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I picked up a wild coastal that a friend says has been sitting on this concrete slab for a couple of days, even in the rain.
i came round and got it and it is about 4ft long and extremely skinny and lethargic. ive got it at my house now and it has been on heat and cruises around a bit at night.
i suspected amoebic dysentry originally from something it ate as it wouldnt take anything i gave it. (quails, rats, mice). not even interested. I gave it a saline injection and it had a drink and livened up a little.

Yesterday it looked particularly tired so i had a good look and found an engourged paralysis tick below its neck. ive since removed the tick this morning but it barely has the strength to hold its head up. I feel really slack that i didnt find it originally but just wondering if ticks have the same effect on pythons as they do on mammals..
ive kept captive bred in outdoor enclosures before and they seem to pick up ticks a fair bit but theyd usually drop off or id pull them off. ive never seen one so engourged before on a reptile. the tick itself wouldve been about 3mm across. Do you guys think it is suffering the effects of paralysis or i should treat for an ameobic parasite as well?
it is really skinny. id post photos but dont have digital camera