my cages on a regular basis and using common > sense to prevent disease transfer (washing hands, using latex gloves, > quarantining animals), I attempt to keep all of my geckos in ideal > conditions to prevent the spread of coccidiosis due to stressed, > immunosuppressed, and OVERTREATED geckos. > > Nathan S. Hall > GECKOS UNLIMITED > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Neil A. Meister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 11:33 AM > Subject: Re: [Gecko] Gecko coccidiosis/online herp vet? > > > > Hi Russ, > > > > 3 days on Albon at 50mg/kg, 3 rest and 3 more on > > and 6 days straight when the first routine did not work. > > Both helped, but did not eliminate > > coccidia in all cases. So far it looks like 3 out of > > 8 geckos have been successfully treated. > > > > Neil > > > > >Hi Neil, out of curiosity what treatments have you tried? > > > > > >Russ > > > > > > > > > -- > > Neil Meister > > > > Promotions Secretary > > Global Gecko Association > > http://www.gekkota.com > > > > President > > Nova Scotia Herpetoculture Society > > > > > ########################################################################### > > THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV > > WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. > > > ########################################################################### > > > >
