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Are any of these avail. at local pet shops or are they perscription?

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Parazap you can only get online as far as i know. and panacur, you can get it on a few sites but i would recommend getting it from the vet, you should only use it if you are sure your gecko has parasites, it can be harmful otherwise (what i was told). plus a vet can tell you the correct dosage.
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~Melissa~
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**NOTE: THIS IS BY NO MEANS A SURE WAY TO CURE ENDOPARASITES. THIS IS ONLY MY EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE AND FROM WHAT I HAVE LEARNED AS A VETERINARY TECHNICIAN. LEAVE DIAGNOSIS AND PRESCRIPTION OF ENDOPARASITES TO THE PROFESSIONALS!!**

I'm a veterinary technician and Parazap seems like a rip to me. It's not recommended by any top vets in the U.S., nor, to my knowledge, is FDA approved. There are so many different types of endoparasites only a vet would be knowledgable enough to provide you the correct medicine and correct dosage. For example, flagellate protozoans such as Hexamita and Trichomonads can (and I only say CAN because I was the tech in the room during the treatment of my lizards, and I was told how it worked and why) treated with Panacur (fenbendazole) and the bacteria found can be treated with Metronidazole (flagyl). Finding both of these anti-biotics/dewormers in an oral suspension is virtually impossible on the internet. Coccida (coccidiosis) is treated with Albon, which can only be prescribed by a vet (Coccidia also has other prescriptions...this is just a common one used by vets). Another thing is this. Your animal can be free of worms, but may have a intestinal bacterial infection. You can use all of the dewormers you want to, but it won't help (or vice versa). I'm sorry about the big schpeel...but proper treatment of parasites is important and should be handled by professionals only. I'm not quite sure de Vosjoli suggested deworming your lizards on your own in his Lizard Handbook (as he suggested Metronidazole, which isn't a dewormer). I respect him and his work in herpetology/herpetoculture, but providing prescription medication for animals not knowing what the prognosis is is dangerous to the animal. And look at it this way...you spend $10 bux on the meds...10 for shipping and if it doesn't work...you buy more meds and the process goes on until a.) your animals gets better but you spend money out the ass, or b.) your animal dies when all you have to do is take a fecal sample up to your local reptile vet (approximately $15-$20) and they prescribe the meds ($15-$25). Good luck...and sorry for the long post.

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Danielle
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