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Originally Posted by TheBoogieDown
15 days. The vet said, about 4 days before he died, that his body was riddled with parasites. I remember it was 15 days because we took him back to where we got him shortly after, and the gave us a nice "Too bad, so sad, not our problem anymore!" 1 day over the return policy
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gonna get myself in trouble here, but oh well.
Virtually all reptiles have parasites, but it's a symbiotic relationship, parasites don't want their host dead, they need the host alive or the parasite will perish as well.
Correctly supported animals can carry a parasite load and live just fine, and without reintroduction, it has been proven that the parasites themselves grow old and die.
Some years ago a study was done where wild caught imports were tested for parasites, NOT treated, but given optimal husbandry, the parasite load gradually went away.
The problem is that entirely too many people (myself included) still have work to do "perfecting" husbandry of many reptiles.
Since rough greens are considered "cheap, disposable pets" no one is going to invest much in sorting out exactly what optimal husbandry is.
I have tried keeping the Cyclophiops Major twice, both attempts failed.
The cyclophiops Major is the Asian version of our common green snakes.
The next time I find one for sale, I will be getting it, as I want to try keeping it like I do my monitors, hot and humid, just like the jungles they come from.
If that attempt fails, I am done trying.
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