Wildcaughts can come in with tiny, almost undetectable "seed ticks". These can take a long time to become big enough to be "obvious", and are VERY well camouflaged among the snake's scales. This particular species of tick reproduces by climbing from a female to her egg clutch in order to lay eggs herself-these tiny newborn ticks will hatch and infest the new baby pythons as they themselves emerge from their eggs.



I would think a good shot of ivermectin would kill any remaining ticks on the adult balls...
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Brad Chambers

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The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....

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• Ever have TICKS on a clutch of eggs? - steve_harrison, Tue Mar 25 16:22:28 2008
• RE: Ever have TICKS on a clutch of eggs? - brhaco, Tue Mar 25 16:31:22 2008
• Problem is, all externals were gone! - steve_harrison, Tue Mar 25 16:42:58 2008
• RE: Problem is, all externals were gone! - NoahHart, Tue Mar 25 16:53:23 2008
• RE: Problem is, all externals were gone! - PHLdyPayne, Tue Mar 25 17:10:00 2008
• A few problems here... - steve_harrison, Tue Mar 25 17:33:20 2008
• Steve- - brhaco, Tue Mar 25 17:53:03 2008
• Brad- thanks, but see J n J's post! n/p - steve_harrison, Tue Mar 25 17:56:40 2008
• I did-and agree with him! - brhaco, Tue Mar 25 17:57:51 2008
• Lets Clear this issue up. - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Tue Mar 25 18:14:23 2008
• Thanks Harlin - brhaco, Tue Mar 25 20:40:39 2008
• RE: Thanks Harlin - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Tue Mar 25 21:13:19 2008
• Harlin, - RoyalVariations, Tue Mar 25 23:44:46 2008
• RE: Harlin, - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Wed Mar 26 08:51:19 2008
• RE: Harlin, - RoyalVariations, Wed Mar 26 20:22:01 2008
• RE: Ever have TICKS on a clutch of eggs? - EricIvins, Tue Mar 25 17:11:03 2008
• RE: Ever have TICKS on a clutch of eggs? - jnjreptiles, Tue Mar 25 17:50:54 2008
• Correct! - brhaco, Tue Mar 25 17:56:45 2008
• I just thought it was so weird!!!! more. - steve_harrison, Tue Mar 25 18:02:48 2008
• No worries - brhaco, Tue Mar 25 18:05:31 2008
• RE: No worries - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Tue Mar 25 18:24:38 2008
• Harlin- couple more q's - Steve_Harrison, Tue Mar 25 22:04:01 2008
• RE: Harlin- couple more q's - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Wed Mar 26 09:25:44 2008
• Steve..I didn't see this in another post - JP, Wed Mar 26 08:21:09 2008
• RE: Steve..I didn't see this in another post - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Wed Mar 26 09:35:03 2008
• yeah...thats what I said... - JP, Wed Mar 26 13:20:21 2008
• By inside, I clearly thought that meant. - Steve_Harrison, Wed Mar 26 16:23:30 2008
• RE: By inside, I clearly thought that me - brhaco, Wed Mar 26 16:51:55 2008
• I wonder if those sucks get enough O2 - Steve_Harrison, Wed Mar 26 16:55:04 2008
• RE: I wonder if those sucks get enough O2 - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Wed Mar 26 20:47:55 2008
• RE: I wonder if those sucks get enough O2 - JP, Thu Mar 27 16:17:51 2008
• Great post.. - zefdin, Wed Mar 26 19:23:41 2008