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the [bleep]e of my female tockay really stinks!!! stinking up the whole cage. has one of the worst smelling [bleep]e i've ever smelt from any animal in the world. i do clean its cage like removing its [bleep]e but it still smells.
what do you guys do?

Thats not normal. You should have her feces checked. Very likely she is suffering from some internal parasites and needs treatment.

Ci@o

Ingo

really? so not all tockay *** are so stinkingly unbearable?
cause its really bad...stinking the area around its cage.

Edited on March 17, 2004 at 23:17:37 by PHGinger.

I have got seven adult tokays and depending on the time of year some 5 -20 juvies. Many of these living in my living room.
If their poop would stink a lot, I would run into trouble with my wife.

I have no smell prob either. Smelly feces is a sure sign you need a vet check for parisites.
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My posts and replies are my experiences only
1.2.15 Tokays
1.4.10 Leos(13 albino)
1.2.0 AFT's(amel male)
0.2.0 Stenodactylus Petrii(Dune Geckos)

You have the WC one you recently caught yourself and it layed eggs, Correct? WC Tokays amoung other geckos will usually have high loads of parisites so if you plan on keeping her you really need a vet to do a feces check.
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My posts and replies are my experiences only
1.2.15 Tokays
1.4.10 Leos(13 albino)
1.2.0 AFT's(amel male)
0.2.0 Stenodactylus Petrii(Dune Geckos)

i'm its the wc one which laid eggs. i have mine in the living room too..right under the tv.
i didn't know parasites make *** stink more than they already do lolz. thanks for the info. does flagyl work on tockays? or panacure? or both?

Edited on March 17, 2004 at 23:20:33 by PHGinger.

Both, but you'll need to identify the parasite in order to get correct doseages, and the correct drug for the job. Some parasites, like coccidia, are best treated with a different drug entirely (and coccidia really, really stinks).

I'm all for knowledgable hobbyists deworming their own stock, but I have to say, this does not sound like a flagellate or other nematode problem. This is classic coccidia (which smell extremely bad and are very difficult to get rid of - requires strict sanitation to eliminate these)or a bacterial infection. You need to get a fecal looked at in this case. Good luck.
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9.28 Leopard Geckos (eggs incubating)
1.1 Rhacodactylus ciliatus
2.5 Paroedura picta(eggsincubating)
1.1 Paroedura picta (Xanthic/Amel)
1.1 Paroedura bastardi(eggs incubating)
1.1 Paroedura androyensis
1.1 Hemitheconyx caudicinctus
1.1 Cyrtodactylus irianjayensis
1.1 Gekko gecko
1.1 Pachydactylus turneri
1.1 Uroplatus henkeli
1.2 Teratolepis fasciata

Snakes
1.0 Ball Python
2.5 Corns of various morphs

fecal look? sounds like i have to get some feces under the microscope..a bit out of my league for the moment. i'm majoring in zoology but i haven't started my course yet hehe.
is this coccidia parasite normal in wc tockays?