Re: what parasite did I find
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Originally Posted by
texron
yeah, I freaked a little. All I could think of was to get it out. I'm going to give his cage a good cleaning tonight. The head of whatever it is was larger than the body, but this thing was tiny. Think human hair for its body, but only 1/8" long and what I assumme to be the head was a little bigger. It moved like it was having spasms.
Yes, now that you have given us this valuable piece of evidence...it's most probably mosquito larvae, even though they aren't white as far as I know.
Re: what parasite did I find
But it means that mosquitos were living and breeding inside the house...not harmful to the snake, but a PITA for the mammals in the house. Do you have any dogs or cats? If so, make sure both are up to date on heartworm preventives (yes, cats can get heartworm, too...it's new info to me from our vet, but they've been seeing more and more of it with the super wet weather we've had in the northeast).
Re: what parasite did I find
sounds like mosquito larvea
Re: what parasite did I find
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Originally Posted by
Moonshae
But it means that mosquitos were living and breeding inside the house...not harmful to the snake, but a PITA for the mammals in the house. Do you have any dogs or cats? If so, make sure both are up to date on heartworm preventives (yes, cats can get heartworm, too...it's new info to me from our vet, but they've been seeing more and more of it with the super wet weather we've had in the northeast).
not really. it means that a female ready to lay eggs was in the house and found a suitable place in the snakes water bowl.
