My older brother bought a snake from the same pet store (Petco) that I bought my first BP from, and that he bought his other snake from. He bought another BP about 5 days ago. He eats F/T, and ate some mice fine the other day, no problem.
Today my brother calls me, very upset, because his snake has diarrhea. (The new snake). His other snake is fine, and they are in different tanks, but the new one appears to be sick. It doesn't sound like the snake regurged from his description of the smell and appearance.
Should I bring him to the vet? They had already cleaned up all the fecal matter in the tank when they called, so I couldn't get a sample or anything. Should we wait and see if it happens again?
How much does it generally cost to get a fecal parasite test done at a vet? I'm still not sure I know of any snake savvy vets in my town (Spokane).
Also, what, if any, are other signs of internal parasites? He seems to be fine in all other aspects except for this one occurrence.
I don't think Petco will take the snake back, either--I seem to remember, vaguely, something about a "we won't take them back" thing/policy on snakes specifically. Maybe I'm thinking of somewhere else.
Thanks for any help you can give me (it will all be passed on to my brother and his fiance).
Shellie