Cause for concern

[guidofatherof5]

We just returned from the Vet. Hook worms http://www.dog-health-handbook.com/image-files/hookworm_egg.jpg
She'll go on Panacur oral solution. .1ml per 100 grams of weight. 3 days on, a 2 week break, then 3 more days of treatment.
I had concerns for everyone she lives with and now I'll be treating everyone in that enclosure(Scar, Lucky, Speckle, Big Girl, Lucky look-a-like)
My Vet. was nice enought to give me plenty of Panacur. He said I had enought to treat about 500 snakes.
I hope that will be enough

[ssssnakeluvr]

aahhhh...used to deal with them as a vet tech....easy enough to get rid of. it's great that it was something simple and easy to cure !!

[mustang]

hey we learned about them in enviormental (our teCHER IS FUNNY)he decided to dumb it down for us and took us through the life of sammy the hook worm

[ConcinusMan]

I'll bet Sammy didn't see this coming! (Panacur)

[mustang]

nope sammy was too busy leaching off others...like the IRS or the box owners association (home owners association which we had no choice but to join)

[ConcinusMan]

Can't even paint your house without their approval. Now THAT'S cause for concern. Hook worms got nothin' on those guys.

[drache]

good to know what it is - just a small pain in the neck to deal with

[guidofatherof5]

It's good to know what's causing the problem.
While I was at the Vet's Office the Vet. Tech taught me how to do fecal floats. She also gave me all the info. for buying my own supplies.

Fecal Diagnostic Kit Fecalyzer, Fecal Float Device, Parasite Diagnostic - 50 Tests - Test Kits - Vet Med Direct

Fecasol- Flotation solution Fecasol Solution, 1 gallon - Test Kits - Vet Med Direct

[ConcinusMan]

Hey, thanks for the links. Good to know. Wait a minute. Sodium Nitrate? isn't that the same stuff I use to stabilize my homemade wine?

[Mommy2many]

Relieved to hear that Charlotte will be OK.