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OK, a couple questions. I used to deworm my golden geckos probably about twice a year using panacur(the one for horses, I believe, it was in the large tub). But that was while I was working at a petstore and the one girl I worked with was a vet tech, knew the correct dossage, etc. Well, I know that there are different types of panacur: one for dogs, one for horses and one for cats. My question is, is there any really big differences between the 3? Cause I don't want to pay around 70$ a tube for the horse one when I only have two geckos and two frogs :-D

And please no posts stating 'take your animals to the vet, you don't know the correct dosage' blah blah blah. I know how much to use for my animals and like I said, i -had- been deworming them for about three to four years with no problems

Thanks oodles.

~Cro

Both forms of Fenbendazole should be the same, but check the label to make sure that Fenbendazole is the only active ingredient. Also make sure that you check the concentration of each dosage. Your friend gave you the reccomemnded dosage for the reptile based on the dosage concentration for horse panacure. The concentration dosage she used to calculate that is at a much higher molality than other forms of the drug. You do the math! Medicating otherwise healthy reptiles is a bad idea and can cause serious illness from the accumulation of trace elements remaining in their system. If your animals are healthy and you want to save money, then dont medicate them!