RandomWiktor
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Ok, before you guys yell "VET!!!!" please know that the critter has been to a vet and will be going back next week. I'm just looking for some outside ideas/input from people who may have run into this problem themselves, and maybe some thoughts on how to keep her more comfortable in the mean time.
I am fostering a leopard gecko currently that came to me from a negligent "rescue" where she was kept on wood chips, no water bowl, no humid hide. She had literally at least one joint on every toe constricted off and was covered in stuck shed. She also had poo caked all around her cloaca, which looked a bit red/irritated in general. She is been treated with fenbendazole since she tested positive for nematodes, and we're also going to treat with praziquantel as well even though she was not positive for cestodes since tests aren't 100% and she's still having issues.
Now that you have some background, the gecko has a few nagging symptoms. She drags and itches her rump on the ground quite often, and sometimes produces extremely hard, concentrated urates that she has difficulty passing without being soaked (to the point where there will be a little bit of blood by the time she finally passes them). The feces are pretty normal, no longer runny like they were when she had parasites, but sometimes her vent will get so caked with hard urates that she can't pass feces until it is cleaned. She also drinks CONSTANTLY, which strikes me as weird for a desert species, and has since she arrived.
I'm taking her in to see if we can't figure out what other than parasites is going on, but I'm concerned since she is still having difficulty despite making sure she always has water and feeding her lower chitin food items like my vet suggested. Is there anything you leopard gecko folk could suggest as a possible cause of this issue, or a way I can make her more comfortable until it is figured out?
I am fostering a leopard gecko currently that came to me from a negligent "rescue" where she was kept on wood chips, no water bowl, no humid hide. She had literally at least one joint on every toe constricted off and was covered in stuck shed. She also had poo caked all around her cloaca, which looked a bit red/irritated in general. She is been treated with fenbendazole since she tested positive for nematodes, and we're also going to treat with praziquantel as well even though she was not positive for cestodes since tests aren't 100% and she's still having issues.
Now that you have some background, the gecko has a few nagging symptoms. She drags and itches her rump on the ground quite often, and sometimes produces extremely hard, concentrated urates that she has difficulty passing without being soaked (to the point where there will be a little bit of blood by the time she finally passes them). The feces are pretty normal, no longer runny like they were when she had parasites, but sometimes her vent will get so caked with hard urates that she can't pass feces until it is cleaned. She also drinks CONSTANTLY, which strikes me as weird for a desert species, and has since she arrived.
I'm taking her in to see if we can't figure out what other than parasites is going on, but I'm concerned since she is still having difficulty despite making sure she always has water and feeding her lower chitin food items like my vet suggested. Is there anything you leopard gecko folk could suggest as a possible cause of this issue, or a way I can make her more comfortable until it is figured out?
