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Looks like he's making progress! Here's a picture I took the day that I got him, and then three pictures that I just took a few hours ago.

Just to recap on the story: I got Caesar at a show on September 21st with the suspicion that he had parasites. Yeah, yeah, not a smart thing to do, but he was such a gorgeous leo and I was willing to work for him. I've been very careful about quarantining him from the very beginning. He didn't have diarrhea or unusual stools, but you could still see in him that he wasn't healthy. I took him to the vet, and they confirmed that he had hookworms and coccidia.

So now, it's about two weeks after his first round of meds. He's shown a lot of improvement not only in his appearance (weight gain, colors going lighter) but also in his behavior. He is very alert and VERY feisty. When I touch him he waves his tail around trying to challenge me to fight. Right now, I actually like to see him act like that, because it keeps me optimistic that he'll make a full recovery.

I'm going to administer his second round of meds this weekend, and do another follow-up dose just in case before I take another stool sample to the vet.

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chickabowwow

3.2 leopard geckos (Rosie, Locke, Lisa, Caesar, Tommy)
and 3 eggs a' cookin'

I can really tell a big difference in him, and I think this will make a great success story.Keep up the good work...
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Chad
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chickabowwow

3.2 leopard geckos (Rosie, Locke, Lisa, Caesar, Tommy)
and 3 eggs a' cookin'

>>I can really tell a big difference in him, and I think this will make a great success story.Keep up the good work...
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>>Chad
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>>Contact Me

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Jeanne Leary

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chickabowwow

3.2 leopard geckos (Rosie, Locke, Lisa, Caesar, Tommy)
and 3 eggs a' cookin'

Hi

Great news about the good work that you are doing with him and his progress.

I just wish there was a way to contact or find the vendor that sold him to you so that if this person really cares about his animals, that you could tell him that he has coccidia going around his leo's.

TLB

Thank you.

I ran into the vendor again at another show just a week after I bought Caesar. He's a local guy, but he travels around doing shows. I told him about the parasites, and he let me have another leo for free. There's a picture of him on another post (his name's Tommy) because he escaped and I just found him yesterday.
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chickabowwow

3.2 leopard geckos (Rosie, Locke, Lisa, Caesar, Tommy)
and 3 eggs a' cookin'

Hi

I'am so glad you found that vendor that sold you the gecko with the coccidia and that other parasite so that you could tell him about it and that he also seem like he really cared.

I also know of a site that sells medication for coccidia, they have panacure paste, novascan disinfectant that vets. use and some other medications. You just have to figure out how to dilute them and how much to give.

Take Care, TLB