You should be using Panacur to combat the hookworms and Albon for the coccidia.



You are going to have to observe extremely strict quarantine and hygeine regiments if you hope to rid yourself of these parasites.



Lets start first with the lesser of the two evils... the hookworms.



Hookworms have a direct life cycle, and not only can they reinfect your gecko by consuming food and water that has been contaminated with feces... but the larve can also burrow back into your gecko through the skin. The larve and eggs are both passed in feces. You should be treating with panacur once a week at 25-50mg/kg.



As for the coccidia... this is going to be a nasty bugger to beat.



You should be treating with Albon at 50mg/kg daily for the first 3-5 days, then once every 48 hours until the coccidia is gone. This stuff can spread like wildfire in a collection, and is fairly difficult to get rid of.



You are going to have to bleach your geckos enclosure every single time they deficate. If I were you I would buy a couple/few rubbermaid shoeboxes. The only thing you want in that box is your gecko and paper towel substrate. Keep a clean box handy at all times. When your gecko deficates move it into the clean box, and bleach the dirty one. This cycle will need to continue until your problems are gone. Hookworms are not going to be very hard to get rid of, but you are going to need to stay on top of your game with the coccidia.



If you have any other geckos that are not sick you need to practice extreme quarantine measures, coccidia spreads super easily... I would buy a box of latex gloves, as washing your hands may/will not remove 100% of the coccidian oocysts.



I wish you the best of luck.


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