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Posted by Ruggero on August 16, 2002 at 07:05:10:
I've two W.C. Spilotes pullatus: they come from different
persons, and are ALWAYS kept separetly. One male and one female.
I'm always careful to wash instruments and to give separetly the food items.
The male had Strongyles in the feaces; it was treated with Oxfendazol,
and then the feaces are negative.
The female had always negative feaces (no parasites at all).
With the beginning of the hot season, I noticed small blood
traces over the paper I use as substrate.
The blood was always fresh, was always far from the feaces (10 cm to one feet
far from the feaces) and almast always appeared during the SECOND defecation of
the meal. Normally no blood marks during the first, big defecation.
I was concerned, beacause I thought at first, it was only a problem of
the female (blood from ovaric follicles, blood from a bone of the mouse, that
had perforated the gut, blood from the urinay tract, parasites and
so on...); but I noticed the same blood traces (10 cm far from the
actual feaces) in the male terrarium.
I was happy.
It is very unprobable that the two animals, that come from different
sources, and was always kept separetly under very strict hygiene conditions,
have EXACTLY the same problem or the same parasite !
The feaces are NORMAL in both animals, and the odour and the
consistence is perfect !
The animals are otherwise healthy.
And, very important: if I used any other substrate but paper, I wouldn't
have noticed these small blood traces !
Perhaps it happens more often in Spilotes than one would suppose...
...only one use very rarely paper substrate !!!
What could it be ?
My Vet wanted to make: RX, endoscopy, ecography, and so on....
But I have two different animals with the same "problem" !
Is it really a problem in your opinion ?
For RX, endoscopy, ecography, antibiogram, blood counts, blood parasites and so on...
for 2 animals I would pay 1000 US dollars...it's absurd !
When I think the two animals are otherwise healthy, and have the same IDENTICAL "syntoms".
Any idea please ?
Ruggero
