I have never dewormed my rats, but two recent pet-store additions have me thinking. (They are in quarantine still.)
I have some leftover Zimectrin Gold in tubes from when we dewormed the horses last Sunday. I read that the appropriate dose is a dry-grain-of-rice size for each adult rat. Does it sound OK if I use the Zimectrin, or is it too wide-ranging to be appropriate for the rats? It kills tapeworms, bots, as well as worms in general per the package.
Any tips as to how to best administer it? Flip rat over; put in mouth; close mouth? I wish they made tiny syringes for rats like I used for the horses! Maybe they do?
Also, how long should it be waited (if at all) between deworming a rat and feeding it to a snake?
Thanks!!