Do you have a scale? I was just curious since you're giving weights. You could easily weigh the size of the feeder that you're giving them as well. It should be 10% of the animals body weight (as far as I've been told).
Some PetSmart's have vets there but I'd be very cautious as most vets don't specialize in reptiles. Just call and make sure to ask their speciality. If it were me, I'd only take the fecal samples into the vet since it's in a pet store since (as stated before) there could be many things that your snakes could catch from other snakes in the store. Or even if the vet tech/assistant or even vet didn't properly sanitize themselves, tables, equipment, etc before handling your snake after handling a potential disease/parasite infested animal prior to your snake's exam.
For the fecal: Take a sandwich bag and turn it inside out. Stick your hand in the bag (inside out so you're touching the outside of the bag) and pick up the poop. Then turn it right side in so that you can close it. Then stick into fridge and label who's sample it is and also the time that you collected it. Then just take to vet's and they should be able to give you results less than 5 minutes of checking it.
Good luck and keep us posted
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