04-09-2012, 10:27 PM | #1 |
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trip to the vets for worms?
hey there everybody! desperate for some help and advice here.
for the past 2 weeks or so, my 4 year old horsefield has been a bit sluggish and off his food. I regularly examine his stool, he usually does a big dump when he's in the bath. never noticed anything out of the ordinary. today out in the garden, he passed a clump of parasites/ worms/ white things, roughly about 2mm long and 0.5 mm girth each. sort of an off white colour. he then urinated, but didn't poo, even during/ after a bath. ive received mixed messages so far, as per usual with tortoises. do i take him to the vets? or attempt to treat him at home first? ill deffinatley be getting stool counts performed in future much apreciated |
04-09-2012, 10:40 PM | #2 |
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you can use panacur paste if you can work out the dosage. I would send a stool sample to wormcount.com. it cost 6.50 and once you send a sample they send the results by e mail usually by tea time the next day. You will know what you are dealing with then. If you put your tort in a bath and place it under the spotlight it encourages him to expel, I would do this once I start the treatment and I would do it every bath time just to try and avoid him doing the deed in his table and re-infecting himself.
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05-09-2012, 03:00 PM | #3 |
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Personnally? If I'd seen evidence of parasites I'd worm him myself and then get a sample tested after a course of treatment, just to make sure they're gone
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05-09-2012, 11:41 PM | #4 | |
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panacur paste worked for me... put it on a bit of cucumber or some thing you know your tort will not refuse
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