h0mersimps0n
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I have a mega ultra stubborn chondro that only accepts live so I feed him a rat once every 10 days or so. Well this last time I observed the kill then let him be to devour the rat. Somehow in that amount of time that he killed it and swallowed it he contracted what I THINK is flea's. Yep, you heard me correctly, fleas.
It was a crazy week and I didn't check in on him like I usually do all week but went into the snake room tonight, look in and notice these tiny, wood colored, tear-shaped, body (looong and slender) bastard bugs that I've seen on my mice when I used to breed them. So after cussing and swearing and panicking as usual, I bathed the snake (god, chondro's don't like to be disturbed) baked the infected wood at 200F and watched the wood CAREFULLY for about an hour (cause actually I only saw the bugs on the wooded items in the tank and not so much on the snake which was good). Bleached clean artificial plants which had creepy crawlers everywhere and will bleech the glass tank tomorrow. I have him in a completely disinfected plastic tub with an alternative perch and a well-cleaned water dish.
All that work simply because I fed him a life rat.
LESSON: If you don't have to DON'T... it's more hassle than it's worth- I lost an entire night of studying tonight, luckily I have friday, saturday and sunday afternoon and night to make up for the lost time. UGH
It was a crazy week and I didn't check in on him like I usually do all week but went into the snake room tonight, look in and notice these tiny, wood colored, tear-shaped, body (looong and slender) bastard bugs that I've seen on my mice when I used to breed them. So after cussing and swearing and panicking as usual, I bathed the snake (god, chondro's don't like to be disturbed) baked the infected wood at 200F and watched the wood CAREFULLY for about an hour (cause actually I only saw the bugs on the wooded items in the tank and not so much on the snake which was good). Bleached clean artificial plants which had creepy crawlers everywhere and will bleech the glass tank tomorrow. I have him in a completely disinfected plastic tub with an alternative perch and a well-cleaned water dish.
All that work simply because I fed him a life rat.
LESSON: If you don't have to DON'T... it's more hassle than it's worth- I lost an entire night of studying tonight, luckily I have friday, saturday and sunday afternoon and night to make up for the lost time. UGH