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12-Nov-06, 04:17 PM
|  | Electrical Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Inner-West Sydney Age/Gender: 20  | | | Worm Rid Calculation Help
The following is what i worked out and want to know if it seems right to you guys seeing as i have never wormed my snakes and dont want to over dose them incase there are any adverse effects.
My bredli is about 75grams (8months old approximately)
My Stimmi is about 150grams ( 11 months old)
0.4ml per 1kg (given on label)
=0.4 / 1000
Therefore, 0.0004 = ml per gram
0.0004ml x 75g = 0.03ml (8month old bredli dose)
0.0004ml x 150g = 0.06ml (Year Old Stimmi Dose)
So if 8 drops = 0.4ml (given on label)
0.4ml / 8 = 0.05ml per drop
Then i would need a little less than two drops in total to worm both snakes.
Seems right to me but then again i am but a humble electrician lol
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12-Nov-06, 04:46 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Goulburn Valley Gender: | | | |
Yeh, that sounds about right. I don't think you can over worm as long as it is close but ask a vet if there is any doubt.
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12-Nov-06, 04:49 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | |
Ideally you should get a faecal float done at your vet (around $25) yearly. Your calculations seem ok, I'm assuming it is a snake wormer that you are using. You might want to mix 1mL of water with 1mL of the wormer and use double the dose (this will make the dose more accurate)
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12-Nov-06, 05:14 PM
| | Electrical Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Inner-West Sydney Age/Gender: 20 | | | |
Tim yes it is a reptile wormer that im using called Worm Rid made by reptile science. Im reasonably sure my snakes dont have worms but its mainly for a new herp that i recieved as a precaution. I have also read that you should worm snakes that are fed frozen annually and those that are fed live/ freshly killed every 6 months.
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