The only medicine useful for this female was Ivomec per os at 0,2 mg/kg: fecals are now negative!
Ruggero
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one of my Spilotes females, W.C., but treated and doing well
Ruggero
Jun 08, 2003 10:34 AM
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oldherper
Jun 08, 2003 10:18 PM
Were there any noticeable side effects at all? I suspect that snakes with a high metabolism (and no unusual sensitivity to Ivomec) would do well on it. It has a relatively short half-life. Drymarchon are known to be hyper-sensitive to it, but I don't know of any other colubrid snakes that are. I don't think that hyper-sensitivity is related to overall metablolic rate, but rather the inability to metabolize certain compounds at all. Spilotes are more closely related to Drymobius and Coluber, I think, than they are to Drymarchon, and they are active snakes with relatively high metabolic rates.
Ruggero
Jun 09, 2003 12:10 AM
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Ruggero
Jun 09, 2003 05:36 AM
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