New Ball Python Roaming

[Caali]

I don't know which books say to always do a fecal, but I'm assuming they mean wild caught ball pythons, to check for parasites. If your BP is captive born and bred, there's no reason to do it unless he already has unusual poop/acting weird.

It's not in English but I'll try to translate it: "Samples of feces for an inspection, which you should do regularly even with healthy looking snakes and most certainly with new ones, are to be brought as fresh as possible."
This is what one of the vet websites says as an advice for new snake owners but you'll also get this advice in many of the forums here in my country. The general advice is: "Quarantine a new sake for at least four to six weeks (if you have a snake already, you should quarantine for at least 3 months), check for snake mites, do at least two fecal inspections, feed your snake at least 4 times and then you can end your quarantine."