Taking ball to the vet..some help please?

[ollie]

Hello ,

I will be getting 10 breedable size female royals..they are wc i belive but 90% of them are feeding and they have bin in captivity 12 months..

I want to take them to a vet..just to make sure they are all healthy ect..what should i get the vet to do?

Also how much do you think it will cost to have 10 ball pythons checked over? im from the uk but evan if you give me a ruff american price that would be ok

Thanks

Ollie

[SarahMB]

I don't think anyone can answer you about the cost, because most vets will work with you on multiple animals. Just call around and find one that will do that!

[ollie]

Ok cool thanks for the reply

Can some1 help me on the rest of the stuff....

[wildlifewarrior]

you should bring fecals if you can, and also since you know they are WC you should ask them to give treatment fo internal parasites get weights and recomendations on if they are under weight or over, etc etc.


~mike

[jotay]

If you can I would take stool samples in on all of them.
Just have the vet give them a general check up and weigh them.
Stool would be nice to check for internal bugs.

[SnakeEyes]

can they check for IBD without having to do the brain surgery on it?

[lord jackel]

I am curious...why if they have been in captivity for so long do you need to take them to the vet? Do you not trust the person you are getting them from? Having been in captivity for a year most any issue related to them coming from the wild would have shown up by now...especially parasites and ticks?

[wildlifewarrior]

I am curious...why if they have been in captivity for so long do you need to take them to the vet? Do you not trust the person you are getting them from? Having been in captivity for a year most any issue related to them coming from the wild would have shown up by now...especially parasites and ticks?

I think this gets into the whole quarentine issue and can you really ever "trust" the person you are getting them from and i think this person is lookin to get everything started as "clean" as possible. I don't think it is a bad idea.

With internal parasites, they may be in balance with the animal for a year because they were comfortable and not stressed (just guessing) and then comming into a new "home" could stress them to the point where they are negatively affected by the residual parasites in the gut.

~mike

[lord jackel]

I think this gets into the whole quarentine issue and can you really ever "trust" the person you are getting them from and i think this person is lookin to get everything started as "clean" as possible. I don't think it is a bad idea.

With internal parasites, they may be in balance with the animal for a year because they were comfortable and not stressed (just guessing) and then comming into a new "home" could stress them to the point where they are negatively affected by the residual parasites in the gut.

~mike

So in other words you have taken all your snakes to the vet when you first got them just to be careful?

What I am saying is yes definately QT them...but I don't see a need to take them to the vet for no reason. The money he saves could be put toward more snakes

Just my opinion

[wildlifewarrior]

So in other words you have taken all your snakes to the vet when you first got them just to be careful?

yea, when you get a puppy the first thing you do is go to the vet right?

~mike