Coccidia are common in poultry. Amprolium (Corid) is used to stop or prevent it. Not sure in a tortoise.
It is a totally different organism in tortoises.
Understood. I will keep my opinions to myself. The vet thing does not have value here.
Understood. I will keep my opinions to myself. The vet thing does not have value here.
Good news. Thanks for the update.I value a veterinary opinion. Greatly actually. That being said, I value the opinion of the doctor I work for as well, which is why I ended up leaving this thread. I don't know why you felt the need to argue about my tortoise having coccidia, as diagnosed by my trusted reptile veterinarian. I felt like you just wanted to argue, and were trying to tell me I was wrong, when you then stated that what my tortoise had been diagnosed with *was* indeed possible. My tortoise has been treated, and I have done some reading about the intranuclear coccidia. My doctor has also read up on it, and agrees that this is of no concern to my tortoise. My tortoise has responded well to two weeks worth of treatment, and has now started to graze and be a *real* tortoise for the first time in his life. He is also gaining a good amount of weight when he has previously had been pretty static, despite normal bloodwork and a healthy, abundant diet.
Thank you everyone for your input. I'm just glad Shredder is doing well and back on track! Repeat fecal was negative, and we will continue to monitor every month for a few rounds to make sure we aren't missing anything else!