Hi guys and gals, I really need your help deciphering this one/deciding what to do.
I got a message from the vet on my phone saying "There are two types of parasites present in the fecal". After calling back and talking to someone who had no clue what was going on, she managed to track down the vet who did the fecal. Turns out there were two tapeworm eggs present in the fecal (NOT two types of parasites). I asked if these could have been partially digested eggs present in the snakes food, and she said "They are snake-specific tapeworms". Do those even exist?? Now, I am at a loss.
I have seen the facility where these snakes came from, and it is top notch super clean. All snakes are kept separate and well taken care of. My snakes here are kept separate and well taken care of. All my snakes came from the same breeder, at almost the same time, all are captive bred/hatched. It's not like I had some WC bp here infecting everyone.
The vet keeps saying "Bring him in so we can take a look at him". And all they are going to do is look at him, say he looks healthy, and if anything, prescribe some panacur.
Should I
A) just not worry about the possibility of two tapeworm eggs since they were probably from his food.
B) treat him (and other snakes?) with panacur just to be sure
C) wait and get a fecal done on my bearded dragon to see if it's possible if she gave the BP tapeworm?
Any thoughts here would be appreciated. I have 4 BP's, soon to be 8, so taking them all in, getting fecals, exams, and prescriptions from the vet is gonna hurt the bank.
JonV









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