Reptile & Amphibian Forums

I have had it for appx a week now going on 2wks and is in quarantine for the next 2 at the very least. I am getting rid of all the parasites before moving it into the awaiting enclosure so it doesn't become contaminated. But anyways, here is the question. Is this a white throat. I am pretty sure it is as it has no yellowish tints around the nostrils or on its back at the age it is but I could be wrong. Also being a wild caught (big mistake, no more wc ever again for me) what age might you expect it to be appx? Sorry for the low quality pic, it is the best my friends camera could do.
Thanks

Here is another picture. Once again not the best visual but its better than me trying to explain. Like they say "a picture is worth a thousand words."
Thanks again

,.
-----
Mampam Conservation

Hi,
What kind of parasites does it have? Ticks? pin-worms? Tape-worms? mouth-rot? Usually in juvenile animals, which this one is, could be anywhere from 6 months to 1 yr old, depending on food intake...and also depends of how stress induced it was in reansport here to US from south-central Africa, to promote the parasite load to harm the animal...be careful your vet does not over-medicate your animal, and make sure it gets PLENTY of water during medication (meds can damage kidneys)...
good luck,
mbayless

Listen up!

Hey how's it going? The only parasites we could find were roundworm eggs. We couldn't find any worms as I tried to see them in the microscope as well as in its stool. Nothing could be found. He was treated again this weekend with .2ml of ivermectin again. I brought the kingsnake post from you guys last time with me about panacur being fine and the ivermectin might cause problems, even death. He says, this is from Dr. Fish who specialized in reptiles for many years. She just left not to long ago to a job as the head reptle vet at the Pittsburg Zoo from what he said. He says that she has had probelms with panacur of animals dying and has had no problems with the ivermectin. The plan is next weekend we are going to run another fecal to see if it has anything showing up. He says that Dr. Fish told him to run a 4 wk treatment, once per wk at the same amount of dosage. I set him by the water pan and he drank a bit. I still have him in the enclosure with all the windows newspapered up so that may be helping with the rehab of being down and out. He is now, after 2 wks, is in scarf mode. Anything I put in he will eat. Yesterday he ate 4 fuzzy mice, 5-6 earthworms, and like 15-20 superworms. I had to end it there as I thought that he might be over doin it. Today I had a mouse give birth and she started killing all of them so I took the tiny babies,8-9, and dropped them on in. He took those with a few superworms and I figured that'll do it for a day or so or at least until he defecates and then feed him up again. Then I closed up the cage, he walked to his hide, and went back to sleep. So, so far so good. He is making good progress. When I got him he was thin with the bones in his tail showing profusely. Now his tail has fattened up a bit and legs are slowly filling out. I am guessing he'll be in good shape in the next month or so. But yeah, no mouoth rot, tapes, hooks, or anything else. I plan on soaking him tomorrow and allowing him the chance to get more hydrated than normal being that meds tend to dehydrate. I don't even mess with him ever. The only interaction is cleaning, feeding, or taking him to soak in the big rubbermaid. As a matter of fact I thin he likes it better that way. When he moves into the large enclosure then that'll be a new shock and give him some more time to acclimate. So I already expect a long while before handling him.
Thanks for the luck, It seems to be working so far......
That should about do it.
Thanks alot for your help. I'll keep you posted up on what is going on.

Sounds good...hope everything woeks out A-OK....do they need to use meds on eggs too? Don't the eggs just pass on through the body and hatch outside the body in the wild, or in this case on the newspaper or in the waterbowl?

I am Glad to learn panacur is frowned upon now - I think I lost a few animals in the early 80's - 90's via panacur...

Much Luck!
mbayless

I guess the meds kill the larvae inside the egg and then just pass the eggs out. But, from what they were saying, if it swallows infected water in a bowl that wasn't sterilized or since they aren't the brightest creatures in the world might just stand in its feces and reinfect itself.
Thanks again...

;