[lemonlauren]

So, toward the end of all the meds for the giardia, Nikko started to go downhill. He started gagging and spitting up a little, and kept eating and drinking less and less - even the delicious chicken and rice. We bumped the vet appointment up, and now we're back home. Here's the news:

The vet saw a little giardia still in the stool, but she said it looked like it was dead - Nikko hadn't pooped in about a day at this point, so perhaps hopefully this is cool. She said she was hopeful the giardia is done with. Horray for us for obsessively keeping Nikko and his environment clean during all that!

But the reason he's feeling so crappy still is that he also has coccidia. Turns out, the first vet we took him to (that was nearby where we'd picked him up) had seen the giardia, but had missed the coccidia. Grrrrr! First vet was also unable to interpret the shot/worming list that we got with him, but new vet glanced at it and said she knew what everything was. She even pointed out to us the last two de-worming treatments Nikko had had before we got him were to treat practically everything EXCEPT FOR giardia and coccidia.

Anyways, that's the story. If I don't post back to this thread, you can assume we killed all the giardia in under a week, and lived happily ever after (well, after we get rid of the coccidia too, lol). Whoohoo! But if it ends up coming back, I'll post again with more updates... Cross your fingers for us!

:-) Lauren & Nikko