Sharpie86
06-09-16, 07:50 AM
Hey everyone. I just joined this forum this morning because it seems like a very informative bunch. Been pondering all night and googling the hell out of my phone for answers.
I lost my eastern kingsnake,Tort, last night for unknown reasons. He was only 11 years old. And i know he could have lived a helluvalot longer. He had eaten two mice(he usually eats 4 or 5), so I know his appetite was still there. I think it has something to do with the vet visits a few weeks prior.
Last month, I had brought him to the vet for the first time for retained spectacles. The vet gave me a small tube of bacitracin, suggested a humidity box and insisted he get dewormed with Panacur. He has NEVER had worms or any other medical problems for the entire time Ive had him since he was 6in long. 11 years of no problems. They never bothered asking for a stool sample and dewormed him in the back room.
So I get him dewormed. He eats five mice a couple days later, doing great. Set up his box and do the recommended bacitracin treatments and soaking in the tub for ten days til his next appointment. He's looking better, more active.
But he lost a bit of weight. They suggest continuing the bacitracin on his eyes and give him a second panacur treatment.
By his next appointment, i told the vet he's looking thinner, more sluggish but his eyes are looking better. He ate 5 mice with no problem. The vet suggests giving him more natural sunlight and keeping an eye on him.
His last appointment was two weeks later(6/2/16). He has lost a little more weight. They say he's looking okay otherwise. They take him in the back to get another Panacur treatment.
They come out 15 minutes later, saying they had to force feed it to him and then give it time to make sure he didnt regurgitate it. His jaw was slightly offset and he was very eager to retreat into the travel bag I bring him in.
He wasnt eager to eat anything a couple days after. Never drank any ddop of water. He wasnt himself at all. I managed to get him to eat two mice, but he took way longer than usual. A couple days later, his eyes looked as if they were swelling out of his sockets, which i stupidly thought was the result of him being in the humidity box for too long since he completely avoiding soaking in his water dish since his retained spectacle problem started.
Again, he had never had any sorts of medical problems for 11 years. And this is a highly recommended vet clinic that I had never been to. Is it the Panacur? Treatment of the vet stressing him out? Possible negligence? I've looked around on other forums and sites and read that wrong dosages can potentially harm or kill. And with his slow metabolism, was it killing him and I didnt know?
This vet office didnt give me any info on the Panacur or tell me that it can curve appetite. So I'm questioning everything here. Any help or info would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Shannon
I lost my eastern kingsnake,Tort, last night for unknown reasons. He was only 11 years old. And i know he could have lived a helluvalot longer. He had eaten two mice(he usually eats 4 or 5), so I know his appetite was still there. I think it has something to do with the vet visits a few weeks prior.
Last month, I had brought him to the vet for the first time for retained spectacles. The vet gave me a small tube of bacitracin, suggested a humidity box and insisted he get dewormed with Panacur. He has NEVER had worms or any other medical problems for the entire time Ive had him since he was 6in long. 11 years of no problems. They never bothered asking for a stool sample and dewormed him in the back room.
So I get him dewormed. He eats five mice a couple days later, doing great. Set up his box and do the recommended bacitracin treatments and soaking in the tub for ten days til his next appointment. He's looking better, more active.
But he lost a bit of weight. They suggest continuing the bacitracin on his eyes and give him a second panacur treatment.
By his next appointment, i told the vet he's looking thinner, more sluggish but his eyes are looking better. He ate 5 mice with no problem. The vet suggests giving him more natural sunlight and keeping an eye on him.
His last appointment was two weeks later(6/2/16). He has lost a little more weight. They say he's looking okay otherwise. They take him in the back to get another Panacur treatment.
They come out 15 minutes later, saying they had to force feed it to him and then give it time to make sure he didnt regurgitate it. His jaw was slightly offset and he was very eager to retreat into the travel bag I bring him in.
He wasnt eager to eat anything a couple days after. Never drank any ddop of water. He wasnt himself at all. I managed to get him to eat two mice, but he took way longer than usual. A couple days later, his eyes looked as if they were swelling out of his sockets, which i stupidly thought was the result of him being in the humidity box for too long since he completely avoiding soaking in his water dish since his retained spectacle problem started.
Again, he had never had any sorts of medical problems for 11 years. And this is a highly recommended vet clinic that I had never been to. Is it the Panacur? Treatment of the vet stressing him out? Possible negligence? I've looked around on other forums and sites and read that wrong dosages can potentially harm or kill. And with his slow metabolism, was it killing him and I didnt know?
This vet office didnt give me any info on the Panacur or tell me that it can curve appetite. So I'm questioning everything here. Any help or info would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Shannon