RE: [gecko]Crypto- was Big Problem

2003-10-16 Thread kchan11
Jason - there isn't a cure for crypto, but there are treatments to help. but can anyone actually describe the treatments for crypto and whether the treatments are helpful and worth it? I've heard about them, but have fortunately never had to deal with it. and i've never heard of the bearded d

Re: [gecko]Crypto- was Big Problem

2003-10-16 Thread Neil A. Meister
Sounds like coccidia to me, very common in dragons and gex. It can be treated, but takes work and exceptional hygiene. I've treated many imports, most have tested negative even years after, but sometimes it is very stubborn and continually recurs. It doesn't necessarily make the geckos sick, but if

[gecko]Crypto- was Big Problem

2003-10-16 Thread Daygeckos
I wrote: <<< Maybe that was Coccicidia, not cryptosporidia? I'm SO CONFUSED!!! Jason ___ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] ht

[gecko]Crypto- was Big Problem

2003-10-16 Thread Daygeckos
In a message dated 10/16/2003 2:36:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Symptoms of crypto are not eating and wasting away. I see this parasite a lot > in leopard geckos. If you don't find any parasites in high numbers on a fecal float > and direct, I > would be very s