Its a test done to look for intestinal parasites. Its usually performed at a veterinary clinic. Unless you have lots of animals its probably best to just have a vet do them for you.

the general process involves either centrifuging or simply letting sit - some feces mixed with either a sugar solution or zinc solution.

This process will allow any parasite eggs float to the top of the sample where they are stuck onto a glass coverslip. The coverslip is placed on a slide and viewed under a microscope.

Once eggs are noted they will be identified and dewormer dispensed as needed.
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1.1 Bearded Dragons
2.2 Leopard Geckos
1.0 Uromastyx (Mali)
1.1 Corn snakes
0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake
1.0 Bairds Ratsnake
1.0 Rosy Boa
1.1 Green Anoles
1.1 House Geckos
0.0.2 Flying Geckos
0.0.1 Red Eye Tree Frog

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