Quote Originally Posted by frankykeno View Post
To collect a sample, simply remove it from the enclosure, place it in a small ziploc storage bag, double bag it, pop it in the fridge (I always put mine in another plastic container marked with the date I took the sample and the snake's name and ID#), then take it to the vet's clinic as soon as you can. Do not freeze samples, only refridgerate them. Some vet clinics can do the float while you wait, others will phone you later with the results.
Are you sure it's that simple, especially when I want to check it for the cryptosporides too? 'Cause there is three opinions in the form which is supposed to deliver with the sample (I'm trying to translate them from Finnish so don't laugh! ): Recognizing parasites, recognizing the parasite eggs, recognizing giardia/cryptosporides from the formalinized fecal. And, there is also a bacterial investigation, but I'd have to write there, what for that is. Any ideas which ones I'm supposed to choose?

I wouldn't be so worried if my garter snake hadn't regurgitate her last meal.