Hi everyone! You all are going to be so sick of all my questions! 
Over the counter worm medicine...is it safe to give it to a 4 week old Hermann toroise? It is called Worm Guard by Nature Zone. Does anybody know?
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Worm Medicine
Becki71
Feb 04, 2004 09:55 PM
Replies (3)
EJ
Feb 04, 2004 10:07 PM
I don't see how you can safey dose such a small animal unless it was eating. I've done it with a 16 gram tortoise but that is lots of experience and I'd never recommend it. Do you know it has worms?
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Ed
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Becki71
Feb 04, 2004 10:59 PM
I'm not sure if it has worms or not. I just got it today and I heard that you should treat your tortoise for worms once you get it just in case. I will definitly not give him this stuff then and call a vet instead. I would hate to hurt him. Thanks.
Sohni
Feb 04, 2004 11:28 PM
Becki, your best bet is to just observe your baby for a couple weeks, give him a chance to settle in, then take him to a herp vet for a checkup--bring a fresh fecal sample for the vet to check for worms. Then the vet can advise you on treatment, if necessary. Don't try to dose him yourself.
That Nature Zone stuff has cloves in it, and it would be difficult to get your tortoise to eat it, anyway. Cloves have a very strong taste.
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Sohni
Northern California
0.1 Baja de L.A. Rosy Boa
0.1 Okeetee Corn Snake
1.1 Rubber Boas
1.0 Leopard Gecko
0.0.2 Hermann's Tortoises
plus my kids' herps:
0.0.1 California King Snake
1.0 Mexican Rosy Boa
0.1 Leopard Gecko
