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De-Worming

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I have heard of snakes being de-wormed on this site. Is this something to do regularly, or only if your snake is having issues and worms may be the cause? If it is a regular thing, is it only once they become adults that you de-worm them? I have only just recently heard of de-worming snakes and I never read about ti before..... so I was curious
Thanks!
 
My thoughts are, unless you are having problems with a baby that has eaten prey that might carry parasites (live anoles, toads, frogs, possibly mice) then you may as well wait until the snake is a yearling -two year old to let the parasite load build and so you aren't taking a tiny baby in to be tube wormed.

Ideally, you'd bring in a fecal, get it tested, treat as necessary, and then check again one year later. Like cats, dogs, horses, everything else. Except they probably get dewormed every six months.

Nanci
 
Must admit, I wouldn't treat my snakes for worms unless I thought they actually had been exposed to a risk.

If you're worried, then asking the vet to analyse a fecal sample is your best bet, then treat if necessary. A cheaper approach as well, although this isn't the primary consideration.

It's not something that needs to be done regularly unless you're in the habit of feeding prey from unconfirmed sources e.g. wild-caught.
 
Thanks, guys! I don't think either of my snakes has been exposed...but I may get Meph tested in the future just in case.
 
Of my four snakes that I had fecals done on, all had worms. Two were WC, so that was expected. But two were CB. And Zee was only two years old!

Bearded Dragon, two years old- STUFFED with all kinds of worms and coccidia. She _did_ live on her own outside for three months as a baby, and then ate crickets, so had plenty of chances to get worms.

Nanci
 
Nanci said:
Of my four snakes that I had fecals done on, all had worms. Two were WC, so that was expected. But two were CB. And Zee was only two years old!

Bearded Dragon, two years old- STUFFED with all kinds of worms and coccidia. She _did_ live on her own outside for three months as a baby, and then ate crickets, so had plenty of chances to get worms.

Nanci
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:-offtopic Hi Nanci,I'm just curious as to what meds you used on the dragon? I know probably some sort of sulfa drug for the coccidia.What types of worms and meds for them? I've used Panacur,Ivermec and Droncit on my reptiles and birds in the past.
 
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