Fecal Floats. DIY?

[Mike Cavanaugh]

Fecal Floats. Is there a DIY (Do it yourself) way??? Please read this with an open mind, and read the disclousre twice.

Disclosure: If you think your ball python is sick and or has parasites, you should take it to the vet for testing and treatment as soon as possible. That said, this thread is not about snakes that appear to be sick.

I am talking about regular do it yourself, freshly laid, poop checks on snakes that appear to be healthy. Think of how great it would be to be able to test test your enitre collection every 6 months or so! Obviously if my test results showed something might be off, I would immediately take my snake to the vet for a retest and possbile treatment.

So, what all is involved in a fecal test? what are the ingredients and procedures? Is it even feasable as a DIY project? Please share your thoughts.

Disclosure: If you think your ball python is sick and or has parasites, you should take it to the vet for testing and treatment as soon as possible. That said, this thread is not about snakes that appear to be sick.

[lord jackel]

Here you go...should answer most of your questions.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ht=fecal+float

[Monty]

it would be a nice safety procedure for qting new snakes i think. but if you could do testing yourself like you said only way to know for sure is a vet but it would be nice to know

[Mike Cavanaugh]

Here you go...should answer most of your questions.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ht=fecal+float

Thank you!!!