Hi Everyone, I have had my female ball "Bella" for about 3 months now and everything is going along fine.

I've read on this forum about having fecal checks done periodically so I decided to call a local reptile vet to inquire about this. They said they will do a fecal but if it turns out that she does have parasites that she would need to be seen in order to prescribe meds (which I totally understand) but they seemed very insistant on me bringing her in now for a full checkup - I hate to do this for several reasons (1) it will stress her out. (2) the cost. (3) it is cold here and I fear her getting sick just from taking her out.

What do you all think - should I simply persue the fecal check and go from there if some parasites show up - then I could schedule a full checkup visit if needed, this makes more sense to me.

As a side note, Bella is eating great and is doing fine - no problems to speak of at this time.

Any advice is appreciated.