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    Re: a feeding success

    Most of the time there are no symptoms. A snake can live a long healthy life with them. However, if they are hurting the snake, such as a bad infestation of tape worms can, then common symptoms would be poor appetite, weight loss, (malnourishment) watery and/or bloody feces, and lethargy. Left unchecked this can of course result in death.

    Other types of worms cause liver cysts or burrow into other organs, causing the organs to fail, so the only likely symptom would be a sick (or not) snake that just up and dies.

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    Re: a feeding success

    Quote Originally Posted by ConcinnusMan View Post
    Most of the time there are no symptoms. A snake can live a long healthy life with them. However, if they are hurting the snake, such as a bad infestation of tape worms can, then common symptoms would be poor appetite, weight loss, (malnourishment) and lethargy. Left unchecked this can of course result in death.

    Other types of worms cause liver cysts or burrow into other organs, causing the organs to fail, so the only likely symptom would be a sick (or not) snake that just up and dies.
    Well none of that has happened yet, she has eaten very well.......
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