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No your fine no harm and it's always nice knowing your baby is free.. Make sure your giving a probiotic to rebuild their natural gut flora..
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Lily got Pinworms
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Superworms they're amazing my Hef loves them . He won't eat a cricket ant more at all. They should be available in canada
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Just as a bit of information, they do not contract pinworms through eating crickets. Most parasites are host specific, and the types of parasites that inhabit crickets (they do have their own group of parasites, including species of worms) do not get passed on to your reptile. There are almost no parasites that cross the invertebrate/vertebrate species separation. The pinworms that are parasites in reptiles are completely different species.
There is also a growing body of evidence showing that in fact some parasites are helpful in gut health and digestion. It can become problematic when there is some greater injury or stressor and their immune system takes a nosedive, however, the resultant bloom is also usually readily handled by that same immune system when it returns to normal. Panacur and other treatments can often be as traumatic to the health of the lizard as the parasites. Again this is not true for all parasites, as obviously each needs to be considered on its own.
There is also a growing body of evidence showing that in fact some parasites are helpful in gut health and digestion. It can become problematic when there is some greater injury or stressor and their immune system takes a nosedive, however, the resultant bloom is also usually readily handled by that same immune system when it returns to normal. Panacur and other treatments can often be as traumatic to the health of the lizard as the parasites. Again this is not true for all parasites, as obviously each needs to be considered on its own.