well we have just rescued a ball python from horrible conditions and already i am worried. the poor snake had maggots and poop in its cage with no heat source what so ever. it is alive but its like holding dead weight. its so listless. ive never seen parasites but i think it has them. it pooped on me and it was a lot of farting and liquid a small solid piece and themn runny poop and a lot of bubbles and there where white things in the poop. i didnt get real close but they looked like they could have been worms. is there a home remedy i can use for thwe worms that wont hurt the snake if it really isnt worms? the nearest snake vet is over an hour away and money is tight right now cuz i just had to put my dog to sleep. any help is apriciated.
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Well, the horse dewormer Panacur is a popular treatment to deworm snakes. However, if the snake is as bad as you made it sound, it's probably going to need a lot more than a little dewormer. It could have other internal parasites that you would not be treating. You should get it tested to make sure that you are treating it for everything it has.
If you can't afford to do that, then you should get it to a rescue operation that can.
Before somebody jumps on the definition of "rescued" let me try to lessen the impact.
First & foremost, you must get it to a vet, and soon. I've yet to find a vet that wouldn't work with someone on paying the bill for emergencies.
Look around the eyes and on the belly for mites. They look like miniature spiders, about the size of a pin head. If any are found, which, from the sound of things, I'd be surprised if not, soak the snake in a tub of water and run your hands down it to knock off as many mites as you can.
Get the temperature between 85 - 90 and humidity between 70% - 80%. Give it a water bowl big enough to soak in and place it under the heat lamp.
Get it to the vet, soon.
Keep us posted.
Mike
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Ferst get it to a Vet. and if it hase mites you can use olive oil to rub allover it to get them off of it then clean the cage and put a bird protecter on top of the cage or hanging inside it to keep them from coming back , but ferst things ferst get it to a Vet A. S. A .P. David
there are no mites that i can see so far. the cage it is in is a differnt one and it was cleaned thuroughly before the snake was put in. i will be taking the snake to the local snake man and get his advice. the snake is a little more active since it finished shedding. but it took three weeks for it to shed and that was with me helping. i think it also may have a respitory infection too. we will see what the snake man says thurday.
