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26-Jan-08, 11:12 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Nth Qld Age/Gender: 35  | | |
I found a green tree snake in my house today and it had a few battle scars on it, but it also had three or four lumps under its skin like 'worms' about 1 to 2 cm long. Stupidly, I didn't take a photo before I let it go. Any ideas on what they could be? The other interesting thing is we found the snake because of the noise it was making as it slithered across our tiled floor. It was such a loud hissing noise like a split in a hose.  |
26-Jan-08, 11:59 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: bundaberg Gender: | | | | Skin Worms
They get them from eating frogs
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27-Jan-08, 12:05 AM
|  | The Devils Reject. Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Rugsville..... Gender: | | | | yes skin worm and very easy to take care of.
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27-Jan-08, 12:10 AM
|  | Roadkill Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Western Sydney Age/Gender: 25 | | | | Yes, very simple to treat but it does involves cutting the skin open and pulling them out. Probably best to have them removed by a vet or someone with a bit of experience.
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27-Jan-08, 07:00 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: NT Gender:  | | | | The 'skin worms' are Tapeworm, normally spirometra enrecei, a worm that is very common in frogs and skinks/geckos. The snake is an intermediate host for the worm to grow, they get the worm larvae by eating the frogs etc. They pass the eggs which can be passed on to other animals. Also if the snake gets eaten say by a cat, it can be passed on then too. Generally the worms are removed manually by making an incision in the skin and extracting them and also by giving a tapewormer such as Droncit (praziquantel) which will kill any remaning larvae/eggs that are in the snakes system.
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27-Jan-08, 10:40 AM
| | The Devils Reject. Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Rugsville..... Gender: | | | | giving a tapewormer such as Droncit (praziquantel) which will kill any remaning larvae/eggs that are in the snakes system.
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can you get that stuff from any vets and whats the best way to give it to your snake.......
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28-Jan-08, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by krusty  can you get that stuff from any vets and whats the best way to give it to your snake....... | Yes you can buy that over the counter at a vet clinic. I wrote some dosages in this thread worming
Generally it can be given in food, either by making a hole in the mouse and putting the tablet in it. For smaller doses I generally crush the tablet up to a powder and mix it with 1ml or 10ml of water, depending on how much you need to give out. That way you can get smaller doses more acurate. You can also tube the snake and administer it that way but I would not be advising that unless you are experienced at tubing them
HTH, Let me know if you need more help Krusty.
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Last edited by snakenurse; 28-Jan-08 at 04:57 PM.
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