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Nah, poop is poop, however you look at it. Well, unless it's bird poopie, which is just gross. But anywho. Alot of parasites are host-specific, meaning that the parasite can only live on that specific animal. But the main ones are widely distributed throughout the animal kingdom. I have already had parasitology, and regardless of what animal it came from, if it looks like a tapeworm egg, then it is, it just might have a different genus and species name attached to each specific animal. Hope I didn't confuse anyone there.
Any vet tech SHOULD be able to correctly perform and identify any eggs/parasites found in any animals poo. Note I said Should. Some are labeled as vet techs and have never been through school, or they can't tell a roundworm egg from a whipworm. Geez people. Basketball shaped versus football shaped, how hard is it LoL. Anyway. Like Marla said, Reptile vet for the actual animal, any old vet tech for a poop sample.
Oh and don't be shy about asking someone to do a fecal check on your snake. Just label the baggie with your name and the snake's name and the date, and you should be good to go. Just make sure you refrigerate the poo if it's going to be longer than 12-24 hours.
Hope this helps and good luck with mr. snakiepants
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