WLP getting tested for Inclusion body disease.

[Awesomethepossum]

Super delayed update. It's been ages since I posted on here and I wasnt sure if i was going to.. But, wanted to touch base if anyone was still curious.

My guy stopped having any issues since I last posted here earlier this year about the concerns for IBD or crypto. No diarrhea, weight loss, no regurgitations. Appetite was good, no weight loss, great body condition. Because of this, and because other separate, significant issues came up (financial, familial, personal health, another pet needed multiple surgeries) I didn't get back in touch with his vet. Which I don't feel great about, but here we are.

Then, over the past month, he started having foul-smelling, liquid diarrhea. So I booked an appointment a couple of weeks out for today.

I took him into a different vet office. I was really stressed about this, because I never got back in touch with that previous vet office, and this new one had recieved the last records about the talk of crypto, and his deteriorating health at the time, and I could tell they had feelings about this. I believe the offices work closely together. They did surgery on one of my ampbibians and were incredible, so I told them I just wanted their opinion as well.

They told me after taking him back for the exam, when they took him out to do the exam, they were confused because he's in perfect condition, he appeared bright, healthy, was alert, etc. But then he exploded diarrhea all over them.

The specialist collected all of it, said he had an abundance of protozoans and what appeared to be roundworms. I asked about crypto, and the exotics specialist said that it isn't ruled out, but also isn't setting off alarm bells for her because of his healthy physical condition, considering his symptom history and how long I've had him. She said that the other snakes that she's examinded that had it were wasting away. She said my guy looked perfect.

She said since he's been treated by the other vet already for worms, he had to have picked this stuff up another way after the fact? I was a bit confused by that.

So for now, they're sending out a fecal OP, a culture, and a gram stain.

She said the fecal results will likely be back by tomorrow, the cultures will take 1-2 weeks.

His couse of meds involve:
-Metronidazole (.06ml, oral) repeated every 48 hours. 4 doses total.
-Oxfendazole (.17ml, oral). One dose today, then again in 14 days.

She also advised I steam clean everything. I just ordered one, and I'm already feeling better having taken him into see them.

It's been a bit of a rollercoaster, but wanted to give that update.

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