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by nnw1 on November 23, 2004
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my daughter and i caught 2 timber rattlers in pa and tried to keep them they where eating good at first then in sept they quit eating then they died off on us what did i do wrong we keep the temp in the 70's fresh water every day and offered food but the wouldn't take it
at first they would rattle when u walked in the house and at the end they wouldn't rattle at all. would like to try again next year if we get the permits but if they are just going to die i dont want to they are pretty snake and we enjoyed them until they quit eating
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by Phobos on November 23, 2004
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Hi:
Sorry to hear that. Especially since these were endangered animals protected by law.
Wild caught snakes almost always have internal parasites that don't effect them much under normal conditions. When a snake is stressed like when caught and subjected to captivity, their immune system along with other body systems take a down turn. This allows the parasites who were kept in check (balance) before capture to overwelm their host and causes their death.
It the future purchase captive bred animals, they are always available, and let the wild snakes stay wild.
Al
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by nnw1 on November 24, 2004
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they r protected by law. But i don't believe they are endangered there is alot of them around and if u buy a permit for 5 dollars off the fish commision your allow one alive or died. I don't hunt them or kill them when i find them but i was trying to learn more about them by keeping one and my daughter is enjoying the hunting and learning about snake to but i don't want anymore to die from us keeping them and i know it can be done i need the secerts of keeping them and what i can get to stop parasites and keep the check balance
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by Phobos on November 24, 2004
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Hi Norman:
I think is great that you and your daughter are very interested in Timbers. The best thing to do to check for parasites is take a fresh stool sample to a Vet to be screened for them. Then you'll know what kind are present if any and how to treat the animal. The Vet will certainly not want you to visit them with your Rattlesnake in tow but they can screen the stool. The tricky part is getting the medication into the snake without the snakes fangs getting into you.
One common worming agent I use is Pancure which you can inject into the food you are feeding the snake. Thus the Pancure gets into the snake and does it's thing "no fuss...no muss"
The alternate and not so fun way of doing it is by feeding catheter. The safety margin can be increased by "Tubing" the snake (see this link for demo on how this is done: http://www.snakegetters.com/demo/tube/index1.html)
They also have many tutorials on medicating snakes and other items to increase your skill & knowledge levels.
I live the PA also, so I can help you if need be.
Contact me directly by email listed on my profile if you like.
Happy Holidays,
Al
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by nnw1 on November 25, 2004
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thanks for the info and i hope we have better luck next year and what part of pa are u from email me at norm@palaw.org
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