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I've read about Parazap on different websites and was curious to know if anyone has had actual experience with it. Any feedback, good or bad, would be appreciated.
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Diego
SNAKES
4.1.2 Corn Snakes(Different morphs).
1.0.0 Boa Constrictor
0.1.0 Tangerine Honduran Milksnake
0.1.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
2.0.0 Ball Pythons
0.0.1 Ribbon Snake
0.0.2 Rosy Boas (Coastal & Baja)
0.0.1 Pueblan Milksnake
0.2.0 Kenyan Sand Boas
LIZARDS
1.0.0 Frilled Dragon
2.2.0 Bearded Dragons (2 Normal, 2 Morphs)
0.1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
0.1.0 Merauke Blue Tongue Skink
1.0.0 Turquoise Sunburst Veiled Chameleon
1.0.0 Savannah Monitor

i used it for about a year on diffrent things,,i only use it for 5 feeding in a row and then i stop i treat them once a year it may say use every month but i don't and no i do not give it to my dog like they say you can nether and i don't give it to all my reptiles,i have used it on some sav monitors, that i keep outside and i think it worked i see more of a change when it is fed to smaller reptiles like geckos,frogs,dragons,skinks or w/c small lizards i think it does increase food intake but sometimes hard to tell you should just get some and try it, and test it out

Thanks. Yeah, we did the impulse buy thing. It sounds great, so we order it. Next thing you know, it arrives faster than your electric bill and we're looking at each other wondering if this stuff is even safe for our kids. Just want to make sure that even if it fails to be the wonder product it claims to be, that it's not harmful to our babies. Tanks again!
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Diego
SNAKES
4.1.2 Corn Snakes(Different morphs).
1.0.0 Boa Constrictor
0.1.0 Tangerine Honduran Milksnake
0.1.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
2.0.0 Ball Pythons
0.0.1 Ribbon Snake
0.0.2 Rosy Boas (Coastal & Baja)
0.0.1 Pueblan Milksnake
0.2.0 Kenyan Sand Boas
LIZARDS
1.0.0 Frilled Dragon
2.2.0 Bearded Dragons (2 Normal, 2 Morphs)
0.1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
0.1.0 Merauke Blue Tongue Skink
1.0.0 Turquoise Sunburst Veiled Chameleon
1.0.0 Savannah Monitor

I am not sure why you want to use this product? You never mentioned your intent or reasoning behind using such a parasiticide. To my knowledge this product is designed as a preventative supplement you add to food and/or drinking water, to prevent and eliminate any possible parasite infection.

My question to you, is have you had your particular animal tested for any specific type of endoparasite? Or is this more of a preventative, or 'guesswork' treatment("animal is skinny- must have parasites"?

Most people do not understand the real threat that most parasites have on our captives(which isn't great at all in most cases), and instead of focusing on more important matters like hydration, they get caught up on the parasite thing. These parasiticides are POISONS, and offer absolutely no benefit to the reptile itself; in fact the only direct effect of these drugs/chemicials on the herp is deleterious.

Medicating an animal based on the assumption that there is a parasitic infection, or even dosing them if they have parasites can be detrimental to the long term(and even short term) health of your animal(again, these medicines are POISONS). Because most endoparasites have multiple life stages, proper husbandry(temps, hydration, and cleanliness) are often all that is needed to irradicate a parasitic infection. If you are able to break up a single stage in the life cycle, perhaps through keeping a clean environment through quarantine, there is no vector for reinfection, and the parasite problem ceases to exist.

What's funny, is that most of these "parasitic infections" that people claim of, without having any bloodwork or fecal samples performed, are nothing more than acute dehydration.

I would be hesitant to use such a product, until you understand what truly is afflicting your animal, and if such a product is even necessary, given you have a good grasp on keeping your herp healthy and well hydrated.

Para-zap and other similar treatments are poisons, which I personally steer clear of nowadays... In most cases it is dehydration which you must watch out for, not parasites.

Good luck,

Bob
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Treemonitors.com

Bob,
Thank you for your informative reply. You are correct in stating that we should focus on our animal husbandry (which I believe to be quite good) and not waste time on the miracle products. The only reason we bought this stuff was because it sounded good, not because we feel our animals aren't doing well. I realize that sounds a little silly in retrospect, but you know what they say about hindsight! Thanks again for your time.
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Diego & Tiffany
SNAKES
4.1.2 Corn Snakes(Different morphs).
1.0.0 Boa Constrictor
0.1.0 Tangerine Honduran Milksnake
0.1.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
2.0.0 Ball Pythons
0.0.1 Ribbon Snake
0.0.2 Rosy Boas (Coastal & Baja)
0.0.1 Pueblan Milksnake
0.2.0 Kenyan Sand Boas
LIZARDS
1.0.0 Frilled Dragon
2.2.0 Bearded Dragons (2 Normal, 2 Morphs)
0.1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
0.1.0 Merauke Blue Tongue Skink
1.0.0 Turquoise Sunburst Veiled Chameleon
1.0.0 Savannah Monitor

The thing about holistic medications is that they're generally so lame that any dose doesn't have much for effect, or side-effect. There's something to be said about drugs that are given "to-effect" instead of a certain mg/kg. So far, there's been no problems using it; pretty much all benefits have been anecdotal and only semi-usefull.

Ian