De-Wormer for Reptiles?
I have a small problem that really isn’t a problem more like a question and hope for a good answer, is there some sort of de-wormer for reptiles without having to go to the vet?
You don’t have to read this part if you don’t want to but if you want to know more of why I’m asking this question then go on ahead and read. I had recently moved from Iowa to Texas and if you know your States you’ll know that it’s a long drive, before leaving Iowa I had given the rest of my crickets to my gecko “Barney” and I had a small farm of mealworms but I only decided to take a few to repopulate and start over. We packed everything and left, once we arrived to Texas I went to check on the mealworms and they were ALL dead probably from the heat cause it was very hot. Barney and Cheddar “Ball python” were doing fine but all of my food for barney was dead. Once we had settled in the new home I looked around the internet for crickets and mealworms I can order. We had already been here for at least 3 days and the crickets and mealworms wouldn’t come in another 4 days, this area doesn’t have a pet shop or vet, the nearest shop and vet is 4 hours away. So I went outside and saw that there was grasshoppers bigger then the crickets I would give her, and I would give her adult crickets. Well I caught a few, broke their jumping legs, and gave them to her, man she ate them fast. Even though I was satisfied that I had fed her, the thought of them having parasites was there in the back of my mind. Up till now I haven’t seen anything wrong with her, she still looks the same active and all and her stool looks the same but the thought of the grasshoppers being infected is still there. Once the crickets and mealworms came I felt better, but once I saw the crickets the thought of parasites came back cause with the crickets came in other bugs I didn’t order, little carpet beetle larva. The Mealworms also had pests of their own, ants, and almost half of the 250 mealworms I ordered were dead, 100% alive my ***. If little pests like that can come in with the crickets and mealworms I ordered, what kind of pests do the crickets have inside of THEM. If I wish to take Barney and Cheddar (which I will in the future) to a vet I’ll have to drive for 4 hours, and that’s just too far and we are still not completely settled into our new home we still have lots to unpack.
Is there something like a duster or drops I can give my reptiles so the chances of them getting parasites are low?
And what is a good place online where I can get crickets and mealworms pest free, the place I ordered them from was Flukers.
Any honest answers are appreciated.
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