Hi guys

So I have a question: When I took Pig to the vet I also ordered a stool sample from the guys (Birger and Louis), just as a standard action. When the test was delivered to me, they told me the guys had quite alot of roundworms, which they informed me is pretty normal. They would not recommend that I had them treated, since treatment is very rough on them and they might not survive it 8.l However, he said if I suddenly saw them mistreating, they offered having them treated.


- Now I've never seen any kind of worms in their tanks. I've never seen anything else than normal poop, in their poop. It's a dark brown, round and very fine. They seem to be going timely enough and neither of them seem indegested our troubled with absorbing food.

The only thing I've noticed, since the 9 months I've cared for them now, is that they've gotten a bit slower in their movements. They seem to just drag their feet a little bit, unlike what they used to four/five months ago.

They're still in seemingly good condition, both eat very well and willingly, don't seem lethargic and change skin normally, soak normally and so on.



- My question is: These guys are wildcaught, so of course they have parasites in some degree or other.
Have any of you guys had yours treated for roundworm? Or gotten a standard treatment for the all-round parasite pack?


- Could the slight slowing in their movements be caused by the roundworms? I know vitamin deficiency can cause this and I dust every second week or so. I prefer to feed them gutloaded or wild caught feeder animals, as I know the dust can be a bith harsh on their systems and I believe they absorb it better, via the feeder animals.


Here's the guys from today

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