My new adoptee Spike went to the vet for the first time and it was found he had parasites (strongyl?). He had a month of de-worming, then I was supposed to take another sample to the vet.
During the deworming, he was only pooping maybe once a week - the rescuers who had him for a while before giving him to me said the same thing. He was eating fine, is fairly friendly, and very active. He just didn't poop much. I gave him a couple of soaks for general hydrating purposes, and his temps are very toasty for the period of de-worming (basking 131, hot side 107, cool side 88).
The day of his last dose of panacur, he pooped a mile - including a very hard, rough, yellowish mass, about the size of a large lima bean. Since then, he's been pooping every day or every other day.
The vet could not tell what it was, but thought it might be a mass of calci-sand that had cemented itself together in there. Fortunately, whatever it was, Spike passed it with no harm done.
And Spike is now parasite free - hurrah!
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Torey
Eugene, Oregon, USA
1.1 Uromastyx Geyri (Joe and Arthur)
2.0.1 Uromastyx Dispar Maliensis (Tank, Turtle, and new neighbor Spike)
1.2 Anolis Carolinensis (Bowser, Leeloo, and Sprocket)
1.1 African Dwarf Frogs (Bruce and Sheila)
1.0 Betta Splendens (Mr. Miagi)
1.1 Felis Domesticus (Roscolux and Jenny)
And several miscellaneous community fish
