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Had to reschedule my original vet appt. with my Beardie, but took him in and got the verdict. He has Round Worms, which I guess is relatively easy to get rid of (or so the doctor says). He got an antibiotic which should take care of it, and I take him in for a followup on the 6th, in which case he could get more antibiotics, it all depends.

Do any of you know if Round Worms is cause for the paper substrate routine? Like intense cleaning? I have the manual on Beardies, but it says nothing about Round Worms/Nematodes in there, just the other more common ones like Coccidia and Tapeworms and such.

Until your fella has finished his treatment, I would advise using paper towel. You will be able to replace it everyday giving your beardie a fresh clean suface to get well on. It sounds tedious and unattractive, but if you make sure he has no opportunity to re-ingest the worms and you get rid of them once and for all, then chances are slim that you will ever have to deal with the worms again.

My leo Beanie had nematodes...got them from another gecko from the place I got her from. They are really easy to cure...two doses of panacur (2 weeks apart) got rid of a large infestation of them. Once your beardie is cured, you should start to see weight gain almost immediately.

Cleo
1:1 leos (4 eggs cooking)

I'll try to get some before and after pictures about a month apart so you guys can see the difference, all assuming he gets well..but he should since this is a pretty easy going treatment and a minor parasite.

If he has worms than I'm sure your vet gave him a dewormer which generally has to be repeated in 2 weeks (to kill new hatchlings), not antibiotic for it. In some advanced cases, an antibiotic is given to help clear up secondary infections caused by the worms...For example, my retic had round worms and in addition to the dewormer, I had to give him daily injections for a couple weeks of antibiotics.