internal parasites? I'll know for sure tomorrow...

[mlededee]

well now that's totally different from what they told you before. ask them for panacur--that will treat the roundworms. when i had to treat my snakes the dose was 1ml per 1kg of snake, once when you get the medicine and then again in 2 weeks. if you tell them the weight of the snake(s) you want to treat they should be able to tell you the exact dose(s).

[nevohraalnavnoj]

well now that's totally different from what they told you before. ask them for panacur--that will treat the roundworms. when i had to treat my snakes the dose was 1ml per 1kg of snake, once when you get the medicine and then again in 2 weeks. if you tell them the weight of the snake(s) you want to treat they should be able to tell you the exact dose(s).

I think I can get panacur online from petmeds.com. Should I go with panacur or this one from petshed.com

http://www.petshed.com/products/category702.asp

Another user had good success with the aformentioned one, as it contains OXANTEL, PYRANTEL, and PRAZIQUANTEL. ?

Thanks,

JonV

[mlededee]

i got my panacur straight from my vet, so i really don't know what to tell you about those other meds. you might pm user satanicintention and ask her advice--she's educated in such things.

[SatanicIntention]

Panacur won't do anything for the tapeworms.

Why don't you want to get the meds from your vet? They aren't expensive whatsoever(maybe the Drontal Plus-praziquantel).

You're going to need to weigh the snakes on a gram scale and get exact weights, calculate their dosages, crush pills up, mix with water, and use a red rubber feeding tube(from the vet) and a 3ml+ syringe, to get it down.

If you had 20 snakes, I might understand where you're coming from financially, but if you have less than 5, I would say just support your vet's business and get the meds from him.

[West Coast Jungle]

I noticed from one of the original post that the breeder had CB and CH. CH means they came from Africa and were shipped with 100's if not 1,000's of other snakes, so parasites are very possible and not necessarily the breeders fault. treatment is not that expensive and not dangerous to the snakes. I think your vet is the most qualified to perscribed amounts. Just because they found eggs only doesn't mean there isn't a worm in there. They ususally don't come out too easily.

[littleindiangirl]

okay, just got back from the vet. the fecal says "numerous oval shaped eggs" which it says are roundworms in parenthesis. it also says "one elongated egg" with nematode in parenthesis.

ha! and this cracks me up. they kept telling me how these could not have come from any food source because they are "snake specific" and then it says "tapeworm egg--unable to identify other than tapeworm" Doesn't sound very snake specific.

My thought is to get some deworming pills and treat him myself. I really don't get the impression that anyone there knows what they're doing.

Anyone dewormed snakes before?

JonV

Why are you doubting the vet so vigorously? They've gone to school for this stuff, just because they dont put the scientific name of the infection on your printout doesnt mean that she doesnt know what she's talking about. If your so interested on prescribing medicine yourself, why not get a second opinion first?

[SatanicIntention]

There are alot of different types of tapeworms. You can't expect anyone, even the vet(besides a parasitologist), to know which tapeworm it is. They are all treated the same though, with praziquantel, and the vet will be able to prescribe deworming medication for your snakes.

When doing fecals for hours at a time.. You get an eye for it. But still.. Sometimes it's incredibly hard to determine whether that TEENSY coccidia oocyst is actually a cryptosporidium oocyst.. There are also alot of different types of roundworms, hookworms, and other parasites that can easily be confused with one another.

I would trust your vet. They know what they are doing.

[nevohraalnavnoj]

There are alot of different types of tapeworms. You can't expect anyone, even the vet(besides a parasitologist), to know which tapeworm it is. They are all treated the same though, with praziquantel, and the vet will be able to prescribe deworming medication for your snakes.

When doing fecals for hours at a time.. You get an eye for it. But still.. Sometimes it's incredibly hard to determine whether that TEENSY coccidia oocyst is actually a cryptosporidium oocyst.. There are also alot of different types of roundworms, hookworms, and other parasites that can easily be confused with one another.

I would trust your vet. They know what they are doing.

I guess I have gotten a weird vibe from them for two reasons. The first was that one person told me "these are snake specific parasites". And then I looked at the actual sheet from the fecal float and it said "tapeworm eggs-unable to identify further" which didn't sound very snake specific to me. Lots of animals have tapeworms. I had a fecal done on my bearded dragon and a vet tech called me and said "I don't see any thing in there, but that doesn't mean there isn't anything". Well then why did I pay $25 for a fecal?

JonV

[nevohraalnavnoj]

I'll make an appointment and take him in.

JonV