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Pauline
at Fri Sep 5 10:16:55 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Pauline ]
I do random fecal checks on my leos from time to time... thankfully only ever found something "interesting" once. I have the book that oldherper mentions and a few others too, but found it very difficult to ID what I'd found (turned out to be pinworms)... So, what I do now, is just random checks and if I ever find anything again, take the slide to a vet and get them to ID it for me.. Thing is, if you find anything, the vet will need to treat it anyway, so the vet may aswell also see the slide to confirm what you have found.
The flotation solution I use is the one suggested in the book mentioned above.. dilute as much sugar as you can in some warm water.
I also have some photos on my webpage to help IDing... there are not many there yet, but I have more to upload, which I hope to do in the next week or so, and will add to it whenever I find images I can use, or find anything myself to get photos of.
http://www.thegeckospot.com/fecal.html
(If anyone would like to contribute to the photos I would be most grateful). 
Best wishes,
Pauline
The Gecko Spot, UK
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RE: Fecal Question ! - Pauline, Fri Sep 5 10:16:55 2003