Hi everyone,
My Russian tortoise, whom I recently rescued, is loaded with pinworms. His attending Veterinarian has given me the dosing information using fenbendazole paste (safeguard/panacur) but I can not get him to eat the full dose. I have even tried using a needle and syringe to inject the paste into the the center of romaine lettuce leaves (one of his favorite foods) but he won't take more than one bite.
Has anyone had any luck convincing their tortoise to eat a full dose of such a dewormer?
My Russian tortoise, whom I recently rescued, is loaded with pinworms. His attending Veterinarian has given me the dosing information using fenbendazole paste (safeguard/panacur) but I can not get him to eat the full dose. I have even tried using a needle and syringe to inject the paste into the the center of romaine lettuce leaves (one of his favorite foods) but he won't take more than one bite.
Has anyone had any luck convincing their tortoise to eat a full dose of such a dewormer?