Well, it all started (I think) about six weeks ago when my male surinam red tail regurgitated his rat. I thought maybe the rat was too big and decided to not feed for two weeks then offer him a small rat. He ate fine four times, but didn't eat this week. Then he pooped, and it didn't look quite normal. It was a fairly normal pile, but it had a puddle around it so it was a bit runny. So.. this is a sign of parasites (great)

Last night was the kicker, my female suri and male granite anaconda (all three snakes came from the same person) both pooped, and I saw stringy white worm like things. Wonderful! So I took the poops to the vet for exams ($35 a pop.. geez) and they are positive for tapeworms, and Ophelia has roundworms too.

So now I am worried that maybe more of my babies have these awful parasites! The three boas have been quarantined from the rest of my collection since they are fairly new additions. Unfortunately they are in the same room (the only really warm room in the house) but are as far from the other cages as I can get them and I've always handled the other snakes first and washed my hands very thoroughly after handling any of these boas.

My quesions are.. where could they get these parasites and how can I prevent any spread?

Getting fecals on all 25 snakes would run me over $800.. should I just keep close watch on their stools and if I see nothing odd, assume they are ok? Or should I select a few random snakes from the established collection to have tested?

I have an appointment for march 2 (soonest I could get..) to have them wormed. The vet said we have to do a stomach tube to worm them. I wonder how much it will cost.. the receptionist didn't know.

Any knowledge/advice is appreciated. I haven't dealt with this problem before.