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I'll try to keep this as short as possible:
Well, this juvi I got about 3 weeks ago, he had serious diahrear (sp?), I took a fecal to the vet, he said he couldn't find any signs of worms, so it could be bacterial, but will give him panacur and flagyl anyway. The subscription for this 15g leo is panacur, diluted 1:9, 0.07ml, 2 doses 2 weeks apart. The flagyl is 0.04ml also 2 doses 2 weeks apart. This week (his last dose was sunday) he had regurgitated 3 times already. On sunday night, he ate 3 small/medium crickets, and regurgitated one; tuesday's the same. On wednesday, he ate 3 with no problem. But last night, he ate 3 but regurgitated 2.

This guy is on the skinny side, I tried offering skinless mealies but he won't touch them. I am currently keeping him in a smaller container, the warm end is 88-92* with a humid hide. The dry hide is on the cool side (84-86*); he has a water dish and a calcium dish. His stool looked a lot better, but has a grey-white tint to it. His urinate is not as solid as it should be, but its white.

Any idea what else I can do? Someone suggested mixing a bit of NutriBAC or Reptoboost in his water dish; what do you guys think?
Any suggestion will be appreciated, I'm worried.

as long as hes keeping some food down, he should be fine. so dont stress the regurgitaion too much. all the meds and him being sick, and every thing else is probably stressing him out pretty good, and thats why hes probably regurgitation. im sure some other people here will give some more advise.
nevin
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If you can, try feeding him one cricket at a time multiple times a day. If he has longer intervals between each cricket it might be a little easier for him to keep them down. I had to do this with one of my adults who had a very similar situation. I hope this helps and good luck with the little guy!

Emily
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Aww, poor guy.

Panacur is okay, but I personally don't like giving Flagyl unless there's a sure reason for it because of its potency. I notice that it slows my geckos down for a day or two while it does its work. It does kill bacteria, but this includes gram-positive (beneficial) bacteria.

According to my vet, you can't really just "guess" if bacteria bad and shotgun treat it. The only way to know is to retrieve a sample and culture it. There are plenty other reasons for diarrhea--coccidia, for example, in which case Panacur and Flagyl would be useless.

Anyway, since he's regurgitating, you should stop feeding him for a couple of days to let him get his stomach back in shape. Feeding him even more right now will only agitate his system further. Then he'll have an appetite again when he's ready to start handling food.

For the timebeing though, I would bump up the temperature of the warm side to the low 90s. This will aid his immune system (which can fight both bacteria and coccidia), try not to disturb him, and make sure he's well hydrated.
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