One of my breeding groups of hets has recently come down with loose, sour smelling (ammonia smell) stools. They are still eating and have not lost noticeable weight besides a little of what would be normal for laying gex. I have not introduced any new geckos to the colony, or fed any unusual or wild-caught prey items, so I think it must be from crickets. I know even captive raised crickets can carry worms, so I am treating with panacur. However the ammonia smell makes me suspect that it might be bacterial. If the Panacur doesn't clear it up I am going to need a qualified herp vet, the one I have used in the past is useless for anything but worms, and I can treat those myself....
Also, anyone else have experience with sour, ammonia-smelling loose feces in their geckos, and what did it turn out to be? I had a different gecko come down with feces like that a couple years ago, and it was bacterial, my vet was *totally* useless in diagnosing ("fecal's negative, so it's okay"
, so I researched it myself and treated it with some cipro I had which thankfully cleared it right up within days, and thankfully I was able to get the dosage right. However I would much prefer to find a qualified herp vet than be forced to try to do it myself again. Some who advertise that they work with reptiles are stiull clueless, so I'd really like a recommendation.
