Off to the beach this weekend! (also a rattlesnake)

[ConcinusMan]

Snakes aren't poisonous, only plants are. Snakes, spiders, etc have venom
Just a bit of a pet peeve that I have.

Now wait a second. Garters in the area where I find the blue anery concinnus' are poisonous. They get that way from feeding heavily on rough skinned newts. Great Blue Herons, Racoons, Crows, and Cooper's Hawks have all been reported to become very ill or die after eating garter snakes in that area.

[RedSidedSPR]

Stefan beat ya to it. On page 1.

Except certain garters, which actually become poisonous by eating certain newts.

[ConcinusMan]

So he did.

Unfortunately, the snakes pay a price for that protection. They are heavily burdened with a specific tape worm that uses the newts as an intermediate host. That tape worm has a negative impact on their health which is outwardly apparent in heavily infected snakes. Every snake I get from that area gets treated with Praziquantel and they do recover quickly.

[kibakiba]

I meant, when I said that, snakes, such as a rattlesnake, do not inject you with "poison" they inject you with "venom"
Not talking about garter snakes at all.

[RedSidedSPR]

I knew what you meant, and i'm sure they did too.

[ConcinusMan]

I meant, when I said that, snakes, such as a rattlesnake, do not inject you with "poison" they inject you with "venom"
Not talking about garter snakes at all.

This is true. Most venom is not poisonous, as in, not dangerous if swallowed. Must be injected.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Richard i would like to get some metronidazole and Praziquantel do you have a source for these or do you have to get a perscription. I think Praziquantel also treats flukes.

[ConcinusMan]

Those are common ingredients in OTC dewormers for cats and dogs. You would have to know how many mg. of each is in the tablets, and of course do some math and weighing dosages with high resolution scale that can weigh at least 0.001 gram increments or better. We're talking about a scale that can weigh a grain of salt. It can be quite daunting. I guess this is the main reason for having a vet do it when it comes to very small animals like a snake.

Are you still wanting to deworm your snake? I told you I could take care of getting the accurate dosage for you and I can just send it to you. Just need to know how many grams your fasting (10-14 days no food) snake weighs.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

The thing is i don't have a good herp vet around here and a friend of mine just lost a snake to flukes. I have panacur and a dosing chart but i don't think panacur works on flukes.

[ConcinusMan]

Doesn't work on tapeworms either.