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pinelandsghost
at Thu May 5 01:14:25 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by pinelandsghost ]
I'd have to agree with concerns about parasites. Generally a dose of panacur and flagyl in liquid suspension will be the treatment if parasites are suspected.
If you do take your snake to the vet a fresh or a recent fecal sample is a must!
That will enable the vet (or the vets lab) to find parasite eggs, castings or parasites themselves and identify the specific culprit.
I've been that route and along with the Panacur and/or flagyl that will kill the parasite, an antibiotic may be added to aid in recovery.
I am familiar to treatment and proper dosing now so anything new to my collection automatically recieves P&F suspensions.
If you don't know anyone familiar with it and you are unsure about dose measurement, follow your vets reconmendations.
One thing you don't hear alot about and I swear by is to follow up with some type of probiotic dusting on the food items to help the animal regain the "good bacteria" in its system. This aids greatly in digestion and stimulates appetite.
I've got nothing to gain by endorsing a specific product but I use Nutribac. It is not hype.
Sometimes healthy snakes regurge and are tough to get to feed again without regurging. Temps can sometimes be the culprit, don't let the temp drop after feeding. Sometimes too much or too large an item that does not digest in the time it should will cause a regurge.
So lets go with the assumption that the snake is regurging for one of the above reasons and is not due to parasites. It is otherwise healthy.
Don't push it to feed too soon after regurging. Skip a feed.
The next time offer a much smaller food item. A pinky or crawler to an adult snake is not out of the question here. Sprinkle a little of the Nutribac powder on the back half of the mouse. Mine are frozen thawed in hot water so being damp the powder sticks well. Then leave the snake alone for a couple of days to let the meal settle.
What we are trying to do is calm the snakes stomach and jump start the system. 
Offer again in five days with a more normal portion say two mice with a little dusting again. I think you'll see a remarkable improvement in the snakes appetite.
After that feed normally.
I also feed light and dust the mice when taking the snake out of brumation and for females after egg laying.
I tell you the stuff its everything they say it is!
Good luck with it.
Mike.
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RE: Rat snake regurge issue..... - pinelandsghost, Thu May 5 01:14:25 2011
