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Old 10-Aug-06, 12:13 PM
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RE: Worming?

Hi Mertle - there is likely to be few problems with captive animals fed on frozen rodents, but if in doubt you can take a fresh (<24hrs) poo sample (brown bit) to the vet and get a floatation test done, this will tell you if there are worm rggs in the faeces. It's a cheap test and they can usually do it while you are there (just have to look for eggs with a microscope).

You could probably use one of the worming products as a precaution, but I don't endorse the use of these things generally unles you know there may be a problem. Some snakes, Antaresias (Macs, Stimson's, childrens) for example seem to be more affected by worms, carpets on the other hand can carry very large worm loads (yucky) without any apparent problems. No worms is a good thing to aim for.

Jamie.
 

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