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| Leasha |
Posted - 28/09/2012 : 13:59:16
Hello! This is my first year in Vet school and we have been asked to write about common illnesses and parasites on any animal we like. I choose to write about the snake.
I have written a little bit about Stargazer Syndrome so far but I can't seem to find anything reliable online so I thought I'd ask you guys as you have all helped me a lot these last few months! I need to know:
- Common Illnesses: Symptoms, How to prevent it and How to treat it
- Common Parasites: Symptoms, How to prevent, How to treat and Life-cycle of a parasite.
- I also have to relate a paragraph about Hygiene to Illnesses and Parasites!
Please feel free to empty your amazing brain here :) |
| 20 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Leasha |
Posted - 01/10/2012 : 11:34:49
LOL D:
That would be cool ;) |
| Isoldael |
Posted - 01/10/2012 : 10:35:45
Someone should bring a thecornsnake banner we can all rally to :p |
| Leasha |
Posted - 01/10/2012 : 10:19:13
Might see you there ;D |
| Isoldael |
Posted - 30/09/2012 : 18:21:48
Awesome, I'll probably take a few people who are interested with me as well :) |
| Leasha |
Posted - 30/09/2012 : 15:56:30
Oohwow! I think I might go to this ;)
Will ask my cousin to come with me. |
| Isoldael |
Posted - 30/09/2012 : 15:53:19
http://www.snakesociety.nl/ -> slangendag
It's a yearly event where tons of breeders sell their snakes and equipment. I LOVE going there even if I don't buy anything, because there is so much to look at. I would say that it's better than a day at the zoo :) |
| Leasha |
Posted - 30/09/2012 : 12:56:32
@Isoldael you were talking bout an event thingie in houte????
Explainn? D: |
| Isoldael |
Posted - 29/09/2012 : 19:51:48
I see! Well, my offer stands either way! If you need help with anything, including dutch, lemme know ^^ |
| Leasha |
Posted - 29/09/2012 : 14:00:31
Well at the moment I'm catching up with my Dutch.. It's not good enough for me to be let into HBO. So i'm doing Niveau 4 MBO dier/Paraveterinair (Dierenarts assistent) from there I will go to HBO and THEN try to get into Utrecht :) |
| Isoldael |
Posted - 29/09/2012 : 13:39:06
As for studying in Utrecht - you have to be very lucky to get inthere. It depends on your grades - your average gives you a certain chance to be let into the uni. I believe my average was a 7,3 out of 10, I had a 30% chance to be admitted. Eventually I got let in tho :)
A word of advice if you want to try for Utrecht - make sure you submit all required papers WAY before the deadline, and make sure you have a backup plan in case you're not one of the lucky few. Also, try to get a job at a vet to make sure this is what you want. I was quite disillusioned when I realized that 90% of what you do is spaying and neutering, and 90% of the rest is about animals that have a cold or an ear infection :p
Good luck with yoru studies, and if you need any help or information concerning studies or veterinary medicine, let me know :D |
| Leasha |
Posted - 29/09/2012 : 09:36:39
Awesum ^o^
I'm planning on going to Germany (Hamburg) to visit some friends soon.
I can't speak a word of German tho! x |
| Simmy_82 |
Posted - 29/09/2012 : 07:43:45
I know it is strange. A few languages are like that. Lived close to the Dutch border so spent time in holland too. |
| Leasha |
Posted - 28/09/2012 : 21:19:11
Cool. Dutch and German are so different and so the same! It's reallly weird. xx |
| Simmy_82 |
Posted - 28/09/2012 : 18:21:46
I understood most of it. Honest. I grew up in Germany so my lingual skills arent to shabby. |
| Leasha |
Posted - 28/09/2012 : 17:14:19
Ohright! Wait a sec..! You translated it for Simmy ;)
How nice! <3 |
| Leasha |
Posted - 28/09/2012 : 17:13:45
@Thorne im not sure if you've noticed but I am dutch and my course is in dutch :P
Thanks alot though <3 |
| Thorne Walker |
Posted - 28/09/2012 : 16:16:18
quote:
Originally posted by Isoldael
The most common diseases are upper respiratory tract infections. Symptoms include wheezing, mucous discharge from the nose and mouth, sneezing, breathing with the mouth open, the curves of the back and sometimes differences in eating behavior. Prevention is especially a matter of ensuring good living conditions - good temperature, humidity, and of course no contact with already infected snakes. Treatment consists in particular in the increase of the temperature, the more frequent changing of the water, and maintain low air humidity. If it does not matter about, it is recommended to a (special) vet. Which could possibly be treated with antibiotics.
Mouth-rot is a nasty disease of snakes. Over there I have no information at hand, so that is just searching (google scholar is always useful to find things like that).
I do not know if peeling problems also wants to count "Illnesses" - there is certainly enough to find online.
Common parasites: These are particularly flagellates (endoparasites) and mites (ectoparasites).
Symptoms of flagellates may include altered appetite, regurgitation, diarrhea. Generally these are treated with antibiotics as Flagyl.
Mite is usually recognized by the behavior of the snake and the decline in condition rather than the mites themselves (which are very small). Restlessness, bathe himself in water backup, many graves and decreased appetite are usually the symptoms when first seen. For better inspection, then white dots on and between the scales are seen. Prevention takes place mainly through the disinfection of all objects that are placed in the terrarium, and placed in quarantine of new animals before they are introduced into the population. Treatment of mites occurs by the mites to drown. This can be done by a snake for a long time in shallow, warm water places (under supervision, hoses can best drown). When treatment is complete, the hose in a clean bath put, and then back into the terrarium. Obviously, the terrarium fully disinfected since the mites else just back on the hose can come. It is recommended to make the most out of the terrarium decoration to the tubing, and simple to replace surface to hold (eg kitchen paper). I believe that there are treatments which certain substances are added to the water, but I'm not sure.
Ticks are also common in snakes. These can just be seen with the naked eye, and removed with pliers (possibly after highlight with alcohol to remove them easier).
Better? (ish?)
lol |
| Leasha |
Posted - 28/09/2012 : 15:52:06
Ahahaha. Sorrehh <3 |
| Simmy_82 |
Posted - 28/09/2012 : 15:50:14
Makes perfect sense... |
| Leasha |
Posted - 28/09/2012 : 15:41:34
Wow! This is amaaazing!!!!!
Nee ik doe een 'foundation jaar' van paraveteranie in Dordrecht (Ik moet even mijn Nederlands weer oppakken want ik heb 5 jaar in Engeland gewoont en ik ben nu net terug :)
Ik ben nog maar 17 dus gelukkig heb ik genoeg tijd om mijn nederlands weer in te halen. Ik zou graaaag naar Utrecht willen maar ik heb gehoort dat het super moeilijk is om toegelaten te worden. |
