Quote Originally Posted by brain View Post
So this parasite is in all garter snakes? Do we know?

Where do you believe it came from?

What were some of the environment conditions?

Has it occurred in others of your snakes?

What was the snakes diet?

More info please for the benefit of all.
I have no idea about the regularity of this parasite in other individuals. Mine, which there are no worm pics, was from an anery radix that I got from Scott, this summer. She wasn't a good eater at first, so *guilty* I had her on a mix of rosies ans tilapia. This was just a temp. solution, and after two weeks or so of that diet I worked in nightcrawlers and pinkie parts. That's been her diet since. She is housed communally with a similis and a red sided- both females also until they get bigger. I haven't seen this in the others- yet. Once I pulled the little bugger out, I did an immediate bleach/rinse job on the enclosure. She is now in a critter carrier all to herself until I determine (stab in the dark) whether or not these freeloaders happened to latch on to any other of her roommaters.