donprec
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I really appreciate the advice that I read on here so even though this isn't about a bearded, I'm coming here to see if you all could help me.
I have a 4 month old Blue Tongue Skink, had her for almost a month. She's wonderful, seems to be doing well and getting comfortable and calm with us...even seems to know and respond to her name already. Appetite is great, she's definitely grown quite a bit in the short time we've had her.
I took her to the vet, had a fecal done. The fecal came back with pinworm eggs in it but the vet tech that I talked to said that the vet doesn't treat pinworms because they're very common in all animals and especially reptiles, easy to catch again, and may even be beneficial to their gut (or something like that). I was quick to remind them that my bearded had a fecal done not too long ago and didn't have pinworms.
Anyway, aside from the fact that I was kind of put off by not being able to treat it for handling reasons, I am now getting more concerned because I just realized that her poop has turned white. For 2 days, I saw what I thought was urates in her tank, but no poop. Then last night I soaked her in the sink to soften a little shed she had around her toes (she'd already come here missing one back toe, the vet said it was probably because of a bad shed and that I should monitor the shed around her toes in the future). She peed and then pooped just as the water drained in the sink and I could clearly see that what I thought was urates was obviously a full load of white poop. Other than color, it was a solid normal looking poop.
So what should I do now? I can only assume this is because of the pinworms? Should I call the vet back up tomorrow (they're closed on Sundays) and ask for treatment? Or...should I just order liquid panacur which I found available on the beautifuldragons website?
I guess I'm probably even more scared/paranoid with her because she's such a little baby, I feel like anything that I do...wrong or not...will affect her growth and health in the future. Thanks in advance...
I have a 4 month old Blue Tongue Skink, had her for almost a month. She's wonderful, seems to be doing well and getting comfortable and calm with us...even seems to know and respond to her name already. Appetite is great, she's definitely grown quite a bit in the short time we've had her.
I took her to the vet, had a fecal done. The fecal came back with pinworm eggs in it but the vet tech that I talked to said that the vet doesn't treat pinworms because they're very common in all animals and especially reptiles, easy to catch again, and may even be beneficial to their gut (or something like that). I was quick to remind them that my bearded had a fecal done not too long ago and didn't have pinworms.
Anyway, aside from the fact that I was kind of put off by not being able to treat it for handling reasons, I am now getting more concerned because I just realized that her poop has turned white. For 2 days, I saw what I thought was urates in her tank, but no poop. Then last night I soaked her in the sink to soften a little shed she had around her toes (she'd already come here missing one back toe, the vet said it was probably because of a bad shed and that I should monitor the shed around her toes in the future). She peed and then pooped just as the water drained in the sink and I could clearly see that what I thought was urates was obviously a full load of white poop. Other than color, it was a solid normal looking poop.
So what should I do now? I can only assume this is because of the pinworms? Should I call the vet back up tomorrow (they're closed on Sundays) and ask for treatment? Or...should I just order liquid panacur which I found available on the beautifuldragons website?
I guess I'm probably even more scared/paranoid with her because she's such a little baby, I feel like anything that I do...wrong or not...will affect her growth and health in the future. Thanks in advance...
