Worms of the unwelcome kind

[chris-uk]

Chris, because Nobby is W/C, is the cause of the worms what the snakes diet had been in the wild? Frogs or fish, something like that? With my radix as young and as small as she was when I found her in March, I don't think her diet could have been anything more than earthworms and thats all she's had since moving inside. Could worms give her worms? Or could she pick them up from wherever she was getting her water.... Should I have her checked for worms being W/C???

Most likely to have been her wild diet. Almost every wild snake is going to have a parasite load, some people worry about it others don't. I think in Europe, where the majority of snakes are CB and therefore clear of parasites, I'd always advise testing and de-worming if necessary. If you have a WC snake (possibly with worms) would you then put it anywhere near a snake that you bought as CB animal and paid £50, £100, or £150 for? I've got two other snakes quarantined at the moment, and as soon as they poo on a day that I can take it to the vet they'll be tested as well.

Chris have you noticed any sub-cutaneous worms on Nobby?

No, there's no sign of anything sub-cutaneous. I'll be checking again carefully though.

If Nobby is a pinky eater I would inject it into said pinky.
Problem solved an no waste.

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