Basically the question was concerning a dragon that had twiching(hypocalcemia probably). The fecal showed pinworms which was a concern. Ultimatly the dragon died. The interesting part comes in the reply by DR. Mader. I will quote parts of interest from the reply. "Most experts do not think that pinworms cause disease in herbivores. In fact, it is believed that pinworms are necessary for proper digestion, as they help with the breakdown and digestion of cellulose, a component of plant fibers. It is not uncommon to see diarrhea an bloating develop in animals that have been dewormed to eradicate all the pinworms." I knew this much about coccidia, which he goes on to talk about, but not pinworms. Parazap users beware! JK, don't want to open that can of worms...lol.


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• Interesting Vet Q&A in the latest issue of reptiles... - azteclizard, Mon Jun 16 16:53:26 2003
• Agree.. and.. - Christyj, Mon Jun 16 17:29:36 2003
• RE: Agree.. and.. - azteclizard, Mon Jun 16 17:45:22 2003
• I got the point...but - Christyj, Mon Jun 16 17:55:59 2003
• i think its like........ - reiko, Mon Jun 16 18:02:26 2003
• reiko got this right, but here is the cycle explanation - CheriS, Mon Jun 16 20:33:04 2003
• RE: - Christyj, Tue Jun 17 10:30:29 2003
• I agree with that, I would like to see some more - CheriS, Wed Jun 18 01:58:06 2003
• RE: I got the point...but - azteclizard, Mon Jun 16 18:47:57 2003
• RE: - Christyj, Mon Jun 16 19:11:03 2003
• RE: Interesting Vet Q&A in the latest issue of reptiles... - Tracey, Mon Jun 16 18:57:08 2003
• RE: Interesting Vet Q&A in the latest issue of reptiles... - azteclizard, Mon Jun 16 19:27:33 2003
• RE: Interesting Vet Q&A in the latest issue of reptiles... - Tracey, Mon Jun 16 19:52:45 2003
• Where is the mssg. i agreed with? n/p - Christyj, Mon Jun 16 19:51:09 2003