Sully my male tiel is one of those tiels that has probably lived since chick-hood with Giardia and its only within the last year that he was diagnosed *sigh*. Since then, I've been back to the vet 4 times because its flared up again.
I followed the same course of treatment they gave me---metrozodinale (I know i didnt spell that right lol) and disinfecting everything with a bleach/water solution. He'd get better for a day or two...and then right back to where we started. Obviously this just *isnt* working.
Its flared up again and so I'm dreading going back into the vet knowing that ill be back in a month...there's gotta be another disinfectant I can use because with further research I've discovered bleach is pretty useless against the giardia parasite.
I've seen reports that GSE works well to fight this parasite and that when added in small amounts to the drinking water its cured some stubborn cases (I am well aware that GSE kills off good bacteria and as well as bad and parasites---but have pro-biotics standing by ) So this time I'm thinking of getting some GSE and making a disinfectant from it and some water, as well as adding it to my little guy's drinking water.
Any ideas? Suggestions?