Exotic Animal Formulary5

States; fenbendazole preferred
Nitrofurazone 25.5 mg/kg PO 393 Most species/coccidia; seldom used
Olive oil Coat skin q7d 16,92 Most species, especially small, delicate
lizards/mites; wash animal with mild
soap (and rinse well) the next day;
messy to use; environment must be
treated with acaricide
Oxfendazole
(Benzelmin, Fort
Dodge)
66 mg/kg PO once 113 Most species/nematodes; may be repeated
after 28 days prn
Paromomycin
(Humatin, Parke
Davis)
Permethrin (Provent-a-
Mite, Pro Products)
Piperazine
35-100 mg/kg PO
q24h×≤28 days 103,169
100 mg/kg PO
q24h×7 days, then
2×/wk×3 mo 64
300-360 mg/kg PO
q48h×14 days 305
300-800 mg/kg PO
q24h prn 58
360 mg/kg PO
q48h×10 days 129
Environmental
treatment, 1 sec of
spray/ft 2 ; wait
until dry before
returning animal
to enclosure 92
Topical 92
40-60 mg/kg PO,
repeat in 14 days 208
Most species/amoebae
Snakes/cryptosporidia; reduced clinical
signs and oocyte shedding; does not
eliminate the organism
Lizards (gila monsters)/cryptosporidia
Geckos/cryptosporidia; reduced clinical
signs; does not eliminate the organism
Bearded dragons/intestinal cryptosporidia
Lizards, snakes/mites; ticks; FDA
approved; safe and effective; wash
immediately if accidentally applied to
skin
Tortoises/ticks
Most species/strongyles, ascarids; poor
efficacy at <400 mg/kg 208
100-200 mg/kg PO 159 Crocodilians
Ponazuril
30 mg/kg PO q48h×2
treatments 33,273
Bearded dragons/coccidiosis
Praziquantel — See also emodepside
8 mg/kg PO, SC, IM,
repeat in 14
days 16,117,174
25-50 mg/kg PO
q3h×3
treatments 2,171
Most species/cestodes, trematodes; higher
dosages have been administered 106
Sea turtles (green, loggerhead)/PD;
spirorchidiasis
141