MY small boa has fleas now i soaked her in the sink and all these black and tan colered bugs were everywhere over 100 what do i do? Also the eyes seem more sunk in the socket and are all dark blue
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Help i have fleas!!!!
mack1time
Jan 26, 2006 06:54 PM
Replies (5)
Trueredtails
Jan 26, 2006 07:07 PM
the sunken in eyes may be a sign of dehydration and you boa may be in shed. Soak your boa in pedialite(sp?) and spray the cage with provent a mite
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True Redtails
mack1time
Jan 26, 2006 07:10 PM
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Trueredtails
Jan 26, 2006 08:20 PM
What is your question about pedialite? Im not sure about the spelling but it is used to rehydrate babies and can be found to you local super market next to the infant formula. You can soak you boa or inject it into a rat and feed it to your boa. sunken in eyes can be a sign of dehydration and if your boa has allot of mites then that can be the cause of the dehydration. Mites feed of your snakes blood like fleas do. Hope this helps
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True Redtails
robyn@ProExotics
Jan 27, 2006 05:58 PM
Pedialite is sugar water, and not a very good choice for a soaking medium. just use plain water. if you want to rehydrate by tube, you can use pedialite, but you still wouldn't want to soak in it.
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robyn@proexotics.com
Trueredtails
Jan 28, 2006 11:48 AM
The flavorless stuff does not have any sugar in it. I should have been more clear and told him to use the flavorless stuff.
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True Redtails
