sick diamond

[morph]

was wondering if any one can help me
i have a 7 foot diamond python and i was lying in bed watching him when all of a sudden he started to yawn but he was all red on the belly .
and he was squerming around like he was coiling then all of a sudden he
threw up and it had worms in it and they were alive ..
i wormd him 2 weeks ago just a bit worried ..
also when i feed him he goes all red on the under neath does any one else have the same thing with there reptiles.
the redness goes after he has eatn
will take him to vet asap but thought some one on here could help as well
all help is appreciated

 

[serpenttongue]

He must have a bloody huge infestation to be regurgitating worms. Does he hold down meals or regurgitate these as well?

I'd get it to the vets to be wormed via a dosing needle. Injecting worming treatments into prey is a bit inaffective, as the meal is usually regurgitated or takes too long to digest for the medicine to take effect(depending on the size of the meal).

What have you been feeding it? A captive bred snake, fed quality rodents from a reliable source shouldn't have internal parasite problems (although i do acknowledge that it does happen).

It's normal for them to become red under the throat/belly during feeding. Blood rushes to those muscles when suffocating and swallowing prey.

 

[MatE]

What did you worm him with?And dont worry about the red under his belly when eating thats normal mine do it as well.What have you been feeding him defrosted rats?I would be taking him to a vet to get the worms looked at and he will work out the best treatment to get rid of that specific worm as all treatments arent the same.

 

[MatE]

Cool great minds think alike lol nice.A bit slow on the typing lol.

 

[mysnakesau]

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I'd get it to the vets to be wormed via a dosing needle. Injecting worming treatments into prey is a bit inaffective, as the meal is usually regurgitated or takes too long to digest for the medicine to take effect(depending on the size of the meal).........

I wonder if that was the problem with my yellow port mac (who has been missing now for 3 months). When I first got him I suspected his health wasn't perfect even though he showed no typical signs of anything being wrong. His skin glowed, bright clean eyes and rear end, he was eating, shed perfect. But when I ran my hands down his belly he felt and sounded squirmish and I felt it didn't sound right. I wormed him with canine drontal tablets and repeated the dosage after 10 days but never saw any worms come out. But one day he attempted to regurge but he had an empty belly. But what did come up was a blob of clear jelly and one tiny live worm. I gave him more drontal but nothing was coming out. I gave him the drontal every two weeks for 6 weeks and still no worms, yet I know there was something there. Back then, though, I was accepting advice from local vets until I learnt that I need to see a reptile-specialist for my reptiles. They said I needed to treat him with flagyl so I did that. He only ever regurged that one time so I could never tell if it worked or not. Our nearest reptile vet is 70km away but if I ever find him, we will take that trip. He's been gone for months, god only knows what his condition is now

Sorry to hijack your thread, morph. But its good learning to bring up similar discussion. Now I am wondering if I may have made a mistake with the treatment I gave to my snake. Only a reptile vet would know how to test for these things.

 

[morph]

i feed him on large rats from two stores one is in a freezer that is wraped in stuff like glad wrap
the other is seald in a bag with a green tree snake on it and he doesnt regeratate his food ..

 

[morph]

i treated him with repti worm

 

[ShnakeyGirl]

I worm my pythons with Panacur, which I got from my reptile vet. I was advised this is one of the best to use because its a boarder spectrum and covers more types of internal parasites

 

[Vixen]

Injecting worming treatments into prey is a bit inaffective, as the meal is usually regurgitated or takes too long to digest for the medicine to take effect(depending on the size of the meal).

Could this be overcome by using a very small prey item compared to what is usually given. Example an adult mouse injected with the wormer for an adult carpet?

 

[ShnakeyGirl]

Could this be overcome by using a very small prey item compared to what is usually given. Example an adult mouse injected with the wormer for an adult carpet?

Interesting point, I wonder if it would work.

 

[pythons73]

Could this be overcome by using a very small prey item compared to what is usually given. Example an adult mouse injected with the wormer for an adult carpet?

I would imagine it would as the mouse wont take too long to digest compared to a 250gram rat.

 

[morph]

thanks to all that have helpd me out will try panacur in a adault mouse see if that works

 

[mysnakesau]

panacur being liquid would be dead easy to give orally without the need to feeding. Hold his head firm but gentle and use a clean bamboo skewer to pry his mouth open. Once you have something in the corner of his mouth he can't shut it. You can see his windpipe in his mouth so if you trickle the pancur down his neck by aiming to the roof of his mouth (towards back so it goes down) there is no where for it to go except into his stomach.

 

[cockney red]

Morph.
I've only ever had one infestation of worms, from an acquired adult Diamond. Get the snake outside and let it run through your hands, if it has an infestation, you'll more than likely feel a golf ball like lump in its gut ( when empty ) I treated mine on Drontal dog worming tablets, that are only safe dog tablets for reptiles! I used half the recomended dose for a dog by weght. she was 5 killo's, so it meant one tablet, shoved down the gob of her food item, and then repeated, next feed. worked fine. As your Diamond is being cooled at the moment this can not be tried, so vet is best option!
Lee.

 

[morph]

thanxs too all im going to give him a dose of repti worm and inject the amount int the rats stomache see if that works if not i will take to vet as im not confordent to stick any thing down his throught

 

[zulu]

re sick

Dont feed it now,take the dam thing to the vet and theyll give it an ivamec injection they dont charge much for worming its a straight forward quick procedure.

 

[Ships]

In the bad old days prior to the current licencing legislation wild caught diamonds would often regugitate a fed rat that was covered in nematode worms, was a way of them gettng rid of some. We used touse panacur which treated the problem.

 

[morph]

my diamond

too all that did help me thanx
he is looking a whole lot better now and my coastal is a lot better as well as i did her as well
once again thanks to all

 

[morph]

to all that helpd thanks
my diamond is a lot better now and i also wormd and demited my costal they are
more motovated now
so to all thanks was much appreciated

 

[mysnakesau]

Thats good news Morph. Great to hear. But don't forget to repeat the worming in 10-14 days time to help prevent a re-infestation occuring. I am not sure on full specs but I think the worming medicine doesn't kill eggs? Or sometimes eggs can survive but repeating the dosage in that time frame, they will have hatched by then and will be killed off with the second treatment.