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My 4 year old male is still regurgitate his food. I had a post 9/11 asking about parasites and since took him by my Vet. and I gave him 2 doses of Panacur. He still wants food but it sits in him for 48 hours and then regurgitate it. I force feed him some egg mixed with vitamins 2 times and he passed that ok both times, so i figure try another toad in which he jumped on it but after 48 hours regurgitate it. I'm starting to think obstruction? If he has a obstruction why is he passing the egg? I have had him all 4 years and he has been perfect eating toads with this being the first problem? Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks

did your vet do a swab maybe he has protazoa and needs some metronidazole

.......he did say he had a lot of ameba's or something that I don't remember. Can you explain more as my local vet is not a herp vet. Thanks

.my vet is giving me a 250mm metronidazole tablet to crush and mix with water to give to my hogonose.......how do i dose it???

I would suggest you try to find a vet forum and ask there.
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it is 50 mg kilogram of body weight. have you given your snakes meds before

Yes twice i gave him the panacur in a syringe with a tube so i could reach his stomach and 2 times a egg mixture

these tabs are a little tricky. i cut off a percentage of the tab i thought was correct for a single dose. then i would load a syringe with the amount of water i am going to use to dillute the piece because these pills don't disolve completely. then i simply mix the water from the syringe and the piece of tab in a shot glass suck it up and you are ready to give it to the snake. be careful not to use too much though it will not be good for your snake.

can i mix it with some egg?

yes you can water is just what i always used

how many times or how often do i do this?

i believe it is once every three days for nine days but doublr check with your vet

when should i try solid food...THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

I would wait at least 3-4 weeks before you offer anything solid and feed something small! It takes time for the snakes throat to heal from regurging. Kevin

...if i wait that long he will be in his no eat stage....for the last 4 years he stops eating from nov. till march.........should i keep force feeding him egg every 3 days????

you can try to feed after your done dosing there shouldn't be a problem

.....i hope he gets better because i have a female for him that should be mature next year!