Some vets will do a fecal exam without having to see the snakes. This would involve taking snake poop into the vet's office for a look under a microscope. The parasite eggs in the fecal matter can be identified and proper treatment can then be administered.

You'd be better off housing the snakes separately, in case different ones are carrying different parasites. This would be a standard quarantine protocol.

There is no "cure all" agent that kills every type of parasite - different parasites sometimes require different agents to eradicate them.

Snakes are generally treated until fecal exams indicate that they are parasite-free.

Tim

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