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[Kinra]

I might be wrong but I dont think it came from f/t mice/rat. When a rodent is frozen, freezing should have killed most of the things on or in the rat. And I'm assuming that the frozen rats were not something that were frozen for only a day.

I've heard from someone that tapeworm eggs don't die when they are frozen. I have never feed her live and I'm sure I don't have mice/rats in my apartment that she could have eaten when she escaped. I trust the place I got her from 100% so I'm sure she didn't have tapeworms when I got her. That means the only way she could have gotten them was from a f/t rat. I've heard some pretty horrible things about the place I was getting my f/t rats from lately too.

Again, I can't prove where she got the tapeworms from, so I will not name names.

[mpkeelee]

How is the treatment going? Any luck getting the pill in the rat? I hope everything works out and it clears up soon. Is this type of tapeworm specific to certain animals or is any living animal subject to invasion?

[Maddumpling]

I've heard from someone that tapeworm eggs don't die when they are frozen. I have never feed her live and I'm sure I don't have mice/rats in my apartment that she could have eaten when she escaped. I trust the place I got her from 100% so I'm sure she didn't have tapeworms when I got her. That means the only way she could have gotten them was from a f/t rat. I've heard some pretty horrible things about the place I was getting my f/t rats from lately too.

Again, I can't prove where she got the tapeworms from, so I will not name names.

I never feed live too not only because they could bite the snake but things like parasites. I'm not saying you are wrong, but I'm just curious, could tapeworm eggs really live that long in a frozen rat if its been frozen for over a week or something.

[Kinra]

How is the treatment going? Any luck getting the pill in the rat? I hope everything works out and it clears up soon. Is this type of tapeworm specific to certain animals or is any living animal subject to invasion?

I tried to give her a pill stuffed rat on Sunday, but she wasn't interested because she is in shed. Hopefully next week she will take the rat, if not I will go back to vet and hope they have the injectable meds in stock. There are only 2 ways snakes can get tapeworms: insects and rodents. I don't think tapeworms are species specific either, but the only way to get them really is to eat the eggs.

I never feed live too not only because they could bite the snake but things like parasites. I'm not saying you are wrong, but I'm just curious, could tapeworm eggs really live that long in a frozen rat if its been frozen for over a week or something.

I will check with my vet to see if he knows anything about this, but I do know that rats/mice need to be frozen to a certain temp to kill the parasites. I don't know what that temp is though.

[Maddumpling]

I tried to give her a pill stuffed rat on Sunday, but she wasn't interested because she is in shed. Hopefully next week she will take the rat, if not I will go back to vet and hope they have the injectable meds in stock. There are only 2 ways snakes can get tapeworms: insects and rodents. I don't think tapeworms are species specific either, but the only way to get them really is to eat the eggs.



I will check with my vet to see if he knows anything about this, but I do know that rats/mice need to be frozen to a certain temp to kill the parasites. I don't know what that temp is though.

I would like to know that too. Its really gonna bug me and worry me if I have to actually worry about some tapeworms being on my frozen rats.