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The vet doesnt have ANY experience with reptiles and im worried because TREX is in breeding season now so he is not eating but a few leaves once a week.Im afraid that a strong dose of de-worm will kill him!Because he is fasting he is very thin and a little bit dehydrated.Should i give him de-worm now or its better to wait until he starts eating again?Thanks for your opinion.

Trex is a truly beautiful iguana.

Trex needs Panacur. Do you live in an area that has vets who will mix a proper dosage for you? If not, I don't know the mg/ml proportions, but it's given a one dose at a time, two total, two weeks apart. Livestock supply stores have panacure sized for horses and cattle. Your challenge would be to find the dosage and weigh out the right amounts of panacur.

Lizard importers andd breeders know, you might call some of them. Find them on Kinsnake.com Classifieds under "lizards".

Good luck,

roger

I was given instructions once on using Panacur for a bearded dragon from Veronica at beautifuldragons.com. This is a direct quote from my email. I am not sure how much it will help though...

..."To figure out a dose of Panacur, you need to know the weight of the beardie in
grams. From there it's really easy. Multiply the weight (in grams) by .0005
for the low dosage, or multiply by .001 for the higher end dosage. Either
dosages are fine. I usually start with the lower dosage, unless the parasite
infestation is really bad. And if after a few dosages, if the parasites
remain, you can up the dose to the higher end one.

Here's an example of figuring out the dosage: Let's say I'm treating a 400
gram dragon and I want to start him on the lower dose first. I multiply 400 x .
0005 and I get 0.2. That means that I could give my beardie .2 ml or cc's of
Panacur. That's not very much and it's hard to measure that amount out.
That's why Panacur is great, if you give a little too much, it really won't
hurt a reptile. The higher dose would be .4 cc's. So you can give something
between .2 and .4 cc's and still not be worried about overdosing the dragon."...

I wish you luck

Im living in New Delhi, India, where the vets dont know anything about reptiles.You gave me the right medicine and taught me how to calculate the doses!!!!Thanks!))))))See why i LOVE this forum and its members?

Flavia

The Panacur i have is PASTE 10% Fenbendazole.Its for horses.That is ok? Is the same as yours?Sorry thats the first time i need to deworm my igs!

Flavia

yep..That's the right stuff

Our vet gave us liquid panacur for parasites, but had to calculate the dose, based on weight. Iggi weighed 10 pounds (4.5 kg). All the bottle said was panacur suspension, 2.25cc orally once daily for 5 days, repeat in 2 weeks. The second dosing is to kill the worms that hatched from any eggs laid. We also started NUTRIBAC to introduce beneficial bacteria into her hindgut, after the second dosing was finished. I recommend a vet to makeup a liquid suspension for you ig, and give you a dose.
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How is your beautiful ig doing?I love her photos!

Flavia)

Iggi is fine. Even though she is a tropical lizard, she still can't stay out in the direct July sun here in Georgia, for more than a few minutes at the time. My wife takes an umbrella outside for shade for herself, and Iggi when she needs it. Check out my Iggi video. You have to scroll down the screen, and click on the blue text Iggi_in_garden_2.MPG. I'm going to try posting some lower resolution video that won't take as long as this one to download.
Iggi's video

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It seems to have a problem.Its a pity becuse id like to see it!

Go to this site to download my 4 videos of Iggi.

http://hosted.filefront.com/igdaddy

Or try clicking on this:
Iggi's videos

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