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Tapeworm....
I have one of my snakes become constipated, after a bit of worry lots of soaking she is now fine again (I will never use wood chips again however...) The fecal exam came back showing that she has a tapeworm. The problem is how did she get it the breeder fed only F/T as do I. Can tapeworm eggs live after being frozen? She has never been fed live her fist meals were from a pinky pump as she was a twin and born tiny. I can't figure out how she could have been exposed to it. Any Ideas?
The vet does not want to blanket treat the whole collection but rather do exams for each animal and treat if any others have any. I have been only using 2 rodent suppliers but they have supplied the rodents to all of my snakes.
Any Ideas?
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Tapeworm eggs are typically killed if frozen at at least -10° C for 48 hours or more.
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As most parasites are killed during the freezing process, chaces are your snakes first few meals after hatching were live, which is where it could have come from. My normal has been on f/t and had pinworms, which I was told probably came shortly after he hatched when he was eating live.
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That might be it I have got some rats from a local person and they may not have been frozen very long only 10 or 12 hours maybe. It really is the only place. I wonder how many rats actually have tape worms? Maybe I sacrifice a few and do some dissections if I can find my kit...
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I think as long as you freeze them for a good amount of time, and treat your snake for whatever he has now, you should be safe. If not you can always have fecals done quarterly if it makes you feel better.
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I really doubt it came from the frozen rodents, like I said more often than not their first few meals after hatching are live....Unless you hatched it and know you didn't feed live then that's what I would assume.
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My first thought was that he probably had the tapeworm before you got him as well.
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I know the breeder quite well he said that as she was so small (one twin) and has a mis formed jaw she was fed with a pinky pump and frozen pinks not live. As far as he believes that she has never had live only frozen... That is why it is such a mystery. I check already!
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Well it's a mystery to me also, that is my only guess since I don't think any parasites survive the freezing of rodents...
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