Stress-free worming

Here’s a trick to worm snakes that are aggressive, difficult or just plainly to avoid stressing them out by handling and forcing a tube down their throats. If your snake eats dead prey, cut an opening on the side of the mouse or rat. Separate a little bit the skin from the subcutaneous below to leave a small cavity. Do this incision as far back in the boy of the prey as you possibly can to avoid the snake scenting any off-odor of the drug. When dosing with Panacur paste have your vet weigh the amount needed and place it with any kind of spatula in a small container. Once home remove it from the container (with similar spatula or any object), and spread it inside the opening of the prey. Cover with skin fold and feed. I have used this method successfully in boas and blood pythons.

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Great tip Dan. We have always done something similar. We inject the rodent with flagyl, panacur or whatever. Works great.

I usually inject the rodent also...but, if a needless approach is desired, one can push a 1 cc syringe down the throat of the (f/t) prey item and 'inject' it that way