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by oxcan on July 13, 2003
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we got problems with our animals, the sintoms are regurgitate food and green color in the heces? our web page is at www.serpientes.ws (wildlife service) please contact us we need help. email at oxcan62@hotmail.com. thanks advanced.
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by elapid62 on July 13, 2003
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I could not say for sure, But I would say your snakes have regurgitation disease. I have herd of it, but never seen it. It is found in wild caught snakes from over saes I think. try to find info on the web about it. Good luck My Friend, Russ (Sorry if I am wroung)
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Sick snakes......
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by TomT on July 13, 2003
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Juan Carlos,
If it possible for you to have laboratory work performed on fecal samples taken from your animals, it is the best way to determine which, if any, protozoa is causing the trouble.
A veterinarian is best equipped to deal with the required medication and dosages. If you have neither access to labs or medical professionals, then you'll have to resort to the "shotgun" method employed by many herp keepers. I'd recommed flagyl(metronidazole, an anti-protozoan drug used for Giardia, Trichomonas, amebiasis, and anaerobic bacterial infections) administered in the following dosages: 100 mg/kg given orally (I use a feeding tube) one time per week for 3 weeks. I have seen recommedations as high as 125-275mg/kg, but dosages this high will kill ALL the flora in the animal's digestive tract and that's worse than having a few "bad" bacteria present, in my opinion.
Treat all of the animals in the collection and one time per week for three weeks.
You may want to re-evaluate your husbandry on the species you keep to ensure that temperature is not a factor in the regurgitation of food. It is my personal experience that a snake will rarely regurgitate if it is adequately hydrated and has access to the right temperatures for digestion.
I would also discourage feeding ANYTHING for the next 7 to 10 days following the initial treatment with the flagyl to give those that have been regurgitating their food some time to heal internally. Passing digestive acids back up through the esophagus can be VERY rough on the tissue. Repeated irritation can lead to chronic regurgitation syndrome and death. Give the snakes all they want to drink (check your water source to ensure it isn't part of the problem). I bleach the water bowls I use, regularly, to ensure I don't re-infect sick animals and I do not move water bowls from cage to cage to limit cross infection.
As an additional measure, you can also treat with Panacur (Fenbendazole) at 50-100mg/kg if you have reason to suspect there are any Nematodes (hookworms, Lungworms, Roundworms, Pentastomids, or Strongyles) present in the animals in question. Repeat dosages (orally, and these drugs can be administered at the same time) of panacur in two weeks.
Please feel free to contact me directly,
Sincerest regards,
Tom Townsend
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