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beardiedragon
at Wed Aug 17 07:59:48 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by beardiedragon ]
It doesn't matter where the animal comes from. the shipping and the change of housing can cause stress. Stress can and does increase parasites in a BD. That elivated count may only last a month or so. By introducing 2 animals the additional stress can increase stress even more. When one animal has to treated for coccidia or other parasites it is hard, dealing with two is even harder because one animal will reinfect the other constantly. A quick story, I got a BD from a quality breeder and upon opening the box did a fecal right away. The coccidia level was a bit high but within a week had reduced itself dramatically with no meds or treatment. At the end of a month it was almost gone, again with no meds.
There have been problems with yellow fungus as well as adnovirus and either of those can wipe out (and have) a colony. ----- Bennett

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