To each his own Fireside. I respect your precise communication, but if I choose to be less dedicated to the study of your posts I hope you'll forgive. I've been keeping solare for over 3 years now and have lost only one (excluding some young hatchling fatalities) which died after laying eggs. This was due to some kind of physical trauma which caused a paralysis during the egg laying process.

I have seen on rare occasion a pin worm excreted in stool. There are several types of worms that might infest an HL host. The most common is not the type that would attach on a permanent basis. The life cycle of this pin worm depends on being eaten by ants after being expelled by the HL, so that it's eggs are then passed to the lizard again through the ants. A clean habitat can reduce the recurrence, but ants from the wild (basically all the ants we feed our HL's) are potential carriers of new eggs, so this is a recurring issue for most HL's over their lifetime.

I am curious what your experience has been either with or without the medications in the various HL's you keep?



I'm all for study of effects and I agree with Lou that this should be explored. But I don't necessarily agree that it should be thrown out on this forum for the inexperienced to try. I have talked with vets who handle reptiles and they are nervous to treat HL's. Also, HL's have somewhat delicate mouths, and prying them open by any means certainly adds considerably to the stress of the lizard. I respect Lou and his long years of experience in treating lizards. If he says he has had success with treating HL's then I consider it valuable information. Again, his method is less stressful or likely to cause damage.



I think it would be very beneficial for Lester and others to provide some insight. Lester, I know you have many years of experience with HL's directly. Care to comment?
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