Hey all,

It's been a while since I've last visited. My Medusa is doing great.

But my question is for another snake I have just acquired. I adopted a glossy snake (Arizona elegans) from my school the other day to try and have her treated for Cryptosporidium at the animal hospital that I work at. It's a protozoan parasite, and her fecal has tested positive for having crypto. I know it's contagious to other snakes and reptiles, so I have removed my ball python Medusa from my house for now and she is staying over with a good friend of mine until I can try to get rid of this crypto in the glossy snake.

Does anyone know anything about cryptosporidium in snakes and how to treat it? My veternarian does see snakes, but he doesn't know that much about the parasite and I am trying to collect as much information as possible. It seems easier to treat in lizards than in snakes. =(

Any information would be greatly appreciated.