Hello, quick question

[rethius]

Whats the price range to get a boa de-wormed from a vet (canadian)?
THanks
-Jeff W

[Burmies]

I really could not say cuz I have never had that problem before. Just give them a call.

Burmies

[Zoe]

Around here it's 70$ or so for the appointment, then whatever else more for the meds. Just call, they'll tell you, as Burmies said :]

Zoe

[rethius]

Thanks

[Gary D.]

At the vet???? call me, Nathan or Chris.

[rethius]

sounds good gary!
i lost your #

[reverendsterlin]

most ranch & farm feed stores carry the most common wormers (they work on cattle and horses too), it is fairly simple to treat them yourself and much cheaper.

[hip]

Well it is good to have a vet check and I would reccomend a fecal test that way you will know for sure what kind of bugs(if any) your boa has.The proper meds can then be given baised on weight and parisite load in the host animal.A lot of herpers with experience do it themselves because of cost.I won't say one way or another which is better(I know that rev knows what is going on with meds) I can only post an opinion If you have never done it before,find someone who knows how(who you trust) or take the risk yourself. Very best of luck



Hip

[boa]

it would be cheaper to do it your self.

[reverendsterlin]

most common medicines have dosage amounts in pounds or kilos a simple gram scale will easily give you animals weight exact enough to make a conversion to either system (448 grams per pound) and reduce or increase your dosage accordingly. I find myself alot more likely to worm my animals(23 atm) myself for $28usd than to take each animal in ($35 office fee + wormer) to a vet, even intra-muscular or sub-cutaneous injections are simple proceedures. This by no means has to do with health but with easy to learn annual animal maintinance. Diagnosis is always best from a professional but multiple dosing of an animal is possible by the keeper, every vet I ever used that this type of situation came up was more than happy to give me exact instructions for administration.

[Linds]

I agree with hip, unless you know exactly what you are doing, its best to have someone experienced, such as a good qualified herp vet, diagnose and treat the animal or at least explain everything and show you how to do it yourself ;). What is saved in vet expenses will not be worth it if the snake is injured or dead...