The Texas Threadsnake is mainly distributed in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. In the United States, they are mainly found in western Kansas, Oklahoma, and central Texas, which spans New Mexico and Arizona, so they are called Texas Threadsnakes. In northern Mexico, they mainly occur in the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Queretaro, Hidalgo, and Puebla.
1. Class Tail Withering Disease
[Diagnosis] Tail withering disease is generally a symptom that occurs as a result of spleen and stomach dysfunction and untreated. It is often manifested as weight loss, loss of appetite, wrinkled and eventually dried up tail.
[Treatment] Focus on strengthening the spleen and benefiting the stomach. Traditional Chinese medicine can be used to decoct a mixture of spina date seeds, agarwood, codonopsis pilosula, white atractylodes, poria cocos, and licorice, and then be administered orally. Western medicine treatments include glucose infusion, complex vitamin B solution, and vitamin B12 injection.
2. Class Oral Inflammation Disease
After snakes emerge from hibernation, their weak and frail bodies are susceptible to harmful bacteria invasion, which can cause swelling in the neck and lead to oral inflammation. Affected snakes cannot close their mouths and cannot eat, eventually starving to death. Treatment method involves rinsing the snake's oral cavity with saline solution, followed by wiping both jaws with gentian violet solution. Rinse and wipe twice a day until the inflammation and swelling subside.
3. Class Parasitic Disease
[Diagnosis] Snakes can be affected by various parasites such as tapeworms, roundworms, pinworms, nematodes, and external parasites such as ticks and mites. Snakes with parasitic diseases often have loss of appetite, weakened physique, constantly lowered head, and severe cases may also vomit mucus.
[Treatment] Use piperazine citrate, refined animal use dichlorvos, and tetramisole to treat the parasites.
4. Class Acute Pneumonia
In July and August, female snakes that have laid eggs may develop this disease due to their weakened bodies and discomfort with high temperatures. Affected snakes may experience difficulty breathing, restlessness, and reluctance to return to their dens, eventually dying from respiratory failure. Treatment method involves grinding 800,000 units of streptomycin powder and dividing it into 8 doses, feeding it to the snake after wrapping it in frog skin, and then rinsing it down with water. Administer 1-2 times a day, and generally recover in 3-4 days.
5. Class Intestinal Infection
[Diagnosis] Typically caused by unhygienic diet and intestinal parasites. Affected snakes often stay outside the burrow, have a thin and lifeless appearance, have loose stools, and excrete frequently.
[Treatment] Pay attention to feed hygiene and regularly disinfect the environment. Administer intramuscular injection of oxytetracycline, compound berberine, and oral administration of tetracycline.
【Feeding method】:
1. A feeding box size of 20*10cm is sufficient.
2. The Texas Threadsnake feeds on ants and termites, as well as their eggs and larvae.
3. It is recommended to cover the feeding box with a lid because ants can climb walls and have a high climbing ability. Alternatively, you can spend a few dollars to buy a box of talcum powder and prepare an escape prevention solution with a ratio of 1:3 talcum powder to alcohol. Shake well before use.
4. Regarding the bedding material for the Threadsnake, it is best to use a mixture of yellow soil and mountain humus. Please compact the bedding material before feeding.
5. Since the Threadsnake lives underground, it is important to maintain the moisture of the soil. I don't know the specific humidity, but press the bedding material with your hand and if it feels slightly damp, it should be fine, not too wet.
6. As for the feeding amount of Threadsnake with ant eggs and larvae, it is best to feed about 40 ants at a time. The more ant eggs and larvae, the better.
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