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Originally Posted by Aaron_S
So why "treat for parasites" at all after 12 months? Sounds silly to me. If it's still alive and doing well I don't see the likelihood of any parasites at all.
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Many parasites can lay dormant for longer than 12 months. Toxoplasma, for example, has been known to survive in dormancy for 30 years or more in humans(they do not attack reptiles, however; I'm not familiar enough with reptilian parasites to provide a specific example) So I wouldn't assume that a WC snake is parasite-free after any length of time. However, I also wouldn't bother treating for parasites unless the animal actually became ill. I guess after 12 months you can be fairly sure that the animal is healthy and unstressed enough to survive treatment, but I still wouldn't risk it personally. Not with reptiles, anyway. With mammals I'd feel better about preventative treatment simply because mammalian medicine, with regards to very common pet/farm mammals anyway, has been much more thoroughly researched.
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