Quote Originally Posted by SatanicIntention View Post
There are alot of different types of tapeworms. You can't expect anyone, even the vet(besides a parasitologist), to know which tapeworm it is. They are all treated the same though, with praziquantel, and the vet will be able to prescribe deworming medication for your snakes.

When doing fecals for hours at a time.. You get an eye for it. But still.. Sometimes it's incredibly hard to determine whether that TEENSY coccidia oocyst is actually a cryptosporidium oocyst.. There are also alot of different types of roundworms, hookworms, and other parasites that can easily be confused with one another.

I would trust your vet. They know what they are doing.
I guess I have gotten a weird vibe from them for two reasons. The first was that one person told me "these are snake specific parasites". And then I looked at the actual sheet from the fecal float and it said "tapeworm eggs-unable to identify further" which didn't sound very snake specific to me. Lots of animals have tapeworms. I had a fecal done on my bearded dragon and a vet tech called me and said "I don't see any thing in there, but that doesn't mean there isn't anything". Well then why did I pay $25 for a fecal?

JonV