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Questions about ticks.

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Here's the background info. On Jan. 22,2007 I bought a wild caught gravid female ball python. I have left her alone so that she wouldn't be overly stressed. Well tonight I was cleaning her cage and decided to just check her over real quick. I found 5 small ticks on her. I was assured she had been treated for parasites before I purchased her.

My questions are...
1. Can I treat her for ticks or should I wait until after she lays her eggs?
2. If I need to treat her what do I use?
3. Can ticks spread to my other snakes? She's in a different room.
4. Since it's been over a week should I contact the seller to let him know she has/had ticks on her?

I would appreciate any advice with regards to this issue.

Thanks!
 
Tanya,

I would contact the seller and inform them of the situation. I would also treat the animal with an reptile specific mite/tick formula. Provent-a-mite is supposed to be good, but I am not familiar with it, and I'm not sure if it treats ticks.
Ticks can spread, but slower than mites. Prevention is the best cure, however.

My two cents...
 
Ticks are not uncommon on wild caught boas and pythons. It is possible that the dealer took off most of the ticks that were originally present. On the other hand, if you didn't get any snake mites, you came out all right. My experience is that ticks are much easier to get rid of than mites.

>My questions are...
>1. Can I treat her for ticks or should I wait until after she lays her eggs?

I'd say if depends on how soon you expect the eggs. If only a couple of weeks, I'd wait.

>2. If I need to treat her what do I use?

Tweezers and a little bottle of alcohol. Gently take hold of the tick's body with the tweezers. Pull directly backward to put tension on the tick's mouthparts, which are embedded in the snake's skin. In 10-20 seconds or thereabouts, the tick will release itself from the snake. Drop live tick in the bottle of alcohol.

Handle the snake gently, of course.

Using something like Provent-a-mite will kill the tick, but the tick's mouthparts stay embedded in the skin, where they fester. Better to pull the tick off before killing it, in my opinion.

>3. Can ticks spread to my other snakes? She's in a different room.

I don't know. It depends on the species. Being in different rooms helps.

>4. Since it's been over a week should I contact the seller to let him know she has/had ticks on her?

Your call.
 
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