04-08-2006, 10:51 AM | #1 |
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worming yor torts!!!
hia i was just wondering how you actually worm your tortoises and where you get all of the equipment, i've tryd doing nautral worming, for instance when you meantioned that carrot and pumpkin would worm them my tortoise refuses to eat any carrot and there nots really any pumpkins around!!!!! thanks!
by the way i've never fed my tortoise carrot on a regular bacise (sorry for all the spelling mistakes )
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04-08-2006, 11:16 AM | #2 |
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Hi Heather
If you use panacur paste, you just put the amount on a tempting/favorite food, and they eat it<g>. If you do a search on here, you will find another thread all about it<g>.
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Hi Heather
Has Tank got worms or do you want to just do this as a precaution in case he has them , anyway which ever way i can do him for you and show your Dad what to do for any future wormings you may need to do . Darren
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where do you get panacur paste from?
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My mother grows pumpkins for me at her allottment for my Tortoises. They ADORE the flower heads. And they eat grated carrot quite alot. Maybe that's why I've never had a problem with them having worms?
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ok i might try growing pumpkins!!!!!
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Well I went to our local nursery as well and they sell them for 50p with a few flower heads already on, they bloom daily! but my mothers are huge cos they're in the ground. They adore them, courgette flowers as well and cucumber ones.
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06-08-2006, 09:47 PM | #9 |
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I got mine from my vet, but be careful, the assistant tried to sell me cat and dog paste!!!
Panacur Equine Paste, Apple & Cinnamon. 4.5g Fenbendazole, which is 18.75%, if you check the tortoise trust files on the yahoo group you will find the dosages. You will also need a 1ml syringe(without Needle). If you go down the past route that is.. If you need the dosages let me know and i will e-mail them to you. Darren |
06-08-2006, 11:10 PM | #10 |
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The cat and dog paste is exactly the same Dazza, just without the artificial flavouring, and if you have small torts, in a smaller cheaper tube. Each segment is 50mg so perfect to mearure out doses for torts
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