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RE: oh, something else

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Posted by: pinelandsghost at Tue Nov 10 15:37:11 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by pinelandsghost ]  
   

Bill & Doug, as you may remember the incredibly bad time I had last winter when I battled a lungworm infection that swept through my collection.
Panacur & antibiotic got it in check and Flagyl finished off the infection.
While most everything bounced back a couple snakes would regurge if more than the smallest meal was fed. After awhile that wasn't such a problem for most as I'd assume the biological balance was regained in the animals gut.
One snake, a female albino black rat was very thin and would regurge easily so I'd feed small and often. Say every 5 days trying to get her weight back up. Appetite wasn't a problem this snake is always ready to eat and will eat what ever you give her, still she wouldn't bulk back up and looked scary thin.
After a dose of NutriBac she's finally putting on weight. Noticably. I have to think that the probiotics are making digestion of what she eats more complete getting her more out of a meal.
I plan to dust with the NutriBac once every couple of meals for the collection and if an individual is treated with Flagyl and Panacur it will be an automatic follow up.
Mike.


   

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