sjusovare Posted - Apr 07 2020 : 02:04:00 PM
Not necessarily, I've had the case, only 2 of my gliders were symptomatic, the others were not (except they seemed to be eating more than they used to), and worse, the parasites were not always detectable in stools (basically it is only detectable during the cystic part of their cycle, so not during the phase which might cause symptoms). The problem was that the ones who were asymptomatic were still contaminating the cage, pouches and bedding with giardia cysts, and the 2 that were treated were getting infected again, it stopped once all the gliders were treated at the same time, even the asymptomatic ones. Otherwise, she may has a metabolic issue preventing her to gain weight or assimilate food, but that's not something easy to diagnose nor easy to treat or compensate. |