I recently spent about $300 at a veterinarian. I had a snake X-rayed, examined, had blood work and cytology done. None of this gave a clear picture as to what was wrong with the snake. The snake died a couple days later. The last $75 I spent was on a necropsy. It was determined the snake had retained eggs (who knows for how long?) and this eventually caused an infection.



Successfully, I have gotten fecals done at the same vet and they were pretty quick at being able to give me the low down on what parasites the snake had. They can prescribe drugs (like Flagyl) that you can't buy over the counter, which is useful.



Panacur is widely available over the counter at feed stores and is fairly cheap at around $10 a tube. Panacur is pretty harmless, and its pretty easy to figure out the dosing if you can weigh your snakes. It takes care of hookworms, pinworms and a few other parasites. This spring I will probably give every adult snake in my collection a Panacur treatment.

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