Well last night, my crested, Bandit died of uknown causes. I am now on a mission to find out what killed him that didnt show up on th vet report.
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1.1 Leos Rex and "Fredrica"
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R.I.P. Bandit
MacArthur
Jan 28, 2005 07:19 PM
Replies (8)
flamedcrestie
Jan 29, 2005 12:25 AM
too bad, nice looking gecko....
umop_apisdn
Jan 29, 2005 02:39 AM
yea, and bandit is pretty much the mascot for this forum.
AnthonyCaponetto
Jan 29, 2005 05:43 AM
>>Well last night, my crested, Bandit died of uknown causes. I am now on a mission to find out what killed him that didnt show up on th vet report.
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>>1.0 Cresteds
>>1.1 Leos Rex and "Fredrica"
>>www.freewebs.com/leogecko/-UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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Anthony Caponetto
www.ACreptiles.com
MacArthur
Jan 29, 2005 03:40 PM
It was sudden, but prior to winter, he had lost afew grams, but put them back on and then.... he got skinnier and skinneier, then he just died. I had had him to the vet nd they said he was fine... go figure
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1.0 Cresteds
1.1 Leos Rex and "Fredrica"
www.freewebs.com/leogecko/-UNDER CONSTRUCTION
NeoScales
Jan 29, 2005 05:48 PM
"he got skinnier and skinneier, then he just died"
That sounds like a fairly common scenario. Please take a few minutes and rad this page.
http://www.neoscales.com/Entamoeba.htm
As for your vet, honestly, most aren't prepared to look for problems like this. There are several papers where many zoos have had to specifically go back to old samples and re-evaluate them to catch organisms like these (including coccidia and others).
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-Randy May
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NeoScales
Jan 29, 2005 05:51 PM
n/p
Entamoeba
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-Randy May
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lzrdldy530
Feb 01, 2005 11:15 AM
Is that "Entamoeba" disorder something that they can carry around w/o symptoms for awhile before it takes them out? It would seem that MacArthur had Bandit for months at least before he succombed. It makes me wonder how long a quarantine period realistically needs to be to protect the rest of one's colony from something brought in with new arrivals.
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Terri
4:8:5 crested geckos: Popcorn, Goldfish, Harley, Bear, Big Red, Olive, Smudge, Blackie, Belle, Brilliant, Tina, Brick, Tony, Kermit, WildFire, WildSpatter-Spots-to-Spare & Randi(y)
davemaymon
Jan 29, 2005 12:02 PM
That blows. sry to hear that. definetly a great looking crested
