Re: BP hasn't eaten in 4 months/(found worms in water bowl)parasites???
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Originally Posted by
Bogertophis
There are other ways a snake can pick up parasites too: do you ever let him crawl in the grass outside? I really wish you had kept the worms to test & taken pix of them to post here, since from your description, they could have been from either the snake OR the substrate that got into the water bowl*, & without seeing them, we'd only be guessing. (*normally, if they were from the substrate, there's no way they could have crawled into the water bowl, so that would have been more conclusive.)
The last time I let him crawl outside was over a year ago, so I doubt the parasites are from then. When I found the worms in the water bowl, they were swimming quite well, so I'm guessing that they must've been some aquatic type of parasite.
Re: BP hasn't eaten in 4 months/(found worms in water bowl)parasites???
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Originally Posted by
Danya
The last time I let him crawl outside was over a year ago, so I doubt the parasites are from then. When I found the worms in the water bowl, they were swimming quite well, so I'm guessing that they must've been some aquatic type of parasite.
Snake intestines are rather "aquatic" too though. And if he caught parasites a year+ ago, it can take a while until they build up to the point where they're being defecated out. By that time, they may also have done a fair amount of internal damage by now, not to mention stealing the nutrition that your snake needs to grow with optimal health. Out of an abundance of caution, in case these ARE his parasites, I would not wait too long to get him/his stool tested...for his sake.
Re: BP hasn't eaten in 4 months/(found worms in water bowl)parasites???
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Originally Posted by
Bogertophis
Snake intestines are rather "aquatic" too though. And if he caught parasites a year+ ago, it can take a while until they build up to the point where they're being defecated out. By that time, they may also have done a fair amount of internal damage by now, not to mention stealing the nutrition that your snake needs to grow with optimal health. Out of an abundance of caution, in case these ARE his parasites, I would not wait too long to get him/his stool tested...for his sake.
As soon as he poops next I will definitely get a stool test.
