Let me begin by saying thank you to everyone that has given me support over the past 2 months as my dogs kept "failing" fecal tests and were being treated for Coccidia.....
Well I'm incredulous over what I learned today....last week after we failed our test for the 4th time ...my vet (whom I love) called Ohio State Vet School and gave a vet there the skinny on our situation....2 dogs with zero symptoms (ie. no diahrrea) that show Coccidia under the microscope having had 4 different courses of medication to no avail....been quarentined for 2 months as I didn't want to infect any other animals, fastiously picking up doopha before it hit the ground, and washing the grass for crying out loud....
Ohio State had me overnight doopha, food, supplements, and water samples last Wednesday....to test...with no cost to me because they were curious....
I just got a call from my vet who heard from OSU....my dogs don't have Coccidia (never had).... Under the microscope Coccidia and Bee Pollen look very similar....I give my dogs bee pollen every day as it helps with their environmental allergies and is a great antioxidant.....all this time we treated for a parasite that never existed!
Feel super guilty and relieved at the same time, my weim is still trying to put weight on because all the antiparasitic Meds caused her weight loss, Schultz is not having any ill -effects from the Meds but I hate that I medicated them for no reason....my vet is sorry too but assures me that it is out of their systems now....
Can you believe it bee pollen? Just an FYI question everything, vets and dr.s don't have all the answers ...I knew it didn't add up, they didn't have any abnormal BM's but the fecal tests my vet was viewing showed her Coccidia (she knew to consider pollen ...textbooks show tree pollen...not bee pollen) and with each medication the slides were the same.....
Well, I can let this go. Mystery solved....thanks again for all your support and encouragement!
Well I'm incredulous over what I learned today....last week after we failed our test for the 4th time ...my vet (whom I love) called Ohio State Vet School and gave a vet there the skinny on our situation....2 dogs with zero symptoms (ie. no diahrrea) that show Coccidia under the microscope having had 4 different courses of medication to no avail....been quarentined for 2 months as I didn't want to infect any other animals, fastiously picking up doopha before it hit the ground, and washing the grass for crying out loud....
Ohio State had me overnight doopha, food, supplements, and water samples last Wednesday....to test...with no cost to me because they were curious....
I just got a call from my vet who heard from OSU....my dogs don't have Coccidia (never had).... Under the microscope Coccidia and Bee Pollen look very similar....I give my dogs bee pollen every day as it helps with their environmental allergies and is a great antioxidant.....all this time we treated for a parasite that never existed!
Feel super guilty and relieved at the same time, my weim is still trying to put weight on because all the antiparasitic Meds caused her weight loss, Schultz is not having any ill -effects from the Meds but I hate that I medicated them for no reason....my vet is sorry too but assures me that it is out of their systems now....
Can you believe it bee pollen? Just an FYI question everything, vets and dr.s don't have all the answers ...I knew it didn't add up, they didn't have any abnormal BM's but the fecal tests my vet was viewing showed her Coccidia (she knew to consider pollen ...textbooks show tree pollen...not bee pollen) and with each medication the slides were the same.....
Well, I can let this go. Mystery solved....thanks again for all your support and encouragement!
This is a good lesson for others as well that are going through the same thing..I wouldnt have thought to check the other things that you were giving him...
quarantine over 
