Worms

[Bogertophis]

He has ate pre killed for the last year, I buy live rats and gas them before feeding. They have been expired maybe 3-4 minutes before I feed. He was eating frozen then went off food for about a month and I finally got him to eat a pre kill and he hasn’t missed a meal since. I have not notice anything any he’s poo until this last clean up.

I only have 1 vet in my area that deals with snakes, I hope that he does right and fixes my boy up.

After This past Saturday I am not feeding anymore pre kill anymore. when I picked up rats, I was a little upset in the conditions of their rat racks. I know they are “food” for other animals but the rats deserve to have a good quality of life up until the time they are fed off.


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Ugh, I know what you mean about how some places raise & keep their rats. It sounds to me like the 3-4 minutes required for the rats to expire was NOT long enough for
their "internal guests" to do the same, & that's how your snake got worms. Poor snake...(not to mention their other customers!)

When you say you will no longer be feeding pre-killed any longer, I HOPE you don't mean you're switching to live? I HOPE you mean you'll be using frozen-thawed???
And with f/t, no parasites can survive, so it's much safer, though your snake may balk at the difference in taste & texture...I hope he'll accept them again.

I had pet rats long before I ever got into snakes...but sadly, not every source raises rats (& other rodents) to the same standard of health & cleanliness. I know that from
dealing with pet stores in the past when I supplied them with rodents & what they told me about their previous suppliers ...the quality difference can usually be seen in
the rodents too, if you know what to look for. And as far as our snakes go, it's "garbage in, garbage out"...even if you don't breed, you want healthy food for your pet.