Now I don't know a great deal about reptile parasites. But I did study some last semester in ecology. (We have an awesome ecology/anatomy/physiology teacher at my school by the way. Check it out www.drwhitey.com).If they were subcutaneous nematodes, how would they make their way into the digestive tract? Hence the vomiting up of them? They would have to eat straight through the intestines or stomach.



I've never heard of actually having to physically remove parasites like that..other than tapeworms and some round worms. Perhaps he had both? Get a stool sample if you can find one that's not too old?



Also...How do chameleons survive parasites like these in the wild? Do the contract them through importation or do they bring them in from their respective habitats?

Anyways...Sorry for all the questions...I'm also trying to understand parasites and such..I plan on getting a pair of wc merumontana soon...

--Cory

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