I was cleaning my snakes yesterday and was quite alarmed when I saw something moving in the feces. I took 6 different snakes poop samples into the vet today to get fecals.
Two of them tested positive for pinworms. I was informed that snakes usually get pinworms from prey items, particularly live ones. I was sent home with enough juice to treat my entire collection. Nothing like spending a Saturday afternoon dosing angry, poop flinging snakes and the smell of bleach in the snake room.
I was also told that it might be a good idea to routinely deworm them annually. I never thought about that. It makes sense.
I'm curious. How many people routinely deworm their snakes on a regular basis as a preventative measure?