Loose skin?

[RedSidedSPR]

Not good enough, I still don't get it...

[guidofatherof5]

Nice to hear your holdout isn't a holdout anymore.

[RedSidedSPR]

Me too!!!!! I forgot how it felt to have a BIG snake grab food from me!!!

But then it occurred to me, is it ok to feed during deworming?

[guidofatherof5]

Yes. Just adjust the doseage minus the weight of the worms fed.
If they were fed within 24 hours of the med. Otherwise make the dosage for the snake's current weight.
Just my opinion.

[RedSidedSPR]

Oh... crap. I can't adjust the dosage, it's already dosed. Should I just wait to give him meds for a few days?

[guidofatherof5]

Nothing wrong with that idea.

[ConcinusMan]

Don't worry, I haven't even sent the meds yet and you don't have to worry about feeding. Feed him like normal until the meds come. The only thing you have to worry about is that you have to make sure he's going to take the food before you put the meds in it because it will begin to dissolve immediately. I'm sending 4 doses. You only need the one, then about three weeks later, do it once again.

The dosage is set according to his fasting weight (35 grams) already. I've weighed up 4 pieces of the tablet that are the right amount. Like I said, you only need two. The other two are in case something goes wrong, such as you put it in food and then he decides he won't eat. Also, you'll have to keep him on paper towels to make sure he doesn't throw it up. If he does, (I've never had it happen) you'll have to wait a week and try it again.

You can feed him like normal now, and even after dosing him. I only needed him fasted to get an accurate weight. You're going to need some tilapia pieces or extremely large night crawlers to put the meds in. You have to make sure the food engulfs the chunk of tablet. It has a distinct odor and if they smell it, they won't eat it usually.

[RedSidedSPR]

Ok good! thanks!

Wait.. I'm putting it in the food?!? I thought I was doing it syrynge style.... so is it a tablet? How do I get it in??

[Starling96]

with a worm u would just pop the head of it then put in the tablet
Right?

[ConcinusMan]

Yes. But what I do is just drill a hole in a piece of tilapia and put it in there.