Entamoeba Fix!

[mike]

I received my Entamoeba Fix today and just got done dishing it out to my Rhac's. I have a couple of individuals that I will be paying particularly close attention to, and I will be posting about what I see as the treatment period progresses.

[ominously]

I would like to apologze to Allen (again) for not being able to allow information to permeate my brain - my alst question is answered earlier in the thread.

Sorry dude - rough week I think...

[Allen Repashy]

No worries LOL.....

They were good questions at least

Originally Posted by ominously

I would like to apologze to Allen (again) for not being able to allow information to permeate my brain - my alst question is answered earlier in the thread.

Sorry dude - rough week I think...

[mike]

Just an update, the geckos seem to be eating it pretty well, tomorrow will be the 3rd treatment and then from there it's once a week for the next couple of weeks so I will be keeping a close eye on them and seeing how things go over the next couple weeks and will post as I notice changes.

[mike]

Just an update:

Things have been going very well, I have not lost a single gecko since treatment began and the couple that I had my eye on are already gaining weight, they are more active, and seem to have responded extremely well to the treatment. I still have another treatment to perform before I am totally done, but things have gone great and the geckos seem to have all responded very well to it.

They didn't consume it as well as they do the flavored nectars, but I expected that so it was not much of a surprise to me, but the results so far have been well worth it. Like I mentioned above I had a couple of geckos that I was keeping an eye on and it really is remarkable how well they are doing, they really bounced back well.

I am definitely going to make this a yearly routine regardless of whether symptoms are showing or not, I have had geckos since around late 2003 and this is the first experience I have had with this, no new geckos were added to my collection at all, and this just popped up out of nowhere and quickly showed me how devastating something like this can be without treatment. I am extremely fortunate that this medicated formula became available during all of this or things could have potentially gone much worse.

Thanks Allen!

[Allen Repashy]

Thanks Mike

I appreciate the feedback. I hope it becomes a tool that saves lives in the future.

Allen

[James H]

I started treatment last night, and I was amazed how clean the dishes were this morning. My geckos seem to like this stuff better then the two stage nectar foods. Like I said last night was the first dose, tomorrow night will be the second so I will report again towards the end of the treatment cycle, but so far they have taken to it great and I am impressed thus far.

I am treat as precautionary measures, no symptoms observed.

Thanks Allen, this may be one of the best things to hit the market for all crested hobbyists alike! We owe you one man I appreciate it a great deal as I lost three to this last year and had to had feed the rest of the colony with a siring. boy oh boy, I am fond of this method!!!

[Shane]

Allen, Thanks for coming out with this product. I have been having problems with a few of my Cyrtodactylus, and came across the product at LLL searching for flagyl. Today I dusted crickets for two cages(large & small species)as a test and am considering all cages. Anyone else try the dusting method and how where your results?

To all the haters of drug use, this is reality, evolution does not go fast enough when a parasite is shotgunned into our collection never seen before by the host...they did not evolve together. So its either the side effects or death in many cases imho. This takes me to probiotic mixes, if Allan comes out with a "good bacteria" follow up dust or meal, I would buy it.

Also I would like to add, this is spreading via a host, and in my case I would have to go with phorid flies via the crickets and/or the crickets alone...in my opinion.
Best regards,
Shane Reaume

[Silly-atus]

Today I dusted crickets for two cages(large & small species)as a test and am considering all cages. Anyone else try the dusting method and how where your results?

How can you possibly control how much of the drug the geckos are getting if you use it to dust your crickets or other bugs? How much do you have to pile on eaach bug to get the right dose per gecko? How much of it will fall off before the geckos even get to eat? If you don't get enough of the drug into the geckos, you're just killing off the weaker parasites, not doing a thing to get rid of the stronger ones. If you're going to use the drug on a whim, without knowing for sure that you've got an Entamoeba problem, at least administer the food/drug properly.

I don't hate the drug, nor the product. However, I'm against improper use of a drug, which is a good way to make superbugs. My dad died with the help of a superbug, something that could have been controlled a few years ago. I've been infected by a superbug, but my immune system is keeping it under control, and I'm being monitored regularly by the doctor, so I'm very careful about medications and medicating. Almost all instances of superbugs can be traced back to imporper medication. Dusting the bugs with the powder sounds like a heck of a good way to just do a half baked treatment to me.

[Shane]

lol ok. I actually do one cricket at a time in front of the individual gecko. I did ask for an opinion by others, and with 100+ geckos I am sorry but a vet is out of the question. If you look at usage for the medicine under lit., it has a range...so exact dosage is not fully understood, especially for the geckos I have even if taken to a vet. I am sorry about your father, my girlfriend has scleraderma and easily gets infections due to immune suppressing medicine, we(I) place much thought into the results of "breeding" stronger "supper bugs" and have taken much study on the subject, not my intention to play a role in this.
As for exact dosage, I find a gecko lapping up the paste could have similar results...but would rather not inject or force feed as this has bad results in my past experiences. I would rather not treat at all and use the natural method, but with confirmation of the disease in at least one of my associates of Cyrtodactylus collection, with similar symptoms I am going to take the self-help...with common sense approach.

Furthermore, I have yet to find any facts as to the use of metronidazole creating similar effects that other antibiotics have done in creating that "supper bug". If anyone has a productive suggestion for a large collection of rarely studied or treated genus of geckos, I would greatly appreciate it.